Package:
@react-form-builder/components-material-ui
· Source code
Introduction
The Tooltip component displays informative text when users hover over, focus on, or tap an element. It is commonly used to provide
additional context, explanations, or instructions for UI elements. The component follows Material Design guidelines for tooltips with
smooth animations and proper positioning.
The Tooltip component is based on Material UI Tooltip. It is included within the following
NPM package: @react-form-builder/components-material-ui.
The Tooltip component can be styled and configured to fit specific design and functionality requirements by using various properties that
are presented and described below.
Main properties
The following general properties are available within the Main tab:
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|
| Arrow | boolean | If true, an arrow will be shown pointing to the target element |
| Disable focus listener | boolean | If true, the tooltip won’t appear on focus |
| Disable interactive | boolean | If true, the tooltip will not be interactive (won’t close when hovering over the tooltip itself) |
| Disable hover listener | boolean | If true, the tooltip won’t appear on hover |
| Disable touch listener | boolean | If true, the tooltip won’t appear on touch |
| Follow cursor | boolean | If true, the tooltip will follow the cursor (mouse only) |
| Enter delay | number | Delay in milliseconds before the tooltip appears (default: 100ms) |
| Leave delay | number | Delay in milliseconds before the tooltip disappears (default: 0ms) |
| Placement | 'bottom-end' | 'bottom-start' | 'bottom' | 'left-end' | 'left-start' | 'left' | 'right-end' | 'right-start' | 'right' | 'top-end' | 'top-start' | 'top' | The placement of the tooltip relative to the target element |
| Title | string | ReactNode | The text or content to display in the tooltip |
At the bottom of the Main properties menu, you can find additional options:
Style properties
These are properties that allow to customize the size, color and other style properties of your component:
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For Device: You can provide component’s style customization for all devices or specific
devices by using this dropdown list. Refer to Adaptive Layout for more
details.
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Component > Class Name: Add a class name for your component for the subsequent styling if necessary.
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Wrapper: The options below enable you to tailor the appearance of your component and customize
it for a specific device type, as selected in the For Device property:
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|
| Width | number | Specifies the width for your component |
| Height | number | Specifies the height for your component |
| Margin top/right/bottom/left | number | Margin values for you component |
| Color | string | Allows customizing the text color |
| Background color | string | Enables customizing the background color |
Last modified on April 18, 2026