Mastering Tooltips with Balloon.css: A Comprehensive Guide
The page you provided is the project page for Balloon.css, created by kazzkiq. Balloon.css is a tool for creating simple tooltips using pure CSS, eliminating the need for JavaScript.
Here are some features of Balloon.css:
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Positioning: You can use the
data-balloon-posattribute to position your tooltips. Available values are:up,down,left,right,up-left,up-right,down-left,down-right. -
Length: By default, tooltips will always remain single-line no matter their length. You can change this behavior by using the
data-balloon-lengthattribute with one of the values:small,medium,large, orfit. -
Disabling Animation: If for some reason you do not want animations in your tooltips, you can use the
data-balloon-bluntattribute. -
Programmatically Showing Tooltips: If you want to show tooltips even when user interaction isn't happening, you can simply use the
data-balloon-visibleattribute. -
Customizing Tooltips: Balloon.css exposes three CSS variables to make it easier to customize tooltips:
--balloon-color,--balloon-font-size, and--balloon-move. This way you can use custom CSS to create your own tooltip styles. -
Glyphs and Icon Fonts: You can also add any HTML special character to your tooltips, or even use third-party Icon fonts.
To use Balloon.css, you can import the CSS using a CDN, download it from GitHub and load it locally, or if you're using npm, simply install it with npm i balloon-css --save and then import it in your JS file.
However, keep in mind that Balloon.css makes use of pseudo-elements, so self-closing elements like <img>, <input>, and <hr> will not render tooltips. Also, if pseudo-elements are already in use on an element, the tooltip will conflict with them, resulting in potential bugs.
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