Pure CSS Tooltips In All Directions

Here is another tooltip design for you, this one is in pure CSS and there are multiple positions you can choose for this one. It was designed by Jase.

You can choose one of the following direction:

1. Up
2. Up-Left
3. Up-Right
4. Left
5. Right
6. Down-Left
7. Down-Right
8. Down

Pure CSS Tooltips

HTML

[code language=”html”]

<main>
<div>
<label tooltip="play with the Tooltip text">
<input type="text" value="hello world" />
</label>
<div class="examples">
<p><span tooltip="hello world">Default (up)</span></p>
<p><span tooltip="hello world" flow="up">Pop Up (explicitly)</span></p>
<p><span tooltip="hello world" flow="up-left">Pop Up-Left</span> •
<span tooltip="hello world" flow="up-right">Pop Up-Right</span></p>
<p><span tooltip="hello world" flow="left">Pop Left</span> •
<span tooltip="hello world" flow="right">Pop Right</span></p>
<p><span tooltip="hello world" flow="down-left">Pop Down-Left</span> •
<span tooltip="hello world" flow="down-right">Pop Down-Right</span></p>
<p><span tooltip="hello world" flow="down">Pop Down</span></p>
</div>
</div>
</main>

<aside>
<div>
<textarea cols="30" rows="3" readonly></textarea>
</div>
</aside>

[/code]

CSS / SCSS

[code language=”css”]

:root {
–bg: #353539;
–alt: #ad4375;
–text: #fff;
–opacity: .9;
–accent: #8fd1f2;
–shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, .35);
–dink: 5px;
–ani: 150ms cubic-bezier(.5, 0, .6, 1.3) 1ms forwards;
}

@keyframes tips-vert {
to {
opacity: var(–opacity);
transform: translate(-50%, 0);
}
}

@keyframes tips-horz {
to {
opacity: var(–opacity);
transform: translate(0, -50%);
}
}

@keyframes tips-diag-right {
to {
opacity: var(–opacity);
transform: translate(-1em, 0);
}
}

@keyframes tips-diag-left {
to {
opacity: var(–opacity);
transform: translate(1em, 0);
}
}

// tooltips
[tooltip] {
position: relative;
&::before,
&::after {
text-transform: none;
line-height: 1;
font-size: .9em;
user-select: none;
pointer-events: none;
position: absolute;
display: none;
opacity: 0;
}
// the dink
&::before {
content: ”;
border: var(–dink) solid transparent;
z-index: 1001;
}
// the bubble
&::after {
content: attr(tooltip);
font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;
text-align: center;

min-width: 3em;
max-width: 21em;
white-space: nowrap;
overflow: hidden;
text-overflow: ellipsis;

padding: 1ch 1.5ch;
border-radius: .3em;
box-shadow: 0 1em 2em -.5em var(–shadow);
background: var(–bg);
color: var(–text);
z-index: 1000;
}
// show the tooltip
&:hover::before,
&:hover::after {
display: block;
}
}

[tooltip]:not([flow]),
[tooltip][flow^="up"] {
&::before {
bottom: 100%;
border-bottom-width: 0;
border-top-color: var(–bg);
}
&::after {
bottom: calc(100% + var(–dink));
}
&::before,
&::after {
left: 50%;
transform: translate(-50%, .5em);
}
}

[tooltip][flow^="down"] {
&::before {
top: 100%;
border-top-width: 0;
border-bottom-color: var(–bg);
}
&::after {
top: calc(100% + var(–dink));
}
&::before,
&::after {
left: 50%;
transform: translate(-50%, -.5em);
}
}

[tooltip][flow$="-left"]::after {
right: 50%;
left: auto;
}

[tooltip][flow="up-left"]::after {
transform: translate(1.5em, .5em);
}

[tooltip][flow="down-left"]::after {
transform: translate(1.5em, -.5em);
}

[tooltip][flow="up-right"]::after {
transform: translate(-1.5em, .5em);
}

[tooltip][flow="down-right"]::after {
transform: translate(-1.5em, -.5em);
}

[tooltip][flow="left"] {
&::before {
top: 50%;
border-right-width: 0;
border-left-color: var(–bg);
left: calc(0em – var(–dink));
transform: translate(.5em, -50%);
}
&::after {
top: 50%;
right: calc(100% + var(–dink));
transform: translate(.5em, -50%);
}
}

[tooltip][flow="right"] {
&::before {
top: 50%;
border-left-width: 0;
border-right-color: var(–bg);
right: calc(0em – var(–dink));
transform: translate(-.5em, -50%);
}
&::after {
top: 50%;
left: calc(100% + var(–dink));
transform: translate(-.5em, -50%);
}
}

// FX: do the thing
[tooltip]:not([flow]):hover,
[tooltip][flow^="up"]:hover,
[tooltip][flow^="down"]:hover {
&::before,
&::after {
animation: tips-vert var(–ani);
}
}

[tooltip][flow$="-right"]:hover::after {
animation: tips-diag-right var(–ani);
}

[tooltip][flow$="-left"]:hover::after {
animation: tips-diag-left var(–ani);
}

[tooltip][flow="left"]:hover,
[tooltip][flow="right"]:hover {
&::before,
&::after {
animation: tips-horz var(–ani);
}
}

// don’t show empty tooltips
[tooltip=”] {
&::after,
&::before {
display: none !important;
}
}

// BORING
// not related to the tooltips at all,
// just used for presentation of the example
*,
*::before,
*::after {
box-sizing: border-box;
}

html,
body {
height: 100%
}

body {
margin: 0;
display: flex;
font-family: sans-serif;
@media (orientation: portrait) {
flex-direction: column;
}
}

main {
flex: 2;
text-align: center;
display: flex;
align-items: center;
justify-content: center;
background: var(–accent);
@media (orientation: portrait) {
flex: 3;
}
}
aside {
flex: 2;
background: var(–bg);
color: var(–text);
display: flex;
align-items: center;
justify-content: center;
> div {
flex: 1;
}
@media (orientation: landscape) {
flex: 3;
}
}

// show tooltips while editing text
.helper [tooltip] {
–bg: var(–alt);
&::before,
&::after {
display: block;
opacity: .8;
}
}

input {
font: inherit;
font-size: calc(.4em + 1vmin);
color: var(–bg);
text-align: center;
border: .1em solid var(–shadow);
border-radius: .3em;
padding: .5em;
&:focus {
–accent: var(–alt);
outline: none;
border-color: var(–accent);
box-shadow: 0 0 .5em 0 var(–accent) inset, 0 0 .1em 0 var(–accent);
}
}

textarea {
display: block;
font-size: calc(.4em + 1vmin);
text-align: center;
color: var(–text);
width: 100%;
height: 100%;
font-family: monospace;
background: transparent;
border: none;
resize: none;
outline: none;
}

label {
display: inline-block;
padding: 0 0 1em 0;
span {
opacity: .4;
font-size: .8em;
font-style: italic;
}
}
[/code]

JS

[code language=”js”]

// just helper stuff for example controls
// not needed for actual tooltips
let input = document.querySelector(‘input’)
let output = document.querySelector(‘textarea’)
let main = document.querySelector(‘.examples’)
let tooltips = main.querySelectorAll(‘[tooltip]’)

input.addEventListener(‘keyup’, (e) => {
tooltips.forEach(function(element) {
element.setAttribute(‘tooltip’, e.target.value)
})
})
input.addEventListener(‘focus’, (e) => {
main.classList.add(‘helper’)
})
input.addEventListener(‘blur’, (e) => {
main.classList.remove(‘helper’)
})

document.addEventListener(‘mouseover’, (e) => {
if(e.target.tagName === ‘SPAN’) {
output.value = e.target.outerHTML
}
})
[/code]

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