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Creating Tooltips in Webflow with Minimal CSS

01 November 2024

In this tutorial, I’ll walk you through how to create tooltips in Webflow using a simple HTML structure and minimal CSS. This method allows you to easily replicate tooltips across different projects with just a few settings. The added images will help you understand the project structure.

Table of Contents

Step 1: Set Up the HTML Structure

  1. Tooltip Container: Create a div element and give it a class of tooltip. This container will hold both the icon and the tooltip text.

  2. Tooltip Icon: Inside the tooltip container, add an element that will serve as the icon or hover trigger.

  3. Tooltip Text: Next to the icon, add another div and give it the class tooltiptext-w hide. This will hold the tooltip text and remain hidden by default.

HTML Structure:

<div class="tooltip">
  <div class="icon"><!-- Icon or image goes here --></div>
  <div class="tooltiptext-w hide">Your tooltip text here</div>
</div>

Step 2: Add the CSS

This CSS will control the visibility and transition effect for the tooltip text:

.tooltip .tooltiptext-w.hide {
  visibility: hidden;
  transition: opacity 700ms;
  opacity: 0;
}

.tooltip:hover .tooltiptext-w {
  visibility: visible;
  opacity: 1;
}

Explanation

  1. Initial State: The .hide class keeps the tooltip text hidden by default with visibility: hidden and opacity: 0.

  2. Transition: A transition of 700ms is applied to opacity for a smooth fade-in effect.

  3. Hover Effect: When you hover over .tooltip, the .tooltiptext-w becomes visible and fades in with opacity: 1.

Final Thoughts

This approach makes it easy to create and customize tooltips in Webflow. By setting up this structure, you can reuse the tooltip with minimal effort in any project.

Viktor Gazsi

Viktor Gazsi

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