Unlock the Power of Tooltips in Vue Applications
What are Tooltips?
Tooltips are a valuable feature that provides users with hints, descriptive messages, or additional information about an element. When a user hovers, focuses, or clicks on the element, the tooltip appears as a small label near the element, offering clarifications, definitions, or next steps without cluttering the UI.
Getting Started with Vue
Before we dive into creating tooltips, make sure you have Vue CLI 4.X installed on your machine. Create a new Vue project by running the following command in your terminal:
Create a Tooltip with Vuetify
To install Vuetify, run the following command in the terminal:
With Vuetify, you can create a tooltip by adding the following code to App.vue:
Dynamic Tooltip Behavior
You can also trigger the tooltip’s behavior dynamically with the following code:
Create a Tooltip with BootstrapVue
To install BootstrapVue, run the following command in the terminal:
BootstrapVue offers two methods to create tooltips: the component approach and the directives approach.
The Component Approach
To create a tooltip using the component approach, simply create a button and put the ID in the target attribute. Add the following code to App.vue:
The Directives Approach
The directives approach allows you to use custom directives to specify the behavior of your tooltip component. To create a tooltip using the directives approach, simply use the v-b-tooltip inside of the component.
Create a Tooltip from Scratch
If you’re concerned about the size of your dependency tree, creating your own tooltip from scratch is a straightforward alternative. Create a new file called Tooltip.vue and add the following code:
Using Your Custom Tooltip
To use your custom tooltip, import and register the tooltip in App.vue:
The Power of Tooltips
Tooltips are a helpful and intuitive addition to your application that improve your UX by guiding users and answering questions in advance. With these methods, you can create tooltips that enhance your application’s user experience.
Debugging Vue Applications with LogRocket
Debugging Vue.js applications can be challenging, especially when there are dozens, if not hundreds, of mutations during a user session. LogRocket helps you monitor and track Vue mutations for all of your users in production, giving you context around what led to an error and what state the application was in when an issue occurred.