A tooltip is a miniature rectangle displaying widget data. The tooltip appears when the end-user hovers the cursor over the widget. You can enable/disable the tooltip, change its appearance and format its text using fields of the tooltip configuration object.

NOTE

The tooltip is displayed outside the widget's container. If you plan to use the tooltip, make sure there is enough space around your widget to display it. For example, you can apply a margin to the widget's container to reserve the area around the widget for the tooltip.

arrowLength

Specifies the length of a tooltip's arrow in pixels.

Type:

Number

Default Value: 10

border

Configures a tooltip's border.

Type:

Object

color

Colors all tooltips.

Type:

String

Default Value: '#ffffff'

This option supports the following colors:

Hexadecimal colors
RGB colors
RGBA colors
Predefined/cross-browser color names
Predefined SVG colors
Paint server address

This option sets one color for all tooltips. You can specify a particular tooltip's color in the tooltip.customizeTooltip function.

container

Specifies the container in which to draw tooltips. The default container is the HTML DOM <body> element.

Type:

String

Element

jQuery

Default Value: undefined

contentComponent

An alias for the contentTemplate property specified in React. Accepts a custom component. Refer to Using a Custom Component for more information.

contentRender

An alias for the contentTemplate property specified in React. Accepts a rendering function. Refer to Using a Rendering Function for more information.

contentTemplate

Specifies a custom template for tooltips.

Type:

template

Template Data:

Object

Information on the points that belong to the series that is pressed or hovered over.

Default Name: undefined

You can access the following pointsInfo fields.

Field name	Description
`originalValue`	The primary bullet value assigned to the value option.
`value`	The primary bullet value with applied formatting if the format option is specified.
`originalTarget`	The target bullet value assigned to the target option.
`target`	The target bullet value with applied formatting if the format option is specified.

cornerRadius

Makes all the tooltip's corners rounded.

Type:

Number

Default Value: 0, 4 (Material)

The following table demonstrates how the corner's curvature depends on the cornerRadius value:

cornerRadius	Result
`cornerRadius: 0`
`cornerRadius: 15`
`cornerRadius: 35`

customizeTooltip

Allows you to change tooltip appearance.

Type:

Function

Function parameters:

pointsInfo:

Object

Information on the point being pressed or hovered over with the mouse pointer.

Return Value:

Object

The tooltip's text or markup and appearance settings.

Default Value: undefined

Cannot be used in themes.

This option should be assigned a function that returns an object with the following fields:

Field name	Description
`text`	The tooltip's text.
`html`	The HTML markup displayed in a tooltip. To use external resources (for example, images) in the markup, specify the size of the area they occupy beforehand.
`color`	The tooltip's color.
`fontColor`	The color of the tooltip's text.
`borderColor`	The color of the tooltip's border.

The function's parameter has the following fields:

Field name	Description
`originalValue`	The primary bullet value as it is assigned to the value option.
`value`	The primary bullet value with applied formatting if the format option is specified.
`originalTarget`	The target bullet value as it is assigned to the target option.
`target`	The target bullet value with applied formatting if the format option is specified.

NOTE

As an alternative to the function’s parameter you can use the this keyword.

enabled

Enables tooltips.

Type:

Boolean

Default Value: true

font

Specifies tooltips' font options.

Type:

Object

format

Formats a value before it is displayed it in a tooltip.

Type:

Format

Default Value: undefined

See the format section for details on accepted values.

opacity

Specifies tooltips' transparency.

Type:

Number

Default Value: undefined

This option accepts a value from 0 to 1, where 0 makes tooltips completely transparent, and 1 makes them opaque.

paddingLeftRight

Generates an empty space, measured in pixels, between a tooltip's left/right border and its text.

Type:

Number

Default Value: 18

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paddingTopBottom

Generates an empty space, measured in pixels, between a tooltip's top/bottom border and its text.

Type:

Number

Default Value: 15

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shadow

Configures a tooltip's shadow.

Type:

Object

zIndex

Specifies a tooltip's z-index.

Type:

Number

Default Value: undefined

If the widget's container has the CSS z-index property specified, and tooltips are displayed incorrectly, configure their z-index using this option.

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