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Inspiring
November 19, 2021
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Approach for simple Tooltip?

  • November 19, 2021
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Hi Friends,

 

I am trying to create a simple Tooltip that appears when the end user hovers over a question-mark icon providing text in my prototype.  I have tried two approaches - neither successful:

 

1.  I tried adding the tooltip text to the Hover State.  Fail.

2.  Tried linking to another artboard with the "Overlay" action.  This feature is beautiful, but is no hover trigger.

 

Any help would be appreciated - thank you.

 

 

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    Correct answer Dan Rodney

    What failed with the hover state? If you're having trouble creating a hover, check out this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=el3HqNfrIfo 

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    Dan Rodney
    Dan RodneyCorrect answer
    Braniac
    November 20, 2021

    What failed with the hover state? If you're having trouble creating a hover, check out this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=el3HqNfrIfo 

    — Adobe Certified Expert & Instructor at Noble Desktop | Web Developer, Designer, InDesign Scriptor
    Inspiring
    November 22, 2021

    Hi Dan,

     

    Thank you for your response.  That did the trick!

     

    (Selecting the state, hover in my case, and then having the tooltip text appear, was my issue.

     

    Inspiring
    November 22, 2021

    Hi Dan,

     

    Do the item(s) that appear in the hover state need to be hidden in the default state?  At the moment, I have my tooltip text hidden behind a button.  For some reason I feel this isn't good practice as the tooltip (in my case) isn't needed until the hover state...

     

    Thank you.

    Chris W. Griffith
    Inspiring
    November 19, 2021

    Is the tooltip part of the component that has the hover state? 

    Inspiring
    November 22, 2021

    Hi Chris,

     

    Thank you for responding.  I was mixed up and wasn't selecting the hover state where I wanted the tooltip to appear.  As a result the tooltip was appearing all the time.  My bad.

    Chris W. Griffith
    Inspiring
    November 22, 2021

    No problem! Glad it was 'fixed'. We all have had those moments 🙂