ElTooltip - a smart positioned tooltip

Why el_tooltip?

• 📦 Add widget elements to your tooltip
• ↔️ Chose the preferred position for the tooltip to appear relative to the button
• ↩️ The position changes automagically if the desired one doesn't fit the screen
• ✅ No external dependencies
• ❤️ Customizable layout
• 🛡️ Null safety

Getting Started

🍭 Installation

Add to your pubspec.yaml

dependencies:
  el_tooltip: <last_version>

Import the library and call the Widget ElTooltip() with the required fields child and content

import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
import 'package:el_tooltip/el_tooltip.dart';

void main() {
  runApp(MaterialApp(
    title: 'Flutter Demo',
    theme: ThemeData(
      primarySwatch: Colors.blue,
    ),
    home: const SafeArea(
      child: Center(
        child: ElTooltip(
          child: Icon(Icons.info_outline),
          content: Text('This is a tooltip'),
        ),
      ),
    ),
  ));
}

Full example

🏷️ El Tooltip widget properties

Properties	Required	Default	Description
content	true		What will appear inside the tooltip.
child	true		Widget that represent the button to activate the tooltip (no click method required).
color	false	Colors.white	Background color of the bubble and the arrow.
distance	false	10.0	Space between the child button and the tooltip.
padding	false	EdgeInsets.all(14.0)	Tooltip padding around the content widget.
position	false	topCenter	Desired position based on the Enum ElTooltipPosition. Can be topStart, topCenter, topEnd, rightStart, rightCenter, rightEnd, bottomStart, bottomCenter, bottomEnd, leftStart, leftCenter, leftEnd,
radius	false	Radius.circular(8.0)	Border radius of the tooltip.
showModal	false	true	Displays a fullscreen dark layer behind the tooltip.
showArrow	false	true	Displays the arrow pointing to the child widget.
showChildAboveOverlay	false	true	Repeats the child above the tooltip overlay.
modalConfiguration	false	ModalConfiguration()	Configures the modal color and opacity if showModal is true.
timeout	false	Duration.zero (only disappears on click)	How many time to wait for the tooltip to disappear.
appearAnimationDuration	false	Duration.zero (does not animate)	Fade In animation duration.
disappearAnimationDuration	false	Duration.zero (does not animate)	Fade Out animation duration.
controller	false	null	ElTooltipController to show and hide the tooltip.

↔️ El Tooltip available positions

El tooltip header image was created using macrovector illustration on Freepik

Contributors ✨

Thanks goes to these wonderful people:

Marcelo Gil 💻

Matteo Pietro Dazzi 💻