Create a tooltip that appears when the user moves the mouse over an element with CSS


You can try to run the following code to create a tooltip visible on mouse over. Use the visibility property

Example

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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
   <style>
      #mytooltip #mytext {
         visibility: hidden;
         width: 100px;
         background-color: black;
         color: #fff;
         text-align: center;
         border-radius: 3px;
         padding: 10px 0;
         position: absolute;
         z-index: 1;
      }
      #mytooltip:hover #mytext {
         visibility: visible;
      }
   </style>
   <body>
      <div id = "mytooltip">Hover the mouse over me
         <p id = "mytext">My Tooltip text</p>
      </div>
   </body>
</html>

Updated on: 24-Jun-2020

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