How to Easily Add Tooltip in Magnolia CMS

Understanding Tooltips in Magnolia CMS

Tooltips are small messages that appear when a user hovers over an element within a website. In Magnolia CMS, adding tooltips can enhance user experience by providing helpful information without cluttering the interface.

Basic Tooltip Implementation

To add a simple tooltip in Magnolia CMS, you can start by using the HTML

title

attribute. This method provides a quick and easy way to implement brief descriptions.

Example:

This will display a tooltip saying “Learn more about Magnolia CMS” when the mouse hovers over the link.

Advanced Tooltip Creation

For more interactive tooltips, using a dedicated JavaScript library like Popper.js alongside CSS can enrich your tooltips. Here’s a simple example using these tools:

This code snippet creates a more customizable tooltip that appears when you hover over the “Hover over me!” text.

Integrating Tooltips with Magnolia Dialogs

In Magnolia CMS, tooltips are especially useful in dialogs where editors input content. You can easily add tooltips to dialogs by editing the dialog definition YAML file.

The

description

field in the YAML file is used to add tooltips in Magnolia’s dialogs, enhancing usability for content editors.

Tips for Effective Tooltips in Magnolia

• Keep the text concise to ensure tooltips are quick and easy to read.
• Use tooltips to explain icons or provide instructions for filling out form fields.
• Ensure that tooltips do not overlap important content and are easy to dismiss.