docs/developer_docs/components/ui/icontooltip.mdx

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title: IconTooltip
sidebar_label: IconTooltip
---

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import { StoryWithControls } from '../../../src/components/StorybookWrapper';

# IconTooltip

The IconTooltip component from Superset's UI library.

## Live Example

<StoryWithControls
  component="IconTooltip"
  props={{
  tooltip: "Tooltip"
}}
  controls={[
  {
    name: "tooltip",
    label: "Tooltip",
    type: "text",
    description: "Text content to display in the tooltip."
  },
  {
    name: "placement",
    label: "Placement",
    type: "select",
    options: [
      "bottom",
      "bottomLeft",
      "bottomRight",
      "left",
      "leftBottom",
      "leftTop",
      "right",
      "rightBottom",
      "rightTop",
      "top",
      "topLeft",
      "topRight"
    ],
    description: "Position of the tooltip relative to the icon."
  }
]}
  sampleChildren={[{"component":"Icons.InfoCircleOutlined","props":{"iconSize":"l"}}]}
/>

## Try It

Edit the code below to experiment with the component:

```tsx live
function Demo() {
  return (
    <IconTooltip tooltip="Helpful information">
      <Icons.InfoCircleOutlined iconSize="l" />
    </IconTooltip>
  );
}
```

## Props

| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
|------|------|---------|-------------|
| `tooltip` | `string` | `"Tooltip"` | Text content to display in the tooltip. |

## Import

```tsx
import { IconTooltip } from '@superset/components';
```

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:::tip[Improve this page]
This documentation is auto-generated from the component's Storybook story.
Help improve it by [editing the story file](https://github.com/apache/superset/edit/master/superset-frontend/packages/superset-ui-core/src/components/IconTooltip/IconTooltip.stories.tsx).
:::