--- title: "Easily Add Tooltips to Your Webflow Projects" description: "Follow our step-by-step guide to add custom tooltips to your Webflow projects using tippy.js." canonical: "https://www.digidop.com/blog/tooltips-webflow-tippy-js" source: "https://www.digidop.com/blog/tooltips-webflow-tippy-js" --- ## Navigation - [Strategy](https://www.digidop.com/services/strategy) - [Web Design](https://www.digidop.com/services/webdesign) - [Webflow Development](https://www.digidop.com/services/webflow-agency) - [Migration](https://www.digidop.com/services/migration) - [Support & Growth](https://www.digidop.com/services/maintenance) - [AI for Web](https://www.digidop.com/services/ai-automation) - [Webflow Enterprise](https://www.digidop.com/enterprise-websites) - [Marketing Website](https://www.digidop.com/marketing-websites) - [Finance](https://www.digidop.com/industries/financial-services) - [Tech & SaaS](https://www.digidop.com/industries/technology) - [Industrial](https://www.digidop.com/industries/industrial) - [TSE](https://www.digidop.com/cases-studies/tse) - [Avant-Garde Groupe](https://www.digidop.com/cases-studies/groupe-avant-garde) - [Use cases](https://www.digidop.com/cases-studies) - [Blog](https://www.digidop.com/blog) - [Resources Hub](https://www.digidop.com/resources) - [Webflow](https://www.digidop.com/webflow) - [Webflow vs Wordpress](https://www.digidop.com/comparison/webflow-vs-wordpress) - [How to Get Your Brand Featured in AI Responses](https://www.digidop.com/resources/ebooks/how-to-get-your-brand-featured-in-ai-responses) - [Strategy to make your brand visible in LLMs](https://www.digidop.com/resources/webinars/the-essentials-to-make-your-brand-visible-in-llm) - [About us](https://www.digidop.com/about-us) - [Partner Ecosystem](https://www.digidop.com/partner) - [Careers](https://www.digidop.com/careers) - [Team](https://www.digidop.com/team) - [Webflow](https://webflow.com/@digidop-webflow-agency) - [Awwwards](https://www.awwwards.com/digidop/) [Contact sales](https://www.digidop.com/contact) # Tooltips in Webflow with tippy.js Tutorial 3 min Published on Jun 05, 2024 ![Tippy.js Tooltip](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/67053868fc01e494462e71c9/6710cdd7996985033ec5c21a_6660147826e89ff89a6bf0d4_thumbnail-tippy-js.jpeg) **Tooltips** are an effective way to enhance the user experience (UX) of your website by providing **contextual information** without cluttering the user interface (UI). In this article, we will show you how to **easily add tooltips to your Webflow projects** using tippy.js, a lightweight and powerful JavaScript library. ## What is tippy.js? **tippy.js is a lightweight JavaScript library** that allows you to **create customizable tooltips**. Built on [Popper.js](https://popper.js.org/docs/v2/), it offers optimal performance and great flexibility. With tippy.js, you can easily add tooltips to your HTML elements and customize them according to your needs. ## Why use tippy.js with Webflow? In Webflow, there is no native way to create "true" tooltips. It is possible to create them from scratch, but it requires animation work. However, to add tooltips within the tool, tippy.js is an excellent choice for several reasons: 1. **Easy integration**: tippy.js is straightforward to integrate. 2. **Customization**: You can customize the tooltips to maintain design consistency with your site. 3. **Performance**: Lightweight and fast, tippy.js will not affect the loading speed of your pages. 4. **Flexibility**: Compatible with various types of content and interactions. ## Step-by-step: Adding tippy.js to your Webflow project Follow these simple steps to integrate tippy.js into your Webflow project and start adding tooltips. ### 1. Include tippy.js in your Webflow project First, you need to include the CSS and JavaScript files for tippy.js in your project. To do this, go to the **page settings** and scroll down to the **Custom Code** tab. Add the CSS link and the JavaScript scripts in the **Head Code** and **Footer Code** sections, respectively: ``` ``` ``` ``` [Screenshot of the scripts and CSS tippy.js added to a Webflow page](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/67053868fc01e494462e71c9/6710cdd8996985033ec5c2b3_666017c2f4437ea630ab532a_cdn-tippy-js-webflow.webp) ### 2. Add tooltips to your elements Now that tippy.js is included in your project, you can start adding tooltips to your HTML elements. For this, we will add the custom attribute **data-tippy-content** in the element settings. For example, to add a tooltip to a button, follow these steps: 1. Add a button to your page 2. Select the button and go to its **Settings**. 3. Scroll down to the **custom attributes** section 4. Add a new attribute with **data-tippy-content** as the **name** and the **tooltip text** as the **value**. [Screenshot of a button in Webflow with the attribute \[data-tippy-content="I am the text"\]](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/67053868fc01e494462e71c9/6710cdd8996985033ec5c2af_666018a6656207cdbf9f0474_attribute-data-tippy-content-webflow.webp) Here is an example of a button with a tooltip; it has **name: data-tippy-content** and **value: Free Live Webflow Training Every Thursday** [Surprise 👀](https://www.youtube.com/@digidop/streams) ### 3. Initialize tippy.js To make the tooltips appear, you need to initialize tippy.js. To do this, add the initialization script in the **custom code (before body Tag)** section of your Webflow page. ``` ``` [Initialization of the tippy.js script](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/67053868fc01e494462e71c9/6710cdd8996985033ec5c2c9_6660191de662f4c25345fcce_initialisation-script-tippy.webp) ### 4. Customize your tooltips tippy.js offers a variety of customization options. You can configure the animation, theme, display delays, and much more. Check out the [tippy.js documentation](https://atomiks.github.io/tippyjs/) to add advanced features to your tooltip and to match your design. For example, here is a more customized button example below. [Custom Surprise 👀](https://www.youtube.com/@digidop/streams) Here are the custom attributes of this button: - data-tippy-followCursor="horizontal" - data-tippy-theme="digidop" - data-tippy-duration="300" Here is the CSS code to create the "digidop" theme: ``` ``` ### Conclusion By following these simple steps, you can easily add stylish and customized tooltips to your [Webflow projects](https://www.digidop.com/webflow) using tippy.js. Not only does this enhance the user experience, but it also adds a professional touch to your site. Feel free to further explore the options in tippy.js to make the most of this powerful library. 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