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React Simple Tooltip
A basic tooltip with simple text content triggered on hover using TooltipTrigger with asChild prop for accessible help text
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Icons without labels confuse users—what does that button even do? This React tooltip pattern shows simple contextual help on hover using shadcn/ui Tooltip components. Built with Radix UI primitives and asChild prop for semantic HTML, the basic tooltip provides instant clarification—perfect for icon buttons, abbreviated labels, disabled controls, help icons, action confirmations, or any interface element where brief hover-triggered text explains functionality without cluttering the layout with always-visible labels that waste precious screen space.
Pattern created by @haydenbleasel
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