Core UI
Tooltip
Hover/focus label that computes its own placement and flips side on viewport overflow, with no positioning library.
$ velocityx add tooltip
Built for react.
Needs react already installed
as a peer dependency.
An Astro-only project needs @astrojs/react wired up first — this won't run on its own in plain Astro.
Needs a licence key —
subscribe here, then
velocityx loginonce.
Props
| Name | Type | Required | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| label | string | Yes | ||
| children | single focusable/hoverable element (trigger) | Yes | ||
| side | 'top' | 'bottom' | 'left' | 'right' | No | 'top' |
File this creates
The CLI writes this path into your project, relative to its root — nothing else moves.
components/velocity/tooltip/TooltipSimple.jsxUsing the Tooltip component
Install it with velocityx add tooltip.
The CLI writes the source straight into your project — no runtime dependency, no registry
lock-in, and it themes itself from the same primary-*/accent-* scale as the rest of the library.
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