ElTooltip - a smart positioned tooltip

📦 Add widget elements to your tooltip
↔️ Chose the preferred position for the tooltip to appear relative to the button
↩️ The position changes automagically if the desired one doesn't fit the screen
✅ No external dependencies
❤️ Customizable layout
🛡️ Null safety

Getting Started

🍭 Installation

Add to your pubspec.yaml

dependencies:
  el_tooltip: <last_version>

Import the library and call the Widget ElTooltip() with the required fields child and content

import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
import 'package:el_tooltip/el_tooltip.dart';

void main() {
  runApp(MaterialApp(
    title: 'Flutter Demo',
    theme: ThemeData(
      primarySwatch: Colors.blue,
    ),
    home: const SafeArea(
      child: Center(
        child: ElTooltip(
          child: Icon(Icons.info_outline),
          content: Text('This is a tooltip'),
        ),
      ),
    ),
  ));
}

Full example

Properties	Required	Default	Description
content	true		What will appear inside the tooltip.
child	true		Widget that represent the button to activate the tooltip (no click method required).
color	false	`Colors.white`	Background color of the bubble and the arrow.
distance	false	`10.0`	Space between the child button and the tooltip.
padding	false	`EdgeInsets.all(14.0)`	Tooltip padding around the content widget.
position	false	`topCenter`	Desired position based on the Enum `ElTooltipPosition`. Can be `topStart`, `topCenter`, `topEnd`, `rightStart`, `rightCenter`, `rightEnd`, `bottomStart`, `bottomCenter`, `bottomEnd`, `leftStart`, `leftCenter`, `leftEnd`,
radius	false	`Radius.circular(8.0)`	Border radius of the tooltip.
showModal	false	`true`	Displays a fullscreen dark layer behind the tooltip.
showArrow	false	`true`	Displays the arrow pointing to the child widget.
showChildAboveOverlay	false	`true`	Repeats the child above the tooltip overlay.
modalConfiguration	false	`ModalConfiguration()`	Configures the modal color and opacity if showModal is true.
timeout	false	`Duration.zero` (only disappears on click)	How many time to wait for the tooltip to disappear.
appearAnimationDuration	false	`Duration.zero` (does not animate)	Fade In animation duration.
disappearAnimationDuration	false	`Duration.zero` (does not animate)	Fade Out animation duration.
controller	false	`null`	`ElTooltipController` to show and hide the tooltip.