tooltip

See also: Tooltip

English

Etymology

From tool +‎ tip, originally used with toolbars to provide a tip or hint as to what function each graphical icon represented. The term was introduced as ToolTip by Microsoft in the 1990s.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtu(ː)l.tɪp/

  • Audio (UK):

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• Hyphenation: tool‧tip

Noun

tooltip (plural tooltips)

1. (graphical user interface) An element of a graphical user interface in the form of a box of text that appears when a cursor is made to hover over an item; normally used to explain the function of the item.

   Synonym: infotip

Hypernyms

• tip

Translations

an element of a graphical user interface

Afrikaans: hulpwenk (af) Arabic: تَلْمِيح (talmīḥ) Chinese: Mandarin: 工具提示 (gōngjù tíshì) Esperanto: ŝpruchelpilo Finnish: työkaluvihje French: infobulle (fr) f German: Tooltip m Gujarati: સાધનટિપ્પણી (sādhanṭippaṇī), સાધનમદદ (sādhnamdad) Hungarian: szövegbuborék, buboréksúgó, buboréktipp, eszköztipp, felbukkanó ablak, helyi súgó, súgóbuborék, súgószöveg, magyarázódoboz, eszközleírás, elemleírás, segédszöveg, leíróbuborék, gyorstipp, felugró üzenet Japanese: ツールチップ (tsūruchippu) Korean: 툴팁 (tultip) Maori: akiutauta Portuguese: dica de contexto f Russian: подска́зка (ru) f (podskázka) Spanish: tooltip m Swedish: inforuta (sv) c Turkish: araç bilgisi, araç ipucu Vietnamese: mẹo công cụ, hộp gợi ý

See also

• toolbar

Further reading

• tooltip on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• tip tool