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Tooltip

Wraps Radix Tooltip. Carbon-spec sizing + positioning + animation.

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When to use

  • Surface a short text label on hover for an `IconButton`, `Avatar`, or any small target whose meaning isn't obvious.
  • Disambiguate truncated text in dense tables / lists.

When not to use

  • Click-triggered or persistent content → use `Popover`.
  • Action menus → use `DropdownMenu`.
  • Carbon's information-icon-toggled tooltip pattern → that's "Toggletip", not Tooltip; ship as a follow-up.
  • Anything longer than a sentence — Tooltip is a label, not a paragraph.