30 Tailwind CSS Text Hover Effects
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All 30 in 30 Tailwind CSS Text Hover Effects

  1. 01Tailwind CSS Animated Underline Hover Effect
  2. 02Tailwind Liquid Text Fill Hover Animation
  3. 03Tailwind Gradient Text Hover Effect with bg-clip-text
  4. 04Tailwind Animated Strikethrough Text Hover Effect
  5. 05Tailwind Text Swap and Flip Up Hover Effect
  6. 06Tailwind CSS Glitch Text Hover Effect
  7. 07Tailwind Neon Glow Text with Flicker Animation
  8. 08Tailwind Metallic Gold Shimmer Text Effect
  9. 09Tailwind 3D Text Pop and Lift Hover Effect
  10. 10Tailwind Staggered Letter Wave Hover Animation
  11. 11Tailwind Spotlight Text Reveal on Mouse Hover
  12. 12Tailwind Hover to Reveal Hidden Spoiler Text
  13. 13Tailwind Blur to Focus Text Hover Effect
  14. 14Tailwind Magnetic Hover Effect for Buttons and Text
  15. 15Tailwind Letter Spacing Expand on Hover (Tracking Animation)
  16. 16Tailwind Outline Text Stroke to Fill Hover Effect
  17. 17Tailwind Text Scramble and Matrix Decrypt Hover Effect
  18. 18Tailwind Animated Border Button Hover Effect
  19. 19Tailwind Elastic Rubber Band Text Hover Animation
  20. 20Tailwind Variable Font Weight Hover Animation
  21. 21Tailwind Animated Rainbow Gradient Text on Hover
  22. 22Tailwind 3D Perspective Tilt Text Hover Effect
  23. 23Tailwind Smoke Dissolve Text Hover Effect
  24. 24Tailwind Fire Text Effect with Heat Wave Glow
  25. 25Tailwind Dynamic Text Shadow that Follows the Cursor
  26. 26Tailwind Infinite Text Marquee that Speeds Up on Hover
  27. 27Tailwind Duotone Split Color Text Hover Effect
  28. 28Tailwind CSS Tooltip on Hover (No JavaScript)
  29. 29Tailwind SVG Water Ripple Distortion Text Effect
  30. 30Tailwind Clip-Path Text Reveal Hover Animation
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Tailwind CSS Tooltip on Hover (No JavaScript)

Glossary tooltips for a pricing page: each dotted term is a real <button> whose bubble is after:content-[attr(data-tip)] with a CSS-triangle before: arrow. Hover waits 350ms (hover:after:delay-350) to ignore drive-by cursors; focus and tap show it instantly. Screen readers get the same text via aria-describedby.

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<section class="tth-28 w-full min-h-svh grid place-items-center bg-tth28-bg px-5 py-14 font-tth28-sans text-tth28-ink" aria-label="CSS tooltip text reveal demo">
  <div class="w-full max-w-[38.75rem] rounded-[20px] border border-tth28-line bg-white p-[clamp(24px,4.6vw,40px)] shadow-[0_20px_60px_oklch(0.4_0.05_245/0.1)]">
    <div class="flex items-center justify-between gap-3">
      <p class="text-[11.5px] font-bold uppercase tracking-[0.2em] text-tth28-acc">Ledgerline &mdash; what's in the Pro tier</p>
      <span class="rounded-full bg-tth28-acc/10 px-2.5 py-1 text-[11px] font-bold text-tth28-acc">PRO</span>
    </div>
    <h2 class="mt-2 text-[clamp(22px,3.8vw,30px)] font-extrabold tracking-[-0.02em]">Every export, explained on hover</h2>
    <ul class="mt-[18px] flex flex-col">
      <li class="border-b border-tth28-line px-0.5 py-3.5 text-[16.5px] leading-[1.75] text-tth28-mut">Nightly <button type="button" data-tip="Data copied straight from disk to network — no serialization step, no CPU spike at 2am." aria-describedby="tth28-d1" class="relative inline cursor-help border-0 border-b-2 border-dotted border-tth28-acc bg-transparent pb-px font-[inherit] font-bold text-tth28-ink transition-colors duration-200 hover:text-tth28-acc focus:text-tth28-acc focus-visible:rounded-[2px] focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:outline-offset-[3px] focus-visible:outline-tth28-acc before:pointer-events-none before:absolute before:bottom-[calc(100%+5px)] before:left-1/2 before:z-10 before:-translate-x-1/2 before:translate-y-1.5 before:border-6 before:border-transparent before:border-t-tth28-tip before:opacity-0 before:transition-[opacity,translate] before:duration-220 before:content-[''] after:pointer-events-none after:absolute after:bottom-[calc(100%+11px)] after:left-1/2 after:z-10 after:w-max after:max-w-[28ch] after:-translate-x-1/2 after:translate-y-1.5 after:scale-94 after:rounded-[10px] after:bg-tth28-tip after:px-[13px] after:py-2.5 after:text-left after:text-[12.5px] after:font-medium after:leading-[1.55] after:text-tth28-tip-ink after:opacity-0 after:shadow-[0_12px_30px_oklch(0.2_0.03_255/0.35)] after:transition-[opacity,translate,scale] after:duration-220 after:content-[attr(data-tip)] hover:before:translate-y-0 hover:before:opacity-100 hover:before:delay-350 hover:after:translate-y-0 hover:after:scale-100 hover:after:opacity-100 hover:after:delay-350 focus:before:translate-y-0 focus:before:opacity-100 focus:before:delay-0 focus:after:translate-y-0 focus:after:scale-100 focus:after:opacity-100 focus:after:delay-0 motion-reduce:before:transition-none motion-reduce:after:transition-none">zero-copy exports<span id="tth28-d1" class="sr-only">Data copied straight from disk to network — no serialization step, no CPU spike at 2am.</span></button> to your warehouse.</li>
      <li class="border-b border-tth28-line px-0.5 py-3.5 text-[16.5px] leading-[1.75] text-tth28-mut">Ledgers stay consistent under <button type="button" data-tip="Multiple writers land in one agreed order — nobody's Tuesday overwrites somebody's Monday." aria-describedby="tth28-d2" class="relative inline cursor-help border-0 border-b-2 border-dotted border-tth28-acc bg-transparent pb-px font-[inherit] font-bold text-tth28-ink transition-colors duration-200 hover:text-tth28-acc focus:text-tth28-acc focus-visible:rounded-[2px] focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:outline-offset-[3px] focus-visible:outline-tth28-acc before:pointer-events-none before:absolute before:bottom-[calc(100%+5px)] before:left-1/2 before:z-10 before:-translate-x-1/2 before:translate-y-1.5 before:border-6 before:border-transparent before:border-t-tth28-tip before:opacity-0 before:transition-[opacity,translate] before:duration-220 before:content-[''] after:pointer-events-none after:absolute after:bottom-[calc(100%+11px)] after:left-1/2 after:z-10 after:w-max after:max-w-[28ch] after:-translate-x-1/2 after:translate-y-1.5 after:scale-94 after:rounded-[10px] after:bg-tth28-tip after:px-[13px] after:py-2.5 after:text-left after:text-[12.5px] after:font-medium after:leading-[1.55] after:text-tth28-tip-ink after:opacity-0 after:shadow-[0_12px_30px_oklch(0.2_0.03_255/0.35)] after:transition-[opacity,translate,scale] after:duration-220 after:content-[attr(data-tip)] hover:before:translate-y-0 hover:before:opacity-100 hover:before:delay-350 hover:after:translate-y-0 hover:after:scale-100 hover:after:opacity-100 hover:after:delay-350 focus:before:translate-y-0 focus:before:opacity-100 focus:before:delay-0 focus:after:translate-y-0 focus:after:scale-100 focus:after:opacity-100 focus:after:delay-0 motion-reduce:before:transition-none motion-reduce:after:transition-none">multi-writer ordering<span id="tth28-d2" class="sr-only">Multiple writers land in one agreed order — nobody's Tuesday overwrites somebody's Monday.</span></button> at any scale.</li>
      <li class="border-b border-tth28-line px-0.5 py-3.5 text-[16.5px] leading-[1.75] text-tth28-mut">Vaults are <button type="button" data-tip="Your data never leaves the region you pinned it to. Auditors love this one weird trick." aria-describedby="tth28-d3" class="relative inline cursor-help border-0 border-b-2 border-dotted border-tth28-acc bg-transparent pb-px font-[inherit] font-bold text-tth28-ink transition-colors duration-200 hover:text-tth28-acc focus:text-tth28-acc focus-visible:rounded-[2px] focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:outline-offset-[3px] focus-visible:outline-tth28-acc before:pointer-events-none before:absolute before:bottom-[calc(100%+5px)] before:left-1/2 before:z-10 before:-translate-x-1/2 before:translate-y-1.5 before:border-6 before:border-transparent before:border-t-tth28-tip before:opacity-0 before:transition-[opacity,translate] before:duration-220 before:content-[''] after:pointer-events-none after:absolute after:bottom-[calc(100%+11px)] after:left-1/2 after:z-10 after:w-max after:max-w-[28ch] after:-translate-x-1/2 after:translate-y-1.5 after:scale-94 after:rounded-[10px] after:bg-tth28-tip after:px-[13px] after:py-2.5 after:text-left after:text-[12.5px] after:font-medium after:leading-[1.55] after:text-tth28-tip-ink after:opacity-0 after:shadow-[0_12px_30px_oklch(0.2_0.03_255/0.35)] after:transition-[opacity,translate,scale] after:duration-220 after:content-[attr(data-tip)] hover:before:translate-y-0 hover:before:opacity-100 hover:before:delay-350 hover:after:translate-y-0 hover:after:scale-100 hover:after:opacity-100 hover:after:delay-350 focus:before:translate-y-0 focus:before:opacity-100 focus:before:delay-0 focus:after:translate-y-0 focus:after:scale-100 focus:after:opacity-100 focus:after:delay-0 motion-reduce:before:transition-none motion-reduce:after:transition-none">region-pinned<span id="tth28-d3" class="sr-only">Your data never leaves the region you pinned it to. Auditors love this one weird trick.</span></button> by default.</li>
    </ul>
    <p class="mt-4 text-[12.5px] leading-[1.7] text-tth28-mut">Hover a dotted term (350ms intent delay), tap it, or <kbd class="rounded-[5px] border border-b-2 border-tth28-line bg-tth28-bg px-1.5 py-0.5 font-tth28-mono text-[11px]">Tab</kbd> to it (instant). Bubble = <code class="rounded bg-tth28-chip px-1.5 py-px font-tth28-mono text-[0.9em]">after:content-[attr(data-tip)]</code>; screen readers get <code class="rounded bg-tth28-chip px-1.5 py-px font-tth28-mono text-[0.9em]">aria-describedby</code>.</p>
  </div>
</section>
@import "tailwindcss";

@theme {
  --color-tth28-bg: #f4f7f9;
  --color-tth28-bg: oklch(0.97 0.005 230);
  --color-tth28-chip: #eaeef3;
  --color-tth28-chip: oklch(0.94 0.006 240);
  --color-tth28-ink: #1c2433;
  --color-tth28-ink: oklch(0.25 0.02 250);
  --color-tth28-mut: #586173;
  --color-tth28-mut: oklch(0.48 0.02 250);
  --color-tth28-acc: #1f6fc4;
  --color-tth28-acc: oklch(0.53 0.15 245);
  --color-tth28-line: #dfe4ea;
  --color-tth28-line: oklch(0.9 0.008 240);
  --color-tth28-tip: #1b2232;
  --color-tth28-tip: oklch(0.24 0.02 255);
  --color-tth28-tip-ink: #f1f4f8;
  --color-tth28-tip-ink: oklch(0.96 0.005 240);
  --font-tth28-sans: 'DM Sans', system-ui, sans-serif;
  --font-tth28-mono: 'JetBrains Mono', ui-monospace, monospace;
}

.tth-28 {
  width: 100%;
  min-height: 100svh;
}

Setup — do this once per project

Skip this if your project already runs Tailwind v4.

1Load Tailwind
<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@tailwindcss/browser@4"></script>

Compiles in the browser — perfect for a CodePen or a quick test, not for production.

2Add the stylesheetRequiredthe @theme block is what makes the custom utilities exist
@import "tailwindcss";

@theme {
  --color-tth28-bg: #f4f7f9;
  --color-tth28-bg: oklch(0.97 0.005 230);
  --color-tth28-chip: #eaeef3;
  --color-tth28-chip: oklch(0.94 0.006 240);
  --color-tth28-ink: #1c2433;
  --color-tth28-ink: oklch(0.25 0.02 250);
  --color-tth28-mut: #586173;
  --color-tth28-mut: oklch(0.48 0.02 250);
  --color-tth28-acc: #1f6fc4;
  --color-tth28-acc: oklch(0.53 0.15 245);
  --color-tth28-line: #dfe4ea;
  --color-tth28-line: oklch(0.9 0.008 240);
  --color-tth28-tip: #1b2232;
  --color-tth28-tip: oklch(0.24 0.02 255);
  --color-tth28-tip-ink: #f1f4f8;
  --color-tth28-tip-ink: oklch(0.96 0.005 240);
  --font-tth28-sans: 'DM Sans', system-ui, sans-serif;
  --font-tth28-mono: 'JetBrains Mono', ui-monospace, monospace;
}

.tth-28 {
  width: 100%;
  min-height: 100svh;
}
3Fonts used by this demooptional — skip if you have your own type stack
<link rel="preconnect" href="https://fonts.googleapis.com">
<link rel="preconnect" href="https://fonts.gstatic.com" crossorigin>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=DM+Sans:opsz,wght@9..40,400..800&family=JetBrains+Mono:wght@400;600&display=swap">

What changed in the port

Which parts became utilities, which stayed CSS, and why.

  • The bubble, arrow and their four state rules became after:/before: class lists; the hand-rolled .sr clip class became Tailwind's sr-only.
  • transition-delay:.35s on hover only became hover:after:delay-350, with focus:after:delay-0 overriding it for keyboard and tap.
  • UI upgrade from the CSS original: tooltips now open on :focus, not just :focus-visible — tapping a term on a phone focuses the button, so touch users finally see the explanation.
  • UI upgrade: DM Sans replaced the system stack, a PRO badge anchors the card, the bubble widened to 28ch (fewer orphaned words), and muted copy rose to 6.1:1.
Paste this into ChatGPT, Claude, Cursor, or any coding assistant. The block below is pre-framed with everything the AI needs to integrate this demo into your project — markup, styles, scoping notes, and the source URL. Hit Copy and paste straight into your chat.
Here's a working CSS demo from CodeFronts. Use it as-is or adapt to your framework. All classes are scoped under a unique prefix so the code won't collide with your existing styles. MIT licensed.
Demo: Tailwind CSS Tooltip on Hover (No JavaScript)
Source: https://codefronts.com/motion/tailwind-css-text-hover-effects/tailwind-css-tooltip-on-hover-no-javascript/

Glossary tooltips for a pricing page: each dotted term is a real <button> whose bubble is after:content-[attr(data-tip)] with a CSS-triangle before: arrow. Hover waits 350ms (hover:after:delay-350) to ignore drive-by cursors; focus and tap show it instantly. Screen readers get the same text via aria-describedby.
## HTML
```html
<section class="tth-28 w-full min-h-svh grid place-items-center bg-tth28-bg px-5 py-14 font-tth28-sans text-tth28-ink" aria-label="CSS tooltip text reveal demo">
  <div class="w-full max-w-[38.75rem] rounded-[20px] border border-tth28-line bg-white p-[clamp(24px,4.6vw,40px)] shadow-[0_20px_60px_oklch(0.4_0.05_245/0.1)]">
    <div class="flex items-center justify-between gap-3">
      <p class="text-[11.5px] font-bold uppercase tracking-[0.2em] text-tth28-acc">Ledgerline &mdash; what's in the Pro tier</p>
      <span class="rounded-full bg-tth28-acc/10 px-2.5 py-1 text-[11px] font-bold text-tth28-acc">PRO</span>
    </div>
    <h2 class="mt-2 text-[clamp(22px,3.8vw,30px)] font-extrabold tracking-[-0.02em]">Every export, explained on hover</h2>
    <ul class="mt-[18px] flex flex-col">
      <li class="border-b border-tth28-line px-0.5 py-3.5 text-[16.5px] leading-[1.75] text-tth28-mut">Nightly <button type="button" data-tip="Data copied straight from disk to network — no serialization step, no CPU spike at 2am." aria-describedby="tth28-d1" class="relative inline cursor-help border-0 border-b-2 border-dotted border-tth28-acc bg-transparent pb-px font-[inherit] font-bold text-tth28-ink transition-colors duration-200 hover:text-tth28-acc focus:text-tth28-acc focus-visible:rounded-[2px] focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:outline-offset-[3px] focus-visible:outline-tth28-acc before:pointer-events-none before:absolute before:bottom-[calc(100%+5px)] before:left-1/2 before:z-10 before:-translate-x-1/2 before:translate-y-1.5 before:border-6 before:border-transparent before:border-t-tth28-tip before:opacity-0 before:transition-[opacity,translate] before:duration-220 before:content-[''] after:pointer-events-none after:absolute after:bottom-[calc(100%+11px)] after:left-1/2 after:z-10 after:w-max after:max-w-[28ch] after:-translate-x-1/2 after:translate-y-1.5 after:scale-94 after:rounded-[10px] after:bg-tth28-tip after:px-[13px] after:py-2.5 after:text-left after:text-[12.5px] after:font-medium after:leading-[1.55] after:text-tth28-tip-ink after:opacity-0 after:shadow-[0_12px_30px_oklch(0.2_0.03_255/0.35)] after:transition-[opacity,translate,scale] after:duration-220 after:content-[attr(data-tip)] hover:before:translate-y-0 hover:before:opacity-100 hover:before:delay-350 hover:after:translate-y-0 hover:after:scale-100 hover:after:opacity-100 hover:after:delay-350 focus:before:translate-y-0 focus:before:opacity-100 focus:before:delay-0 focus:after:translate-y-0 focus:after:scale-100 focus:after:opacity-100 focus:after:delay-0 motion-reduce:before:transition-none motion-reduce:after:transition-none">zero-copy exports<span id="tth28-d1" class="sr-only">Data copied straight from disk to network — no serialization step, no CPU spike at 2am.</span></button> to your warehouse.</li>
      <li class="border-b border-tth28-line px-0.5 py-3.5 text-[16.5px] leading-[1.75] text-tth28-mut">Ledgers stay consistent under <button type="button" data-tip="Multiple writers land in one agreed order — nobody's Tuesday overwrites somebody's Monday." aria-describedby="tth28-d2" class="relative inline cursor-help border-0 border-b-2 border-dotted border-tth28-acc bg-transparent pb-px font-[inherit] font-bold text-tth28-ink transition-colors duration-200 hover:text-tth28-acc focus:text-tth28-acc focus-visible:rounded-[2px] focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:outline-offset-[3px] focus-visible:outline-tth28-acc before:pointer-events-none before:absolute before:bottom-[calc(100%+5px)] before:left-1/2 before:z-10 before:-translate-x-1/2 before:translate-y-1.5 before:border-6 before:border-transparent before:border-t-tth28-tip before:opacity-0 before:transition-[opacity,translate] before:duration-220 before:content-[''] after:pointer-events-none after:absolute after:bottom-[calc(100%+11px)] after:left-1/2 after:z-10 after:w-max after:max-w-[28ch] after:-translate-x-1/2 after:translate-y-1.5 after:scale-94 after:rounded-[10px] after:bg-tth28-tip after:px-[13px] after:py-2.5 after:text-left after:text-[12.5px] after:font-medium after:leading-[1.55] after:text-tth28-tip-ink after:opacity-0 after:shadow-[0_12px_30px_oklch(0.2_0.03_255/0.35)] after:transition-[opacity,translate,scale] after:duration-220 after:content-[attr(data-tip)] hover:before:translate-y-0 hover:before:opacity-100 hover:before:delay-350 hover:after:translate-y-0 hover:after:scale-100 hover:after:opacity-100 hover:after:delay-350 focus:before:translate-y-0 focus:before:opacity-100 focus:before:delay-0 focus:after:translate-y-0 focus:after:scale-100 focus:after:opacity-100 focus:after:delay-0 motion-reduce:before:transition-none motion-reduce:after:transition-none">multi-writer ordering<span id="tth28-d2" class="sr-only">Multiple writers land in one agreed order — nobody's Tuesday overwrites somebody's Monday.</span></button> at any scale.</li>
      <li class="border-b border-tth28-line px-0.5 py-3.5 text-[16.5px] leading-[1.75] text-tth28-mut">Vaults are <button type="button" data-tip="Your data never leaves the region you pinned it to. Auditors love this one weird trick." aria-describedby="tth28-d3" class="relative inline cursor-help border-0 border-b-2 border-dotted border-tth28-acc bg-transparent pb-px font-[inherit] font-bold text-tth28-ink transition-colors duration-200 hover:text-tth28-acc focus:text-tth28-acc focus-visible:rounded-[2px] focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:outline-offset-[3px] focus-visible:outline-tth28-acc before:pointer-events-none before:absolute before:bottom-[calc(100%+5px)] before:left-1/2 before:z-10 before:-translate-x-1/2 before:translate-y-1.5 before:border-6 before:border-transparent before:border-t-tth28-tip before:opacity-0 before:transition-[opacity,translate] before:duration-220 before:content-[''] after:pointer-events-none after:absolute after:bottom-[calc(100%+11px)] after:left-1/2 after:z-10 after:w-max after:max-w-[28ch] after:-translate-x-1/2 after:translate-y-1.5 after:scale-94 after:rounded-[10px] after:bg-tth28-tip after:px-[13px] after:py-2.5 after:text-left after:text-[12.5px] after:font-medium after:leading-[1.55] after:text-tth28-tip-ink after:opacity-0 after:shadow-[0_12px_30px_oklch(0.2_0.03_255/0.35)] after:transition-[opacity,translate,scale] after:duration-220 after:content-[attr(data-tip)] hover:before:translate-y-0 hover:before:opacity-100 hover:before:delay-350 hover:after:translate-y-0 hover:after:scale-100 hover:after:opacity-100 hover:after:delay-350 focus:before:translate-y-0 focus:before:opacity-100 focus:before:delay-0 focus:after:translate-y-0 focus:after:scale-100 focus:after:opacity-100 focus:after:delay-0 motion-reduce:before:transition-none motion-reduce:after:transition-none">region-pinned<span id="tth28-d3" class="sr-only">Your data never leaves the region you pinned it to. Auditors love this one weird trick.</span></button> by default.</li>
    </ul>
    <p class="mt-4 text-[12.5px] leading-[1.7] text-tth28-mut">Hover a dotted term (350ms intent delay), tap it, or <kbd class="rounded-[5px] border border-b-2 border-tth28-line bg-tth28-bg px-1.5 py-0.5 font-tth28-mono text-[11px]">Tab</kbd> to it (instant). Bubble = <code class="rounded bg-tth28-chip px-1.5 py-px font-tth28-mono text-[0.9em]">after:content-[attr(data-tip)]</code>; screen readers get <code class="rounded bg-tth28-chip px-1.5 py-px font-tth28-mono text-[0.9em]">aria-describedby</code>.</p>
  </div>
</section>
```
## CSS
```css
@import "tailwindcss";

@theme {
  --color-tth28-bg: #f4f7f9;
  --color-tth28-bg: oklch(0.97 0.005 230);
  --color-tth28-chip: #eaeef3;
  --color-tth28-chip: oklch(0.94 0.006 240);
  --color-tth28-ink: #1c2433;
  --color-tth28-ink: oklch(0.25 0.02 250);
  --color-tth28-mut: #586173;
  --color-tth28-mut: oklch(0.48 0.02 250);
  --color-tth28-acc: #1f6fc4;
  --color-tth28-acc: oklch(0.53 0.15 245);
  --color-tth28-line: #dfe4ea;
  --color-tth28-line: oklch(0.9 0.008 240);
  --color-tth28-tip: #1b2232;
  --color-tth28-tip: oklch(0.24 0.02 255);
  --color-tth28-tip-ink: #f1f4f8;
  --color-tth28-tip-ink: oklch(0.96 0.005 240);
  --font-tth28-sans: 'DM Sans', system-ui, sans-serif;
  --font-tth28-mono: 'JetBrains Mono', ui-monospace, monospace;
}

.tth-28 {
  width: 100%;
  min-height: 100svh;
}
```

How this works

Generated bubble. The tooltip text lives in data-tip; after: prints it in a positioned box above the term, centred with after:left-1/2 after:-translate-x-1/2, starting 6px low, 94% scale and transparent:

after:opacity-0 after:translate-y-1.5 after:scale-94
hover:after:opacity-100 hover:after:translate-y-0 hover:after:scale-100
hover:after:delay-350 focus:after:opacity-100 focus:after:delay-0

Intent delay. The delay only exists in the hover state, so the tooltip appears 350ms after the mouse settles but disappears immediately when it leaves (the resting state has no delay).

Accessibility. Pseudo-element text isn't reliably announced, so each button points aria-describedby at an sr-only span with identical copy.

Make it yours

  • Below instead of above: swap after:bottom-[calc(100%+11px)] for after:top-[calc(100%+11px)] and flip the arrow to border-b-*.
  • Light theme: --color-tth28-tip to white with a border and ink text.
  • Wider bubbles: raise max-w-[28ch].

Gotchas — read before shipping

  • Keep data-tip and the sr-only text in sync.
  • CSS tooltips can't dismiss on Esc (WCAG 1.4.13); for critical content use the Popover API or a small script.
  • Bubbles near the viewport edge will clip — this pattern suits inline glossary terms in a centred column.

Browser support

ChromeSafariFirefoxEdge
111+16.4+128+111+

Universal; the floor is Tailwind v4's sheet.

Techniques used in this demo

Utilitiesfirst-class utility or variant

pseudo elementstw ↗transition delaytw ↗

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