# Tooltips

> Add tooltips to display contextual definitions and explanations when users hover over terms, abbreviations, or technical concepts in your documentation.

Use tooltips to provide additional context or definitions when a user hovers over a string of text. Tooltips can include optional call-to-action links.

**Example**: API (API: Application Programming Interface: a set of protocols for software applications to communicate.) [Read our API guide](https://www.mintlify.com/docs/api-reference) documentation helps developers understand how to integrate with your service.

```mdx Tooltip example wrap theme={null}
<Tooltip headline="API" tip="Application Programming Interface: a set of protocols for software applications to communicate." cta="Read our API guide" href="/api-reference">API</Tooltip> documentation helps developers understand how to integrate with your service.
```

## Properties

- `tip` (string, required) — The text displayed in the tooltip.

- `headline` (string) — Text displayed before the `tip` text.

- `cta` (string) — The call-to-action text for a link within the tooltip.

- `href` (string) — URL for the call-to-action link. Required when using `cta`.

- `className` (string) — Additional CSS classes to apply to the tooltip trigger.

## Related topics

- [Badge](/guides/create-content-components-badge)
- [Components overview](/docs/components/index.md)
- [Migrate from Document360](/guides/get-started-migration-document360)

## Related pages

- [Accordions](./create-content-components-accordions.md)
- [Badge](./create-content-components-badge.md)
- [Banner](./create-content-components-banner.md)
- [Callouts](./create-content-components-callouts.md)
- [Cards](./create-content-components-cards.md)
- [Code groups](./create-content-components-code-groups.md)
- [Color](./create-content-components-color.md)
- [Columns](./create-content-components-columns.md)
- [Examples](./create-content-components-examples.md)
- [Expandables](./create-content-components-expandables.md)

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