A tooltip is a piece of text that appears when hovering over or focusing on certain elements in the user interfaces, or when switching the held item.
Types of tooltips[]
Item tooltips[]
When hovering over an item in the inventory with the mouse cursor, a tooltip with the item’s name will appear next to the cursor. Some items display extra information on their tooltips, such as enchantments and shulker box contents. Basic item tooltips are also visible in the "Items" section of the statistics menu when hovering over a block or item on the left side of the screen.[JE only]
In Java Edition, advanced tooltips, including item IDs and the exact remaining durability of tools, can be displayed by pressing F3 + H.
Held item tooltips[]
When switching the item being held, the name of the item appears above the hotbar. In Bedrock Edition, held item tooltips also show enchantments and shulker box contents. The “Notification Time” option affects how long this type of tooltip appears onscreen. [Java Edition only]
Effect tooltips[]
When effects in the inventory are displayed in the compact style, hovering over an effect icon displays more information about that effect.[Java Edition only]
Option tooltips[]
When certain buttons, text fields, and sliders are hovered over or focused on when navigating with Tab ↹, they show a description in the form of a tooltip. [Java Edition only] The “Key Binds” options menu also has tooltips to provide details on conflicts between keys. [Java Edition only]
History[]
Java Edition Beta | |||||
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1.0 | Added item tooltips. | ||||
1.5 | Added statistics, which use tooltips in the "Blocks" and "Items" sections. | ||||
Java Edition | |||||
1.0.0 | Beta 1.9 Prerelease 2 | Item tooltips now have an outline and rounded corners. | |||
Added potions, which display effect information on their tooltip. | |||||
Beta 1.9 Prerelease 3 | Added enchantments. Enchanted items show their enchantments on their tooltip, as well as some text reading “Enchanted!” | ||||
? | ? | The “Enchanted!” text has been removed from enchanted item tooltips. | |||
1.4.2 | 12w41a | F3 + H now shows advanced tooltips. | |||
1.4.6 | 12w50a | Added held item tooltips. | |||
1.6.1 | 13w21a | Attributes now display on item tooltips. | |||
1.11 | 16w39a | Added shulker boxes, which list their contents on their item tooltip. | |||
1.13.1 | 18w33a | Tropical fish buckets now display the type of fish they are holding on their tooltip. | |||
1.14 | 18w43c | Added crossbows, which show what projectile is loaded on their tooltip when in that state. | |||
? | ? | Added option tooltips. | |||
1.17 | 20w45a | Added bundles, which list their contents on their item tooltip. | |||
20w46a | Changed how bundles display their contents on their tooltip. | ||||
1.18 | 21w39a | Added effect tooltips, which appear when the compact style is used for displaying effects in the inventory. | |||
1.19 | 22w17a | Added goat horns, which display the variant name on their tooltips. | |||
1.19.1 | Pre-release 3 | Tooltips can no longer become offset.[1] | |||
1.19.3 | 22w42a | Long tooltips no longer get cut off at the edge of the screen.[2] | |||
22w44a | Monster spawner tooltips now display the name of the mob that it will spawn. If the spawner’s mob spawn type has not been set, it will instead show information on how to do so. | ||||
Pre-release 2 | Tooltips now appear when navigating through menus with Tab ↹. | ||||
1.19.4 | 23w03a | Added the “Notification Time” option, which affects how long held item tooltips appear onscreen. | |||
23w05a | Adjusted the positioning of option tooltips to avoid covering the button being hovered over. | ||||
23w06a | Option tooltips are now used in the key binds options menu to provide details on conflicts between keys. | ||||
Paintings now have special tooltips in the creative inventory. | |||||
Pre-release 2 | Hovering over the world name field on the world creation screen now displays a tooltip that shows the name of the folder that the world will be saved in. | ||||
1.20 (Experimental) | 23w04a | Tooltips for trimmed armor now show the trim material and type. | |||
Added smithing templates, which show their type, what items it can be used on, and what materials can be used with it on its tooltip. | |||||
1.20 | 23w17a | Tooltips for decorated pots with sherds now list the ingredients used to craft them. | |||
1.20.2 | 23w31a | Updated the design of the tooltips in the statistics screen.[3] | |||
Pocket Edition Alpha | |||||
v0.5.0 | Added item tooltips. | ||||
Pocket Edition | |||||
1.1.0 | alpha 1.1.0.0 | Added shulker boxes, which list their contents on their tooltip. | |||
Bedrock Edition | |||||
1.16.0 | beta 1.16.0.63 | Held item tooltips now have a background. | |||
Legacy Console Edition | |||||
TU1 | CU1 | 1.00 | Patch 1 | 1.0.1 | Added item tooltips. |
TU7 | Added held item tooltips. | ||||
Added potions, which display effect information on their tooltip. | |||||
Added enchantments. Enchanted items show their enchantments on their tooltip. | |||||
TU53 | CU43 | 1.49 | Patch 23 | 1.0.3 | Added shulker boxes, which list their contents on their tooltip. |
The old Java Edition item tooltip as seen in the statistics menu.
Gallery[]
Examples[]
An example of a smithing template tooltip.
An example of a tooltip for a trimmed piece of armor.
An example of a goat horn tooltip.
An example of a written book tooltip.
An example of a crossbow tooltip.
An example of a decorated pot tooltip.
An example of a bucket of tropical fish tooltip. [JE only]