Definitions For Tooltip

Noun

TOOLTIP (plural TOOLTIPs) (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.

Hypernyms

tip

Translations

Afrikaans: hulpwenk Arabic: تَلْمِيح Chinese: : Mandarin: 工具提示 (gōngjù tíshì, sc=Hani) Finnish: työkaluvihje French: infobulle, f German: Tooltip, m Gujarati: સાધનટિપ્પણી, સાધનમદદ 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, sc=Jpan) Maori: akiutauta Portuguese: dica de contexto, f Russian: подска́зка, f Spanish: tooltip, m Swedish: inforuta, c Turkish: araç bilgisi, araç ipucu

Etymology

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.