# Side tooltip with stem

> Springs out to the right of the icon, attached by a thin line that stretches out like a stem.

- Category: [Tooltips](https://library.aimran.es/components/tooltips)
- Built with: HTML + CSS
- Live editor: https://library.aimran.es/blocks/uv-tip-side
- Library: AIMRAN Library (https://library.aimran.es), free, no sign-up, by Aimran Oukham

## Where to use it

Side tooltips belong in vertical layouts: the collapsed icon sidebar of a CRM, the floating share bar next to a blog post, the tool column of a photo editor. Labels above the icons would cover the neighbor; sideways they stay clear. The stem gives this CSS tooltip a small elastic pull as it opens.

It opens to the right, so keep it for bars on the left edge of the screen, and mirror it for a right-hand panel. The stem uses your first color; a muted tone stops it from looking like an arrow pointing at something else.

## Code

### HTML

```html
<button class="uv-tl">↗<span>Share link</span></button>
```

### CSS

```css
.uv-tl {
  --c1: #0071e3;
  --c2: #8ec5ff;
  --s: 16px;
  /* tamaño */
  --k: 1;
  /* velocidad */
  --fg: #1d1d1f;
  /* texto */
  --bg: #f5f5f7;
  /* fondo */
}

.uv-tl {
  font-family: -apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"SF Pro Text","Inter",system-ui,sans-serif;
  font-size: var(--s);
  font-weight: 600;
  border: 0;
  cursor: pointer;
  color: var(--fg);
  background: color-mix(in srgb,var(--fg) 7%,transparent);
  position: relative;
  width: 3em;
  height: 3em;
  border-radius: .8em;
  font-size: calc(var(--s) * 1.1);
}

.uv-tl span {
  position: absolute;
  z-index: 5;
  padding: .65em .85em;
  border-radius: .75em;
  font-size: .76em;
  font-weight: 550;
  line-height: 1.25;
  white-space: nowrap;
  pointer-events: none;
  color: var(--bg);
  background: var(--fg);
  box-shadow: 0 12px 35px rgba(0,0,0,.2);
  opacity: 0;
  left: calc(100% + 1em);
  top: 50%;
  transform: translate(-1em,-50%) scale(.8);
  transform-origin: left;
  transition: all calc(0.45s / var(--k)) cubic-bezier(.34,1.56,.64,1);
}

.uv-tl span::before {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  right: 100%;
  top: 50%;
  width: 1em;
  height: 2px;
  background: var(--c1);
  transform: scaleX(0);
  transform-origin: right;
  transition: transform calc(0.35s / var(--k)) cubic-bezier(.34,1.56,.64,1);
}

.uv-tl:hover span,.uv-tl:focus-visible span {
  opacity: 1;
  transform: translate(0,-50%) scale(1);
}

.uv-tl:hover span::before,.uv-tl:focus-visible span::before {
  transform: scaleX(1);
}
```

### React

```tsx
import type { CSSProperties } from "react";

const css = `
.uv-tl {
  font-family: -apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"SF Pro Text","Inter",system-ui,sans-serif;
  font-size: var(--s);
  font-weight: 600;
  border: 0;
  cursor: pointer;
  color: var(--fg);
  background: color-mix(in srgb,var(--fg) 7%,transparent);
  position: relative;
  width: 3em;
  height: 3em;
  border-radius: .8em;
  font-size: calc(var(--s) * 1.1);
}

.uv-tl span {
  position: absolute;
  z-index: 5;
  padding: .65em .85em;
  border-radius: .75em;
  font-size: .76em;
  font-weight: 550;
  line-height: 1.25;
  white-space: nowrap;
  pointer-events: none;
  color: var(--bg);
  background: var(--fg);
  box-shadow: 0 12px 35px rgba(0,0,0,.2);
  opacity: 0;
  left: calc(100% + 1em);
  top: 50%;
  transform: translate(-1em,-50%) scale(.8);
  transform-origin: left;
  transition: all calc(0.45s / var(--k)) cubic-bezier(.34,1.56,.64,1);
}

.uv-tl span::before {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  right: 100%;
  top: 50%;
  width: 1em;
  height: 2px;
  background: var(--c1);
  transform: scaleX(0);
  transform-origin: right;
  transition: transform calc(0.35s / var(--k)) cubic-bezier(.34,1.56,.64,1);
}

.uv-tl:hover span,.uv-tl:focus-visible span {
  opacity: 1;
  transform: translate(0,-50%) scale(1);
}

.uv-tl:hover span::before,.uv-tl:focus-visible span::before {
  transform: scaleX(1);
}
`;

export default function TipSide() {
  return (
    <>
      <style>{css}</style>
      <div
        style={{
          "--c1": "#0071e3",
          "--c2": "#8ec5ff",
          "--s": "16px",
          "--k": "1",
          "--fg": "#1d1d1f",
          "--bg": "#f5f5f7",
        } as CSSProperties}
      >
        <button className="uv-tl">↗<span>Share link</span></button>
      </div>
    </>
  );
}
```

## Prompt for AI assistants

Paste this into ChatGPT, Claude, Cursor, v0 or Lovable to adapt the block to your stack (Tailwind, Vue, Svelte…):

````text
I want to add the “Side tooltip with stem” block (Tooltips) from AIMRAN Library to my project.

## What it is
Springs out to the right of the icon, attached by a thin line that stretches out like a stem.

## Chosen settings
- Main color: #0071e3
- Secondary color: #8ec5ff
- Size: 16px (from 12 to 24px)
- Speed: 1x (from 0.5 to 2x)
- Text: "Share link"

## What I need
1. Add it to my project with the same look and animation as the reference code: same sizes, colours, radii, shadows, timings and easing.
2. It is built with plain HTML and CSS (the reference wraps it in a React component with its CSS). If my project uses something else (Vue, Svelte, Astro, plain HTML…), translate it without losing any behaviour. If I use Tailwind, turn the styles into classes; if not, keep the CSS in its own file.
3. Expose the settings above as props (or CSS variables) with those values as defaults.
4. Make it work well on phones: nothing that depends only on hover, touch targets of at least 44 px and no overflow on 320 px screens.
5. Make it look right in light and dark mode.
6. Keep it accessible: semantic HTML, roles and aria-* where needed, visible focus and keyboard support.
7. Respect prefers-reduced-motion: with reduced motion, no big animations but the same end result.

## Reference code
```tsx
import type { CSSProperties } from "react";

const css = `
.uv-tl {
  font-family: -apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"SF Pro Text","Inter",system-ui,sans-serif;
  font-size: var(--s);
  font-weight: 600;
  border: 0;
  cursor: pointer;
  color: var(--fg);
  background: color-mix(in srgb,var(--fg) 7%,transparent);
  position: relative;
  width: 3em;
  height: 3em;
  border-radius: .8em;
  font-size: calc(var(--s) * 1.1);
}

.uv-tl span {
  position: absolute;
  z-index: 5;
  padding: .65em .85em;
  border-radius: .75em;
  font-size: .76em;
  font-weight: 550;
  line-height: 1.25;
  white-space: nowrap;
  pointer-events: none;
  color: var(--bg);
  background: var(--fg);
  box-shadow: 0 12px 35px rgba(0,0,0,.2);
  opacity: 0;
  left: calc(100% + 1em);
  top: 50%;
  transform: translate(-1em,-50%) scale(.8);
  transform-origin: left;
  transition: all calc(0.45s / var(--k)) cubic-bezier(.34,1.56,.64,1);
}

.uv-tl span::before {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  right: 100%;
  top: 50%;
  width: 1em;
  height: 2px;
  background: var(--c1);
  transform: scaleX(0);
  transform-origin: right;
  transition: transform calc(0.35s / var(--k)) cubic-bezier(.34,1.56,.64,1);
}

.uv-tl:hover span,.uv-tl:focus-visible span {
  opacity: 1;
  transform: translate(0,-50%) scale(1);
}

.uv-tl:hover span::before,.uv-tl:focus-visible span::before {
  transform: scaleX(1);
}
`;

export default function TipSide() {
  return (
    <>
      <style>{css}</style>
      <div
        style={{
          "--c1": "#0071e3",
          "--c2": "#8ec5ff",
          "--s": "16px",
          "--k": "1",
          "--fg": "#1d1d1f",
          "--bg": "#f5f5f7",
        } as CSSProperties}
      >
        <button className="uv-tl">↗<span>Share link</span></button>
      </div>
    </>
  );
}
```

Give me the complete final code, ready to paste, and tell me in one line where to put it in my project.
````