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Angular Material - Tooltip

Quiz

The <MatTooltip>, an Angular Directive, is used to show a material styled tooltip.

In this chapter, we will showcase the configuration required to show a tooltip using Angular Material.

Create Angular Application

Follow the following steps to update the Angular application we created in Angular Material - First Application chapter −

Step	Description
1	Create a project with a name material-app as explained in the Angular Material - First Application chapter.
2	Modify app.ts and app.html as explained below. Keep rest of the files unchanged.
3	Compile and run the application to verify the result of the implemented logic.

app.ts

Following is the content of the modified app.ts.

import { Component, signal } from '@angular/core';
import { FormsModule, ReactiveFormsModule } from '@angular/forms';
import { MatButtonModule } from '@angular/material/button';
import { MatFormFieldModule } from '@angular/material/form-field';
import { MatTooltipModule } from '@angular/material/tooltip';

@Component({
   selector: 'app-root',
   imports: [
      FormsModule,
      MatFormFieldModule,
      MatTooltipModule, 
      MatButtonModule, 
      ReactiveFormsModule,
   ],
   templateUrl: './app.html',
   styleUrl: './app.css'
})
export class App {
   protected readonly title = signal('material-app');
}

app.html

Following is the content of the modified HTML host file app.html.

<button mat-raised-button
   matTooltip = "Sample Tooltip"
   aria-label = "Sample Tooltip">
   Click Me!
</button>

Result

Verify the result.

Details

Here, we've created a button using mat-button on hover, we'll show a tooltip.

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