English
Etymology
From 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.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtu(ː)l.tɪp/
- Hyphenation: tool‧tip
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.
- Synonym: infotip
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Translations
an element of a graphical user interface
- Afrikaans: hulpwenk (af)
- Arabic: تَلْمِيح (talmīḥ)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 工具提示 (gōngjù tíshì)
- Esperanto: ŝpruchelpilo
- Finnish: työkaluvihje
- French: infobulle (fr) f
- German: Tooltip m
- Gujarati: સાધનટિપ્પણી (sādhanṭippaṇī), સાધનમદદ (sādhnamdad)
- 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)
- Korean: 툴팁 (tultip)
- Maori: akiutauta
- Portuguese: dica de contexto f
- Russian: подска́зка (ru) f (podskázka)
- Spanish: tooltip m
- Swedish: inforuta (sv) c
- Turkish: araç bilgisi, araç ipucu
- Vietnamese: mẹo công cụ, hộp gợi ý
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