Tooltip

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[]

ExampleTooltip — An example of an item tooltip with enchantments and attributes.

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
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.
		Beta 1.9 Prerelease 2			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.
1.17		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.
		23w06a			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.
1.20 (Experimental)		23w04a			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.
TU7					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.