"tooltip" meaning in English

See tooltip in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: tooltips [plural]
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. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|tool|tip}} tool + tip Head templates: {{en-noun}} tooltip (plural tooltips)
  1. (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. Wikipedia link: tooltip Categories (topical): Graphical user interface, Microsoft Hypernyms: tip Related terms: toolbar Translations (an element of a graphical user interface): hulpwenk (Afrikaans), تَلْمِيح (talmīḥ) (Arabic), 工具提示 (gōngjù tíshì) (Chinese Mandarin), ŝpruchelpilo (Esperanto), työkaluvihje (Finnish), infobulle [feminine] (French), Tooltip [masculine] (German), સાધનટિપ્પણી (sādhanṭippaṇī) (Gujarati), સાધનમદદ (sādhnamdad) (Gujarati), szövegbuborék (Hungarian), buboréksúgó (Hungarian), buboréktipp (Hungarian), eszköztipp (Hungarian), felbukkanó ablak (Hungarian), helyi súgó (Hungarian), súgóbuborék (Hungarian), súgószöveg (Hungarian), magyarázódoboz (Hungarian), eszközleírás (Hungarian), elemleírás (Hungarian), segédszöveg (Hungarian), leíróbuborék (Hungarian), gyorstipp (Hungarian), felugró üzenet (Hungarian), ツールチップ (tsūruchippu) (Japanese), akiutauta (Maori), dica de contexto [feminine] (Portuguese), подска́зка (podskázka) [feminine] (Russian), tooltip [masculine] (Spanish), inforuta [common-gender] (Swedish), araç bilgisi (Turkish), araç ipucu (Turkish), mẹo công cụ (Vietnamese), hộp gợi ý (Vietnamese)

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