Tooltip

A tooltip is extra information 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

An example of an item tooltip with enchantments and attributes.

When hovering over an item with the cursor while in the inventory or a container screen, a tooltip with the item’s name appears next to the cursor. When playing with touch controls, tapping an item displays its tooltip on the bottom of the screen. Some items display extra information on their tooltips, such as enchantments and shulker box contents. In Java Edition, 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.

In Java Edition, advanced tooltips, including item IDs and the exact remaining durability of tools, can be displayed by pressing the debug hotkey F3 + H.

Description of item tooltip lines

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The table below describes all possible tooltip lines, including these shown when advanced tooltips are enabled. Note that table preserves the order of these lines too.

In "Content" column, cells with yellow background means the exact text displayed. Additionally, cells marked "[...]" means that this field has variable lines count.

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. In Java Edition, the “Notification Time” option affects how long this type of tooltip appears on-screen.

Effect tooltips

This feature is exclusive to Java Edition.
 
An effect tooltip.

When effects in the inventory are displayed in the compact style, hovering over an effect icon displays more information about that effect.

Option tooltips

This feature is exclusive to Java Edition.
 
An option tooltip.

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. The “Key Binds” options menu also has tooltips to provide details on conflicts between keys.

History

Java Edition Beta
1.0Added item tooltips.
1.5Added statistics, which use tooltips in the "Blocks" and "Items" sections.
Java Edition
1.0.0Beta 1.9 Prerelease 2Item tooltips now have an outline and rounded corners.
Added potions, which display effect information on their tooltip.
Beta 1.9 Prerelease 3Added enchantments. Enchanted items show their enchantments on their tooltip, as well as some text reading “Enchanted!”
Beta 1.9 Prerelease 4The “Enchanted!” text has been removed from enchanted item tooltips.
1.4.212w34aF3 + H now shows advanced tooltips.
12w41aAdvanced tooltips now display tool and armor durability, and map zoom levels.
1.4.612w50aAdded held item tooltips.
1.6.113w21aAttributes now display on item tooltips.
1.1116w39aAdded shulker boxes, which list their contents on their item tooltip.
1.13.118w33aTropical fish buckets now display the type of fish they are holding on their tooltip.
1.1418w43cAdded crossbows, which show what projectile is loaded on their tooltip when in that state.
??Added option tooltips.
1.1720w45aAdded bundles, which list their contents on their item tooltip.
20w46aChanged how bundles display their contents on their tooltip.
1.1821w39aAdded effect tooltips, which appear when the compact style is used for displaying effects in the inventory.
1.1922w17aAdded goat horns, which display the variant name on their tooltips.
1.19.1Pre-release 3Tooltips can no longer become offset.[1]
1.19.322w42aLong tooltips no longer get cut off at the edge of the screen.[2]
22w44aMonster spawner tooltips now display the name of the mob that it spawns. If the spawner’s mob spawn type has not been set, it instead shows information on how to do so.
Pre-release 2Tooltips now appear when navigating through menus with Tab ↹.
1.19.423w03aAdded the “Notification Display Time” option, which affects how long held item tooltips appear onscreen.
23w05aAdjusted the positioning of option tooltips to avoid covering the button being hovered over.
23w06aOption tooltips are now used in the key binds options menu to provide details on conflicts between keys.
Paintings now have special tooltips in the creative inventory.
Pre-release 2Hovering over the world name field on the world creation screen now displays a tooltip that shows the name of the folder in which the world is saved.
1.19.4
Experiment
Update 1.20		23w04aTooltips for trimmed armor now show the trim material and variant name.
Added smithing templates, which show their type, what items they can be used on, and what materials can be used with them on their tooltip.
1.2023w17aTooltips for decorated pots with pottery sherds now list the ingredients used to craft them.
1.20.223w31aUpdated the design of the tooltips in the statistics screen.[3]
1.20.524w10aNo longer appears when hovering outside the containing element.
1.2124w18aEnchanted items and potions now show more attributes on their tooltips.
1.21.2
Experiment
Bundles		24w33a Bundle tooltips have been changed again; they now feature a fullness meter and the item slots no longer have backgrounds.
It is now possible to scroll to select items in a bundle while the tooltip is displayed.
1.21.224w33aSmithing template tooltips have been changed; the variant’s name and “Smithing Template” have switched places.
Banner patterns now specify which variant they are in their name instead of a subtitle.
24w35aTooltips for bee nests and beehives now show the amount of bees and honey inside on their tooltips.
24w36aData packs now support custom tooltip window designs.
1.21.525w04aCrossbows will now show all charged projectiles in their tooltip instead of just the first.
25w06aTooltips for fireworks and crossbows now show a compact form of multiple repeated stars or projectiles that are identical.
Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.5.0Added item tooltips.
Pocket Edition
1.1.0alpha 1.1.0.0Added shulker boxes, which list their contents on their tooltip.
Bedrock Edition
1.16.0beta 1.16.0.63Held item tooltips now have a background.
1.20.10Preview 1.20.10.20Decorated pots crafted with at least one pottery sherd now list their crafting ingredients on their tooltip.
1.21.111Preview 1.21.110.22Added Armor and Armor Toughness values to vanilla armor tooltips, not working with add-on armors.
Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360Xbox OnePS3PS4PS VitaWii USwitch
TU1CU11.001.001.00Patch 11.0.1Added item tooltips.
TU3Changed the tooltip display setting to in-game tooltip display, so that tooltips always display in menus.
TU7Added potions, which display effect information on their tooltip.
Added enchantments. Enchanted items show their enchantments on their tooltip.
Added held item tooltips.
Added more descriptive tooltips for different types of tree-related blocks, silverfish blocks and stone bricks, a feature from Java Edition 1.3.1.
TU19CU71.121.121.12Attributes now display on item tooltips.
TU36CU251.281.281.28Patch 7Held item tooltips now show the rarity of the item and the first 3 rows of the item's lore.
TU53CU431.491.501.49Patch 231.0.3Added shulker boxes, which list their contents on their tooltip.
  • The old Java Edition item tooltip as seen in the statistics menu before 1.20.2.
    The old Java Edition item tooltip as seen in the statistics menu before 1.20.2.

Issues

Issues relating to "Tooltip" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

Gallery

Examples

Notes

  1. ↑ Item name, bundle section, durability, item ID, number of components and usage warning are not visible there. Additionally, if item is dyed, "Dyed" will always be shown, even if advanced tooltips are enabled.
  2. ↑ Text in this field depends on the value of slot tag.
  3. ↑ This section has been designed to be displayed only in Creative mode's item picker, meaning that it is not shown when item is located in player's hotbar, nor in Creative Inventory.
    However, they are still visible in Saved Hotbars section, which may be more useful way to preview them than using /data command.

References

  1. ↑ MC-253214 — resolved as "Fixed".
  2. ↑ MC-26757 — resolved as "Fixed".
  3. ↑ MC-29371 — resolved as "Fixed".

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