WP:Tooltips

Editors can add inline tooltips to articles using the {{T|Tooltip}} template, like so: {{Tooltip|The text|The tool tip}} which makes it appear like this: {{Tooltip|The text|The tool tip}}.

The {{T|Abbr}} template can be used for abbreviations. Tooltips are also used by various templates. For instance, the {{T|obsolete source}} template, here shown with a tooltip reason: {{obsolete source||reason=Look at this tooltip!}}.

In general, editors should use inline tooltips selectively such as when they're useful for table column headers. (See MOS:NOHOVER for information)

Editors should check that tooltip text renders as intended. For instance, if the tooltip text includes a " character, the tooltip is cut short.

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When hovering over a link to another article, a short summary of the subject and an image (if available) is displayed as a tooltip.

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When hovering over a reference, a tooltip appears that shows the full reference.

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Category:Wikipedia features