Briefle words · UI design
Tooltip
A small popup that appears on hover, focus or tap to briefly explain one element or reveal hidden information.
Say it to an AI
Up next queue with fixed-height rows: cover art, then the track title as primary text and performers as secondary text, duration right-aligned. Long titles truncate to one line with an ellipsis and show the full title in a tooltip on hover, so row heights never change.
How an expert would brief the stronger version of “Playlist queue”.
See it
Try it as a puzzle →'Up next' queue in a classical music streaming app.
Why: Hovering the Symphony No. 9 row in B reveals its full title in a dark pop-up label, so truncation doesn't hide anything.
More ways experts use it
Weekly pipeline digest email with a bar chart of open deals by stage. Because the chart is a static export, use a persistent label with the count on every bar instead of relying on a tooltip; drop any 'hover to see values' hint and keep three light tick labels at 0, 50 and 100.
Pipeline digest email · Data & charts
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