File: hover-card.md | Updated: 11/15/2025
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<Text>
Follow{" "}
<HoverCard.Root>
<HoverCard.Trigger>
<Link href="https://twitter.com/radix_ui" target="_blank">
@radix_ui
</Link>
</HoverCard.Trigger>
<HoverCard.Content maxWidth="300px">
<Flex gap="4">
<Avatar
size="3"
fallback="R"
radius="full"
src="https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1337055608613253126/r_eiMp2H_400x400.png"
/>
<Box>
<Heading size="3" as="h3">
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</Heading>
<Text as="div" size="2" color="gray" mb="2">
@radix_ui
</Text>
<Text as="div" size="2">
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accessible UI.
</Text>
</Box>
</Flex>
</HoverCard.Content>
</HoverCard.Root>{" "}
for updates.
</Text>
This component inherits props from the Hover Card primitive .
Contains all the parts of the hover card.
Wraps the link that will open the hover card.
Contains the content of the open hover card. This component is based on the div element.
| Prop | Type | Default |
| --- | --- | --- |
| asChild<br><br>Prop description | boolean | No default value |
| size | Responsive<"1" \| "2" \| "3"> | "2" |
| width | Responsive<string> | No default value |
| minWidth | Responsive<string> | No default value |
| maxWidth | Responsive<string> | "480px" |
| height | Responsive<string> | No default value |
| minHeight | Responsive<string> | No default value |
| maxHeight | Responsive<string> | No default value |
Use the size prop to control the size.
<Flex gap="4">
<HoverCard.Root>
<HoverCard.Trigger>
<Link href="#">Size 1</Link>
</HoverCard.Trigger>
<HoverCard.Content size="1" maxWidth="240px">
<Text as="div" size="1" trim="both">
<Strong>Typography</Strong> is the art and technique of arranging type
to make written language legible, readable and appealing when displayed.
</Text>
</HoverCard.Content>
</HoverCard.Root>
<HoverCard.Root>
<HoverCard.Trigger>
<Link href="#">Size 2</Link>
</HoverCard.Trigger>
<HoverCard.Content size="2" maxWidth="280px">
<Text as="div" size="2" trim="both">
<Strong>Typography</Strong> is the art and technique of arranging type
to make written language legible, readable and appealing when displayed.
</Text>
</HoverCard.Content>
</HoverCard.Root>
<HoverCard.Root>
<HoverCard.Trigger>
<Link href="#">Size 3</Link>
</HoverCard.Trigger>
<HoverCard.Content size="3" maxWidth="320px">
<Text as="div" size="3" trim="both">
<Strong>Typography</Strong> is the art and technique of arranging type
to make written language legible, readable and appealing when displayed.
</Text>
</HoverCard.Content>
</HoverCard.Root>
</Flex>
Use the Inset component to align content flush with the sides of the hover card.
Technology revolutionized typography in the latter twentieth century.
<Text>
Technology revolutionized{" "}
<HoverCard.Root>
<HoverCard.Trigger>
<Link href="#">typography</Link>
</HoverCard.Trigger>
<HoverCard.Content width="450px">
<Flex>
<Box asChild flexShrink="0">
<Inset side="left" pr="current">
<img
src="https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1617050318658-a9a3175e34cb?&auto=format&fit=crop&w=300&q=90"
alt="Bold typography"
style={{
display: "block",
objectFit: "cover",
height: "100%",
width: 150,
backgroundColor: "var(--gray-5)",
}}
/>
</Inset>
</Box>
<Text size="2" as="p">
<Strong>Typography</Strong> is the art and technique of arranging type
to make written language legible, readable and appealing when
displayed. The arrangement of type involves selecting typefaces, point
sizes, line lengths, line-spacing (leading), and letter-spacing
(tracking)…
</Text>
</Flex>
</HoverCard.Content>
</HoverCard.Root>{" "}
in the latter twentieth century.
</Text>
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