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File: hover-card.md | Updated: 11/15/2025

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Hover Card

For sighted users to preview content available behind a link.

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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">
						Radix
					</Heading>
					<Text as="div" size="2" color="gray" mb="2">
						@radix_ui
					</Text>
					<Text as="div" size="2">
						React components, icons, and colors for building high-quality,
						accessible UI.
					</Text>
				</Box>
			</Flex>
		</HoverCard.Content>
	</HoverCard.Root>{" "}
	for updates.
</Text>

API Reference


This component inherits props from the Hover Card primitive .

Root

Contains all the parts of the hover card.

Trigger

Wraps the link that will open the hover card.

Content

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 |

Examples


Size

Use the size prop to control the size.

Size 1 Size 2 Size 3

<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>

With inset content

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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