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Popover

An accessible popup anchored to a button.

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Anatomy

Import the component and assemble its parts:

Anatomy

Examples

Opening on hover

This example shows how you can configure the popover to open on hover using the openOnHover prop.

You can use the delay prop to specify how long to wait (in milliseconds) before the popover opens on hover.

Detached triggers

A popover can be controlled by a trigger located either inside or outside the <Popover.Root> component. For simple, one-off interactions, place the <Popover.Trigger> inside <Popover.Root>, as shown in the example at the top of this page.

However, if defining the popover’s content next to its trigger is not practical, you can use a detached trigger. This involves placing the <Popover.Trigger> outside of <Popover.Root> and linking them with a handle created by the Popover.createHandle() function.

Detached triggers

Multiple triggers

A single popover can be opened by multiple trigger elements. You can achieve this by using the same handle for several detached triggers, or by placing multiple <Popover.Trigger> components inside a single <Popover.Root>.

Multiple triggers within the Root part
Multiple detached triggers

The popover can render different content depending on which trigger opened it. This is achieved by passing a payload to the <Popover.Trigger> and using the function-as-a-child pattern in <Popover.Root>.

The payload can be strongly typed by providing a type argument to the createHandle() function:

Detached triggers with payload

Controlled mode with multiple triggers

You can control the popover’s open state externally using the open and onOpenChange props on <Popover.Root>. This allows you to manage the popover’s visibility based on your application’s state. When using multiple triggers, you have to manage which trigger is active with the triggerId prop on <Popover.Root> and the id prop on each <Popover.Trigger>.

Note that there is no separate onTriggerIdChange prop. Instead, the onOpenChange callback receives an additional argument, eventDetails, which contains the trigger element that initiated the state change.

Animating the Popover

You can animate a popover as it moves between different trigger elements. This includes animating its position, size, and content.

Position and Size

To animate the popover’s position, apply CSS transitions to the left, right, top, and bottom properties of the Positioner part. To animate its size, transition the width and height of the Popup part.

Content

The popover also supports content transitions. This is useful when different triggers display different content within the same popover.

To enable content animations, wrap the content in the <Popover.Viewport> part. This part provides features to create direction-aware animations. It renders a div with a data-activation-direction attribute (left, right, up, or down) that indicates the new trigger’s position relative to the previous one.

Inside the <Popover.Viewport>, the content is further wrapped in divs with data attributes to help with styling:

  • data-current: The currently visible content when no transitions are present or the incoming content.
  • data-previous: The outgoing content during a transition.

You can use these attributes to style the enter and exit animations.

API reference

Root

Groups all parts of the popover. Doesn’t render its own HTML element.

defaultOpen
boolean
false
Description

Whether the popover is initially open.

To render a controlled popover, use the open prop instead.

Type
boolean | undefined
Default
false
open
boolean
Name
Description

Whether the popover is currently open.

Type
boolean | undefined
onOpenChange
function
Description

Event handler called when the popover is opened or closed.

Type
actionsRef
| React.RefObject<Popover.Root.Actions
| null>
Description

A ref to imperative actions.

  • unmount: When specified, the popover will not be unmounted when closed. Instead, the unmount function must be called to unmount the popover manually. Useful when the popover’s animation is controlled by an external library.
  • close: Closes the dialog imperatively when called.
Type
React.RefObject<Popover.Root.Actions | null> | undefined
defaultTriggerId
string | null
Description

ID of the trigger that the popover is associated with. This is useful in conjunction with the defaultOpen prop to create an initially open popover.

Type
string | null | undefined
handle
Popover.Handle<Payload>
Name
Description

A handle to associate the popover with a trigger. If specified, allows external triggers to control the popover’s open state.

Type
Popover.Handle<Payload> | undefined
modal
boolean | 'trap-focus'
false
Name
Description

Determines if the popover enters a modal state when open.

  • true: user interaction is limited to the popover: document page scroll is locked, and pointer interactions on outside elements are disabled.
  • false: user interaction with the rest of the document is allowed.
  • 'trap-focus': focus is trapped inside the popover, but document page scroll is not locked and pointer interactions outside of it remain enabled.
Type
boolean | 'trap-focus' | undefined
Default
false
onOpenChangeComplete
function
Description

Event handler called after any animations complete when the popover is opened or closed.

Type
triggerId
string | null
Description

ID of the trigger that the popover is associated with. This is useful in conjunction with the open prop to create a controlled popover. There’s no need to specify this prop when the popover is uncontrolled (that is, when the open prop is not set).

Type
string | null | undefined
children
| React.ReactNode
| PayloadChildRenderFunction<Payload>
Description

The content of the popover. This can be a regular React node or a render function that receives the payload of the active trigger.

Type

Additional Types

Popover.Root.Props

Re-Export of Root props as PopoverRootProps

Popover.Root.State
Popover.Root.Actions
Popover.Root.ChangeEventReason
Popover.Root.ChangeEventDetails

Trigger

A button that opens the popover. Renders a <button> element.

handle
Popover.Handle<Payload>
Name
Description

A handle to associate the trigger with a popover.

Type
Popover.Handle<Payload> | undefined
nativeButton
boolean
true
Description

Whether the component renders a native <button> element when replacing it via the render prop. Set to false if the rendered element is not a button (for example, <div>).

Type
boolean | undefined
Default
true
payload
Payload
Description

A payload to pass to the popover when it is opened.

Type
Payload | undefined
openOnHover
boolean
false
Description

Whether the popover should also open when the trigger is hovered.

Type
boolean | undefined
Default
false
delay
number
300
Name
Description

How long to wait before the popover may be opened on hover. Specified in milliseconds.

Requires the openOnHover prop.

Type
number | undefined
Default
300
closeDelay
number
0
Description

How long to wait before closing the popover that was opened on hover. Specified in milliseconds.

Requires the openOnHover prop.

Type
number | undefined
Default
0
id
string
Name
Description

ID of the trigger. In addition to being forwarded to the rendered element, it is also used to specify the active trigger for the popover in controlled mode (with the Popover.Root triggerId prop).

Type
string | undefined
className
string | function
Description

CSS class applied to the element, or a function that returns a class based on the component’s state.

Type
style
React.CSSProperties | function
Name
Description

Style applied to the element, or a function that returns a style object based on the component’s state.

Type
render
ReactElement | function
Name
Description

Allows you to replace the component’s HTML element with a different tag, or compose it with another component.

Accepts a ReactElement or a function that returns the element to render.

Type
data-popup-open
Present when the corresponding popover is open.
data-pressed
Present when the trigger is pressed.

Additional Types

Popover.Trigger.Props

Re-Export of Trigger props as PopoverTriggerProps

Popover.Trigger.State

Backdrop

An overlay displayed beneath the popover. Renders a <div> element.

className
string | function
Description

CSS class applied to the element, or a function that returns a class based on the component’s state.

Type
style
React.CSSProperties | function
Name
Type
render
ReactElement | function
Name
Description

Allows you to replace the component’s HTML element with a different tag, or compose it with another component.

Accepts a ReactElement or a function that returns the element to render.

Type
data-open
Present when the popup is open.
data-closed
Present when the popup is closed.
data-starting-style
Present when the popup is animating in.
data-ending-style
Present when the popup is animating out.

Additional Types

Popover.Backdrop.Props

Re-Export of Backdrop props as PopoverBackdropProps

Popover.Backdrop.State

Portal

A portal element that moves the popup to a different part of the DOM. By default, the portal element is appended to <body>. Renders a <div> element.

container
Union
Description

A parent element to render the portal element into.

Type
className
string | function
Description

CSS class applied to the element, or a function that returns a class based on the component’s state.

Type
style
React.CSSProperties | function
Name
Type
keepMounted
boolean
false
Description

Whether to keep the portal mounted in the DOM while the popup is hidden.

Type
boolean | undefined
Default
false
render
ReactElement | function
Name
Description

Allows you to replace the component’s HTML element with a different tag, or compose it with another component.

Accepts a ReactElement or a function that returns the element to render.

Type

Additional Types

Popover.Portal.Props

Re-Export of Portal props as PopoverPortalProps

Popover.Portal.State

Positioner

Positions the popover against the trigger. Renders a <div> element.

disableAnchorTracking
boolean
false
Description

Whether to disable the popup from tracking any layout shift of its positioning anchor.

Type
boolean | undefined
Default
false
align
Align
'center'
Name
Description

How to align the popup relative to the specified side.

Type
Default
'center'
alignOffset
number | OffsetFunction
0
Description

Additional offset along the alignment axis in pixels. Also accepts a function that returns the offset to read the dimensions of the anchor and positioner elements, along with its side and alignment.

The function takes a data object parameter with the following properties:

  • data.anchor: the dimensions of the anchor element with properties width and height.
  • data.positioner: the dimensions of the positioner element with properties width and height.
  • data.side: which side of the anchor element the positioner is aligned against.
  • data.align: how the positioner is aligned relative to the specified side.
Type
Default
0
Example
side
Side
'bottom'
Name
Description

Which side of the anchor element to align the popup against. May automatically change to avoid collisions.

Type
Default
'bottom'
sideOffset
number | OffsetFunction
0
Description

Distance between the anchor and the popup in pixels. Also accepts a function that returns the distance to read the dimensions of the anchor and positioner elements, along with its side and alignment.

The function takes a data object parameter with the following properties:

  • data.anchor: the dimensions of the anchor element with properties width and height.
  • data.positioner: the dimensions of the positioner element with properties width and height.
  • data.side: which side of the anchor element the positioner is aligned against.
  • data.align: how the positioner is aligned relative to the specified side.
Type
Default
0
Example
arrowPadding
number
5
Description

Minimum distance to maintain between the arrow and the edges of the popup.

Use it to prevent the arrow element from hanging out of the rounded corners of a popup.

Type
number | undefined
Default
5
anchor
Union
Name
Description

An element to position the popup against. By default, the popup will be positioned against the trigger.

Type
collisionAvoidance
CollisionAvoidance
Description

Determines how to handle collisions when positioning the popup.

Type
CollisionAvoidance | undefined
Example
collisionBoundary
Boundary
'clipping-ancestors'
Description

An element or a rectangle that delimits the area that the popup is confined to.

Type
Boundary | undefined
Default
'clipping-ancestors'
collisionPadding
Padding
5
Description

Additional space to maintain from the edge of the collision boundary.

Type
Padding | undefined
Default
5
sticky
boolean
false
Name
Description

Whether to maintain the popup in the viewport after the anchor element was scrolled out of view.

Type
boolean | undefined
Default
false
positionMethod
'absolute' | 'fixed'
'absolute'
Description

Determines which CSS position property to use.

Type
'absolute' | 'fixed' | undefined
Default
'absolute'
className
string | function
Description

CSS class applied to the element, or a function that returns a class based on the component’s state.

Type
style
React.CSSProperties | function
Name
Type
render
ReactElement | function
Name
Description

Allows you to replace the component’s HTML element with a different tag, or compose it with another component.

Accepts a ReactElement or a function that returns the element to render.

Type
data-open
Present when the popup is open.
data-closed
Present when the popup is closed.
data-anchor-hidden
Present when the anchor is hidden.
data-align
Indicates how the popup is aligned relative to specified side.
data-side
Indicates which side the popup is positioned relative to the trigger.
--anchor-height

The anchor’s height.

--anchor-width

The anchor’s width.

--available-height

The available height between the trigger and the edge of the viewport.

--available-width

The available width between the trigger and the edge of the viewport.

--positioner-height

The height of the popover’s positioner. It is important to set height to this value when using CSS to animate size changes.

--positioner-width

The width of the popover’s positioner. It is important to set width to this value when using CSS to animate size changes.

--transform-origin

The coordinates that this element is anchored to. Used for animations and transitions.

Additional Types

Popover.Positioner.Props

Re-Export of Positioner props as PopoverPositionerProps

Popover.Positioner.State

A container for the popover contents. Renders a <div> element.

initialFocus
Union
Description

Determines the element to focus when the popover is opened.

  • false: Do not move focus.
  • true: Move focus based on the default behavior (first tabbable element or popup).
  • RefObject: Move focus to the ref element.
  • function: Called with the interaction type (mouse, touch, pen, or keyboard). Return an element to focus, true to use the default behavior, or false/undefined to do nothing.
Type
finalFocus
Union
Description

Determines the element to focus when the popover is closed.

  • false: Do not move focus.
  • true: Move focus based on the default behavior (trigger or previously focused element).
  • RefObject: Move focus to the ref element.
  • function: Called with the interaction type (mouse, touch, pen, or keyboard). Return an element to focus, true to use the default behavior, or false/undefined to do nothing.
Type
className
string | function
Description

CSS class applied to the element, or a function that returns a class based on the component’s state.

Type
style
React.CSSProperties | function
Name
Type
render
ReactElement | function
Name
Description

Allows you to replace the component’s HTML element with a different tag, or compose it with another component.

Accepts a ReactElement or a function that returns the element to render.

Type
data-open
Present when the popup is open.
data-closed
Present when the popup is closed.
data-align
Indicates how the popup is aligned relative to specified side.
data-instant
Present if animations should be instant.
data-side
Indicates which side the popup is positioned relative to the trigger.
data-starting-style
Present when the popup is animating in.
data-ending-style
Present when the popup is animating out.
--popup-height

The height of the popup.

--popup-width

The width of the popup.

Additional Types

Popover.Popup.Props

Re-Export of Popup props as PopoverPopupProps

Popover.Popup.State

Arrow

Displays an element positioned against the popover anchor. Renders a <div> element.

className
string | function
Description

CSS class applied to the element, or a function that returns a class based on the component’s state.

Type
style
React.CSSProperties | function
Name
Type
render
ReactElement | function
Name
Description

Allows you to replace the component’s HTML element with a different tag, or compose it with another component.

Accepts a ReactElement or a function that returns the element to render.

Type
data-open
Present when the popup is open.
data-closed
Present when the popup is closed.
data-uncentered
Present when the popover arrow is uncentered.
data-align
Indicates how the popup is aligned relative to specified side.
data-side
Indicates which side the popup is positioned relative to the trigger.

Additional Types

Popover.Arrow.Props

Re-Export of Arrow props as PopoverArrowProps

Popover.Arrow.State

Title

A heading that labels the popover. Renders an <h2> element.

className
string | function
Description

CSS class applied to the element, or a function that returns a class based on the component’s state.

Type
style
React.CSSProperties | function
Name
Type
render
ReactElement | function
Name
Description

Allows you to replace the component’s HTML element with a different tag, or compose it with another component.

Accepts a ReactElement or a function that returns the element to render.

Type

Additional Types

Popover.Title.Props

Re-Export of Title props as PopoverTitleProps

Popover.Title.State

Description

A paragraph with additional information about the popover. Renders a <p> element.

className
string | function
Description

CSS class applied to the element, or a function that returns a class based on the component’s state.

Type
style
React.CSSProperties | function
Name
Type
render
ReactElement | function
Name
Description

Allows you to replace the component’s HTML element with a different tag, or compose it with another component.

Accepts a ReactElement or a function that returns the element to render.

Type

Additional Types

Popover.Description.Props

Re-Export of Description props as PopoverDescriptionProps

Popover.Description.State

Close

A button that closes the popover. Renders a <button> element.

nativeButton
boolean
true
Description

Whether the component renders a native <button> element when replacing it via the render prop. Set to false if the rendered element is not a button (for example, <div>).

Type
boolean | undefined
Default
true
className
string | function
Description

CSS class applied to the element, or a function that returns a class based on the component’s state.

Type
style
React.CSSProperties | function
Name
Type
render
ReactElement | function
Name
Description

Allows you to replace the component’s HTML element with a different tag, or compose it with another component.

Accepts a ReactElement or a function that returns the element to render.

Type

Additional Types

Popover.Close.Props

Re-Export of Close props as PopoverCloseProps

Popover.Close.State

Viewport

A viewport for displaying content transitions. This component is only required if one popup can be opened by multiple triggers, its content change based on the trigger and switching between them is animated. Renders a <div> element.

children
React.ReactNode
Description

The content to render inside the transition container.

Type
React.ReactNode | undefined
className
string | function
Description

CSS class applied to the element, or a function that returns a class based on the component’s state.

Type
style
React.CSSProperties | function
Name
Type
render
ReactElement | function
Name
Description

Allows you to replace the component’s HTML element with a different tag, or compose it with another component.

Accepts a ReactElement or a function that returns the element to render.

Type
data-activation-direction
Indicates the direction from which the popup was activated. This can be used to create directional animations based on how the popup was triggered. Contains space-separated values for both horizontal and vertical axes.
data-current
Applied to the direct child of the viewport when no transitions are present or the new content when it’s entering.
data-instant
Present if animations should be instant.
data-previous
Applied to the direct child of the viewport that contains the exiting content when transitions are present.
data-transitioning
Indicates that the viewport is currently transitioning between old and new content.
--popup-height

The height of the parent popup. This variable is placed on the ‘previous’ container and stores the height of the popup when the previous content was rendered. It can be used to freeze the dimensions of the popup when animating between different content.

--popup-width

The width of the parent popup. This variable is placed on the ‘previous’ container and stores the width of the popup when the previous content was rendered. It can be used to freeze the dimensions of the popup when animating between different content.

Additional Types

Popover.Viewport.Props

Re-Export of Viewport props as PopoverViewportProps

Popover.Viewport.State

createHandle

Creates a new handle to connect a Popover.Root with detached Popover.Trigger components.

Return value

Popover.Handle<Payload>

Handle

Properties

isOpen
boolean
readonly
Name
Description

Indicates whether the popover is currently open.

Type
boolean
Modifiers
readonly

Methods

open(triggerId)void
Name
Description

Opens the popover and associates it with the trigger with the given id. The trigger must be a Popover.Trigger component with this handle passed as a prop.

Parameters
  • triggerIdstring

    ID of the trigger to associate with the popover.

Returns
void
close()void
Name
Description

Closes the popover.

Returns
void