Popover

An overlay that displays additional information or options when triggered.

Anatomy

To set up the popover correctly, you'll need to understand its anatomy and how we name its parts.

Each part includes a data-part attribute to help identify them in the DOM.

Examples

Learn how to use the Popover component in your project. Let's take a look at the most basic example:

import { Popover } from '@ark-ui/react/popover'

export const Basic = () => (
  <Popover.Root>
    <Popover.Trigger>
      Click Me <Popover.Indicator>{'>'}</Popover.Indicator>
    </Popover.Trigger>
    <Popover.Positioner>
      <Popover.Content>
        <Popover.Title>Title</Popover.Title>
        <Popover.Description>Description</Popover.Description>
      </Popover.Content>
    </Popover.Positioner>
  </Popover.Root>
)

import { Popover } from '@ark-ui/solid/popover'

export const Basic = () => (
  <Popover.Root>
    <Popover.Trigger>
      Click Me <Popover.Indicator>{'>'}</Popover.Indicator>
    </Popover.Trigger>
    <Popover.Positioner>
      <Popover.Content>
        <Popover.Title>Title</Popover.Title>
        <Popover.Description>Description</Popover.Description>
      </Popover.Content>
    </Popover.Positioner>
  </Popover.Root>
)

<script setup lang="ts">
import { Popover } from '@ark-ui/vue/popover'
</script>

<template>
  <Popover.Root>
    <Popover.Trigger>
      Click Me
      <Popover.Indicator>{{ '>' }}</Popover.Indicator>
    </Popover.Trigger>
    <Popover.Positioner>
      <Popover.Content>
        <Popover.Title>Title</Popover.Title>
        <Popover.Description>Description</Popover.Description>
      </Popover.Content>
    </Popover.Positioner>
  </Popover.Root>
</template>

Using a Portal

By default, the popover is rendered in the same DOM hierarchy as the trigger. To render the popover within a portal, set the portalled prop to true.

Note: This requires that you render the component within a Portal based on the framework you use.

import { Popover } from '@ark-ui/react/popover'
import { Portal } from '@ark-ui/react/portal'

export const Portalled = () => (
  <Popover.Root portalled>
    <Popover.Trigger>
      Click Me <Popover.Indicator>{'>'}</Popover.Indicator>
    </Popover.Trigger>
    <Portal>
      <Popover.Positioner>
        <Popover.Content>
          <Popover.Title>Title</Popover.Title>
          <Popover.Description>Description</Popover.Description>
        </Popover.Content>
      </Popover.Positioner>
    </Portal>
  </Popover.Root>
)

import { Popover } from '@ark-ui/solid/popover'
import { Portal } from 'solid-js/web'

export const Portalled = () => (
  <Popover.Root portalled>
    <Popover.Trigger>
      Click Me <Popover.Indicator>{'>'}</Popover.Indicator>
    </Popover.Trigger>
    <Portal>
      <Popover.Positioner>
        <Popover.Content>
          <Popover.Title>Title</Popover.Title>
          <Popover.Description>Description</Popover.Description>
        </Popover.Content>
      </Popover.Positioner>
    </Portal>
  </Popover.Root>
)

<script setup lang="ts">
import { Popover } from '@ark-ui/vue/popover'
</script>

<template>
  <Popover.Root portalled>
    <Popover.Trigger>
      Click Me
      <Popover.Indicator>{{ '>' }}</Popover.Indicator>
    </Popover.Trigger>
    <Popover.Positioner>
      <Popover.Content>
        <Popover.Title>Title</Popover.Title>
        <Popover.Description>Description</Popover.Description>
      </Popover.Content>
    </Popover.Positioner>
  </Popover.Root>
</template>

Adding an arrow

To render an arrow within the popover, render the component Popover.Arrow and Popover.ArrowTip as children of Popover.Positioner.

import { Popover } from '@ark-ui/react/popover'

export const Arrow = () => (
  <Popover.Root>
    <Popover.Trigger>Click Me</Popover.Trigger>
    <Popover.Positioner>
      <Popover.Content>
        <Popover.Arrow>
          <Popover.ArrowTip />
        </Popover.Arrow>
        <Popover.Title>Title</Popover.Title>
        <Popover.Description>Description</Popover.Description>
        <Popover.CloseTrigger>Close</Popover.CloseTrigger>
      </Popover.Content>
    </Popover.Positioner>
  </Popover.Root>
)

import { Popover } from '@ark-ui/solid/popover'

export const Arrow = () => (
  <Popover.Root>
    <Popover.Trigger>Click Me</Popover.Trigger>
    <Popover.Positioner>
      <Popover.Content>
        <Popover.Arrow>
          <Popover.ArrowTip />
        </Popover.Arrow>
        <Popover.Title>Title</Popover.Title>
        <Popover.Description>Description</Popover.Description>
        <Popover.CloseTrigger>Close</Popover.CloseTrigger>
      </Popover.Content>
    </Popover.Positioner>
  </Popover.Root>
)

<script setup lang="ts">
import { Popover } from '@ark-ui/vue/popover'
</script>

<template>
  <Popover.Root>
    <Popover.Trigger>Click Me</Popover.Trigger>
    <Popover.Positioner>
      <Popover.Content>
        <Popover.Arrow>
          <Popover.ArrowTip />
        </Popover.Arrow>
        <Popover.Title>Title</Popover.Title>
        <Popover.Description>Description</Popover.Description>
        <Popover.CloseTrigger>Close</Popover.CloseTrigger>
      </Popover.Content>
    </Popover.Positioner>
  </Popover.Root>
</template>

Listening for open and close events

When the popover is opened or closed, we invoke the onOpenChange callback.

import { Popover } from '@ark-ui/react/popover'

export const OnOpenChange = () => {
  return (
    <Popover.Root onOpenChange={(open) => alert(open ? 'opened' : 'closed')}>
      <Popover.Trigger>
        Click Me <Popover.Indicator>{'>'}</Popover.Indicator>
      </Popover.Trigger>
      <Popover.Positioner>
        <Popover.Content>
          <Popover.Title>Title</Popover.Title>
          <Popover.Description>Description</Popover.Description>
        </Popover.Content>
      </Popover.Positioner>
    </Popover.Root>
  )
}

import { Popover } from '@ark-ui/solid/popover'

export const OnOpenChange = () => {
  return (
    <Popover.Root onOpenChange={(open) => alert(open ? 'opened' : 'closed')}>
      <Popover.Trigger>
        Click Me <Popover.Indicator>{'>'}</Popover.Indicator>
      </Popover.Trigger>
      <Popover.Positioner>
        <Popover.Content>
          <Popover.Title>Title</Popover.Title>
          <Popover.Description>Description</Popover.Description>
        </Popover.Content>
      </Popover.Positioner>
    </Popover.Root>
  )
}

<script setup lang="ts">
import { Popover } from '@ark-ui/vue/popover'
</script>

<template>
  <Popover.Root @open-change="(open) => console.log(open ? 'opened' : 'closed')">
    <Popover.Trigger>
      Click Me
      <Popover.Indicator>{{ '>' }}</Popover.Indicator>
    </Popover.Trigger>
    <Popover.Positioner>
      <Popover.Content>
        <Popover.Title>Title</Popover.Title>
        <Popover.Description>Description</Popover.Description>
      </Popover.Content>
    </Popover.Positioner>
  </Popover.Root>
</template>

Control the open state

Use the isOpen prop to control the open state of the popover.

import { Popover } from '@ark-ui/react/popover'
import { useState } from 'react'

export const Controlled = () => {
  const [isOpen, setIsOpen] = useState(false)
  return (
    <>
      <button type="button" onClick={() => setIsOpen(!isOpen)}>
        Toggle
      </button>
      <Popover.Root open={isOpen}>
        <Popover.Anchor>Anchor</Popover.Anchor>
        <Popover.Positioner>
          <Popover.Content>
            <Popover.Title>Title</Popover.Title>
            <Popover.Description>Description</Popover.Description>
            <Popover.CloseTrigger>Close</Popover.CloseTrigger>
          </Popover.Content>
        </Popover.Positioner>
      </Popover.Root>
    </>
  )
}

import { Popover } from '@ark-ui/solid/popover'
import { createSignal } from 'solid-js'

export const Controlled = () => {
  const [isOpen, setIsOpen] = createSignal(false)
  return (
    <>
      <button type="button" onClick={() => setIsOpen(!isOpen())}>
        Toggle
      </button>
      <Popover.Root open={isOpen()}>
        <Popover.Anchor>Anchor</Popover.Anchor>
        <Popover.Positioner>
          <Popover.Content>
            <Popover.Title>Title</Popover.Title>
            <Popover.Description>Description</Popover.Description>
            <Popover.CloseTrigger>Close</Popover.CloseTrigger>
          </Popover.Content>
        </Popover.Positioner>
      </Popover.Root>
    </>
  )
}

<script setup lang="ts">
import { Popover } from '@ark-ui/vue/popover'
import { ref } from 'vue'

const open = ref(false)
</script>

<template>
  <Fragment>
    <button @click="() => (open = !open)">toggle</button>
    <Popover.Root v-model:open="open">
      <Popover.Anchor>Anchor</Popover.Anchor>
      <Popover.Positioner>
        <Popover.Content>
          <Popover.Title>Title</Popover.Title>
          <Popover.Description>Description</Popover.Description>
          <Popover.CloseTrigger>Close</Popover.CloseTrigger>
        </Popover.Content>
      </Popover.Positioner>
    </Popover.Root>
  </Fragment>
</template>

Modifying the close behavior

The popover is designed to close on blur and when the esc key is pressed.

To prevent it from closing on blur (clicking or focusing outside), pass the closeOnInteractOutside prop and set it to false.

To prevent it from closing when the esc key is pressed, pass the closeOnEsc prop and set it to false.

import { Popover } from '@ark-ui/react/popover'

export const CloseBehavior = () => (
  <Popover.Root closeOnEscape closeOnInteractOutside>
    <Popover.Trigger>Click Me</Popover.Trigger>
    <Popover.Positioner>
      <Popover.Content>
        <Popover.Title>Title</Popover.Title>
        <Popover.Description>Description</Popover.Description>
        <Popover.CloseTrigger>Close</Popover.CloseTrigger>
      </Popover.Content>
    </Popover.Positioner>
  </Popover.Root>
)

import { Popover } from '@ark-ui/solid/popover'
import { Portal } from 'solid-js/web'

export const CloseBehavior = () => (
  <Popover.Root closeOnEscape={false} closeOnInteractOutside={false}>
    <Popover.Trigger>Click Me</Popover.Trigger>
    <Portal>
      <Popover.Positioner>
        <Popover.Content>
          <Popover.Title>Title</Popover.Title>
          <Popover.Description>Description</Popover.Description>
          <Popover.CloseTrigger>Close</Popover.CloseTrigger>
        </Popover.Content>
      </Popover.Positioner>
    </Portal>
  </Popover.Root>
)

<script setup lang="ts">
import { Popover } from '@ark-ui/vue/popover'
</script>

<template>
  <Popover.Root :closeOnEsc="false" :closeOnInteractOutside="false">
    <Popover.Trigger>Click Me</Popover.Trigger>
    <Popover.Positioner>
      <Popover.Content>
        <Popover.Title>Title</Popover.Title>
        <Popover.Description>Description</Popover.Description>
        <Popover.CloseTrigger>Close</Popover.CloseTrigger>
      </Popover.Content>
    </Popover.Positioner>
  </Popover.Root>
</template>

Changing the placement

To change the placement of the popover, set the positioning prop.

import { Popover } from '@ark-ui/react/popover'

export const Positioning = () => (
  <Popover.Root
    positioning={{
      placement: 'left-start',
      offset: { mainAxis: 12, crossAxis: 12 },
    }}
  >
    <Popover.Trigger>Click Me</Popover.Trigger>
    <Popover.Positioner>
      <Popover.Content>
        <Popover.Title>Title</Popover.Title>
        <Popover.Description>Description</Popover.Description>
        <Popover.CloseTrigger>Close</Popover.CloseTrigger>
      </Popover.Content>
    </Popover.Positioner>
  </Popover.Root>
)

import { Popover } from '@ark-ui/solid/popover'

export const Positioning = () => (
  <Popover.Root
    positioning={{
      placement: 'left-start',
      offset: { mainAxis: 12, crossAxis: 12 },
    }}
  >
    <Popover.Trigger>Click Me</Popover.Trigger>
    <Popover.Positioner>
      <Popover.Content>
        <Popover.Title>Title</Popover.Title>
        <Popover.Description>Description</Popover.Description>
        <Popover.CloseTrigger>Close</Popover.CloseTrigger>
      </Popover.Content>
    </Popover.Positioner>
  </Popover.Root>
)

<script setup lang="ts">
import { Popover } from '@ark-ui/vue/popover'
</script>

<template>
  <Popover.Root
    :positioning="{
      placement: 'left-start',
      gutter: 16,
      offset: { mainAxis: 12, crossAxis: 12 },
    }"
  >
    <Popover.Trigger>Click Me</Popover.Trigger>
    <Popover.Positioner>
      <Popover.Content>
        <Popover.Title>Title</Popover.Title>
        <Popover.Description>Description</Popover.Description>
        <Popover.CloseTrigger>Close</Popover.CloseTrigger>
      </Popover.Content>
    </Popover.Positioner>
  </Popover.Root>
</template>

Changing the modality

In some cases, you might want the popover to be modal. This means that it'll:

trap focus within its content
block scrolling on the body
disable pointer interactions outside the popover
hide content behind the popover from screen readers

To make the popover modal, set the modal prop to true. When modal={true}, we set the portalled attribute to true as well.

import { Popover } from '@ark-ui/react/popover'

export const Modal = () => (
  <Popover.Root modal>
    <Popover.Trigger>Click Me</Popover.Trigger>
    <Popover.Positioner>
      <Popover.Content>
        <Popover.Title>Title</Popover.Title>
        <Popover.Description>Description</Popover.Description>
        <Popover.CloseTrigger>Close</Popover.CloseTrigger>
      </Popover.Content>
    </Popover.Positioner>
  </Popover.Root>
)

import { Popover } from '@ark-ui/solid/popover'

export const Modal = () => (
  <Popover.Root modal>
    <Popover.Trigger>Click Me</Popover.Trigger>
    <Popover.Positioner>
      <Popover.Content>
        <Popover.Title>Title</Popover.Title>
        <Popover.Description>Description</Popover.Description>
        <Popover.CloseTrigger>Close</Popover.CloseTrigger>
      </Popover.Content>
    </Popover.Positioner>
  </Popover.Root>
)

<script setup lang="ts">
import { Popover } from '@ark-ui/vue/popover'
</script>

<template>
  <Popover.Root modal>
    <Popover.Trigger>Click Me</Popover.Trigger>
    <Popover.Positioner>
      <Popover.Content>
        <Popover.Title>Title</Popover.Title>
        <Popover.Description>Description</Popover.Description>
        <Popover.CloseTrigger>Close</Popover.CloseTrigger>
      </Popover.Content>
    </Popover.Positioner>
  </Popover.Root>
</template>

API Reference

Accessibility

Keyboard Support

Key	Description
`Space`	Opens/closes the popover.
`Enter`	Opens/closes the popover.
`Tab`	Moves focus to the next focusable element within the content. Note: If there are no focusable elements, focus is moved to the next focusable element after the trigger.
`Shift + Tab`	Moves focus to the previous focusable element within the content Note: If there are no focusable elements, focus is moved to the trigger.
`Esc`	Closes the popover and moves focus to the trigger.