floating contextual popup molecule in prysm
a small dark pane that appears near a target element to explain what it does. anchored to buttons, icons, counters, and addresses. the tooltip is passive information — it appears on hover (desktop) or long-press (mobile) and disappears when attention moves away
distinct from prysm/adviser: adviser is a full-width section banner with emotion color. tooltip is a small floating popup with neutral dark background
interface
inputs
- text: explanation content (1-3 short lines)
- anchor: the element this tooltip attaches to
- position: above, below, left, right of anchor
- icon: optional prysm/images glyph
outputs
- display only — no interaction (tooltip itself is not clickable)
states
- hidden, visible
variants
default — dark glass pane with white text. standard informational tooltip
halogram — tooltip with prysm/saber accent line and glow. used for feature discovery and onboarding hints
no-glossy-fx — flat dark pane without glass blur. used in performance-sensitive contexts or when layered over complex backgrounds
composition
tooltip composed of prysm/glass (dark, high opacity) + prysm/text + optional prysm/images icon
tooltip attached to prysm/button = action description
tooltip attached to prysm/counter = metric explanation
tooltip attached to prysm/address = full address on hover over truncated version
tooltip attached to prysm/ion = navigation item description
on mobile: tooltip becomes a brief bottom toast instead of a floating popup