# Inline Tooltips

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/inline-tooltips/394850
**Category:** Theme component
**Created:** [January 31, 2026, 2:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/inline-tooltips/394850 "2026-01-31T14:47:45Z")
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### Author: ![Moin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/moin/32/554653_2.png) [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)
#### Post date: [February 3, 2026, 7:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/inline-tooltips/394850/3 "2026-02-03T19:13:32Z")

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To me, this looks similar to the [Add \<abbr\> tags to words in posts](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-abbr-tags-to-words-in-posts/88394) component. I noticed that this component doesn’t use the `<abbr>` HTML tag, like Hover me (`<abbr title="Text shown on hover">Hover me</abbr>`), which made me curious about the design choice.

From my understanding, one advantage of using `<abbr>` is that the information remains available even if the component is removed later. I think with the current approach, the span would become invisible in that case. I’d love to understand what advantages this approach has and am hoping to learn something new.

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