Adding mouseover tooltips to surveys
How to implement different types of mouseover tooltips in SurveyEngine.
A step-by-step interactive tutorial on adding mouseover tooltips to surveys in SurveyEngine. Preview the live tutorial, then download and upload it to your account to examine the construction.
Ben White, 08.07.2026
What this tutorial covers
How to implement different types of mouseover tooltips in SurveyEngine.
Each page of the tutorial demonstrates a specific technique. Work through it as a respondent first, then open the editor to see how it was built.
What you will learn
After completing this tutorial you will be able to implement adding mouseover tooltips to surveys in your own SurveyEngine surveys.
Download the tutorial ZIP and upload it to your account to use it as a starting point or template for your own work.
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Step-by-step walkthrough
Step 1: Add a simple title tooltip. Use the HTML title attribute to add a basic tooltip that appears on hover.
Step 2: Add a styled CSS tooltip. Create a custom tooltip using CSS for a more polished appearance.
Step 3: Add an image tooltip. Display an image when a respondent hovers over a term or icon.
Step 4: Add a JavaScript tooltip. Use a JavaScript tooltip library for rich interactive tooltips with formatted content.
Step 5: Consider mobile users. Mouseover tooltips do not work on touchscreens - provide an alternative access method for mobile respondents.
Try the live tutorial
The live tutorial is a working SurveyEngine survey. Click through it as a respondent to see the finished result.
Then download the tutorial ZIP file and upload it to your SurveyEngine account to examine how it was built.
Preview the live tutorial or download the ZIP file to load it into your account.
References
Ready to try it? Open a free SurveyEngine account, download the tutorial ZIP and upload it to your account.
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