---
title: Hover Card
description: For sighted users to preview content available behind a link.
component: true
links:
  doc: https://www.radix-ui.com/docs/primitives/components/hover-card
  api: https://www.radix-ui.com/docs/primitives/components/hover-card#api-reference
---

<ComponentPreview name="hover-card-demo" description="A hover card component" />

## Installation

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<TabsList>
  <TabsTrigger value="cli">CLI</TabsTrigger>
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```bash
npx shadcn@latest add hover-card
```

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<Step>Install the following dependencies:</Step>

```bash
npm install @radix-ui/react-hover-card
```

<Steps>

<Step>Copy and paste the following code into your project.</Step>

<ComponentSource name="hover-card" title="components/ui/hover-card.tsx" />

<Step>Update the import paths to match your project setup.</Step>

</Steps>

</TabsContent>

</CodeTabs>

## Usage

```tsx showLineNumbers
import {
  HoverCard,
  HoverCardContent,
  HoverCardTrigger,
} from "@/components/ui/hover-card"
```

```tsx showLineNumbers
<HoverCard>
  <HoverCardTrigger>Hover</HoverCardTrigger>
  <HoverCardContent>
    The React Framework – created and maintained by @vercel.
  </HoverCardContent>
</HoverCard>
```