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title: "Floating UI"
description: "Positioning and interaction primitives for floating elements."
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<PurposeNote title="Good for">Building tooltips, popovers, and menus anchored to other elements.</PurposeNote>

## What it does

Positioning and interaction primitives for floating elements.

## When it fits

Building tooltips, popovers, and menus anchored to other elements.

## Other options in this category

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- [React Modal](/overlays/react-modal) — Showing focused content above the page with managed dialog behavior.
- [SweetAlert2 React Content](/overlays/sweetalert2-react-content) — Rendering React content inside alert and confirmation dialogs.
- [Toldo](/overlays/toldo) — Adding a polished modal interaction to an application interface.
- [use-context-menu](/overlays/use-context-menu) — Showing custom actions when a user opens an element's context menu.

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## Source

[Project source for Floating UI ↗](https://floating-ui.com/)

Editorial overview reviewed on October 24, 2026. Follow the source for current setup, compatibility, and licensing.

[Show contextual controls →](/tasks/show-contextual-controls)

[All dialogs, menus &amp; tooltips options →](/overlays)