import { MaybeRefOrGetter, ShallowRef } from 'vue';
export type OpenAlignment = "center" | "left" | "right" | "top" | "bottom";
export declare const useOpenAlignment: (element: Readonly<ShallowRef<Element | null>>, tooltipElement: Readonly<ShallowRef<Element | null>>, defaultAlignment?: OpenAlignment, position?: MaybeRefOrGetter<string>) => {
    /**
     * Direction in which the popover should align to.
     */
    openAlignment: import('vue').Ref<OpenAlignment, OpenAlignment>;
    /**
     * Detects in which direction a popover should be aligned, depending on the available space in
     * each direction. Should only be called onBeforeMount or later to support server side
     * rendering.
     */
    updateOpenAlignment: () => void;
};