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This script creates tooltips for anything on your page. You select what tags it can be attached to and then just add them to the page.

In this example, the i and input tags have been used for the tootips.

Move your mouse over the underlined words. Li nov lingua franca link text plu simplic e regulari.

Notes

Created by: Craig Erskine
Web Site: http://qrayg.com/
Posted: August 15, 2008

Source Code

Paste this source code into the designated areas.

External file

Paste this code into an external JavaScript file named: qTip.js

/* This script and many more are available free online at
The JavaScript Source!! http://javascript.internet.com
Created by: Craig Erskine | http://qrayg.com/ */

//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// qTip - CSS Tool Tips - by Craig Erskine
// http://qrayg.com
//
// Multi-tag support by James Crooke
// http://www.cj-design.com
//
// Inspired by code from Travis Beckham
// http://www.squidfingers.com | http://www.podlob.com
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

var qTipTag = "i,input"; //Which tags do you want to qTip-ize? Keep it lowercase!//
var qTipX = 0; //This is qTip's X offset//
var qTipY = 15; //This is qTip's Y offset//

//There's no need to edit anything below this line//
tooltip = {
  name : "qTip",
  offsetX : qTipX,
  offsetY : qTipY,
  tip : null
}

tooltip.init = function () {
	var tipNameSpaceURI = "http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml";
	if(!tipContainerID){ var tipContainerID = "qTip";}
	var tipContainer = document.getElementById(tipContainerID);

	if(!tipContainer) {
	  tipContainer = document.createElementNS ? document.createElementNS(tipNameSpaceURI, "div") : document.createElement("div");
		tipContainer.setAttribute("id", tipContainerID);
	  document.getElementsByTagName("body").item(0).appendChild(tipContainer);
	}

	if (!document.getElementById) return;
	this.tip = document.getElementById (this.name);
	if (this.tip) document.onmousemove = function (evt) {tooltip.move (evt)};

	var a, sTitle, elements;
	
	var elementList = qTipTag.split(",");
	for(var j = 0; j < elementList.length; j++)
	{	
		elements = document.getElementsByTagName(elementList[j]);
		if(elements)
		{
			for (var i = 0; i < elements.length; i ++)
			{
				a = elements[i];
				sTitle = a.getAttribute("title");				
				if(sTitle)
				{
					a.setAttribute("tiptitle", sTitle);
					a.removeAttribute("title");
					a.removeAttribute("alt");
					a.onmouseover = function() {tooltip.show(this.getAttribute('tiptitle'))};
					a.onmouseout = function() {tooltip.hide()};
				}
			}
		}
	}
}

tooltip.move = function (evt) {
	var x=0, y=0;
	if (document.all) {//IE
		x = (document.documentElement && document.documentElement.scrollLeft) ? document.documentElement.scrollLeft : document.body.scrollLeft;
		y = (document.documentElement && document.documentElement.scrollTop) ? document.documentElement.scrollTop : document.body.scrollTop;
		x += window.event.clientX;
		y += window.event.clientY;
		
	} else {//Good Browsers
		x = evt.pageX;
		y = evt.pageY;
	}
	this.tip.style.left = (x + this.offsetX) + "px";
	this.tip.style.top = (y + this.offsetY) + "px";
}

tooltip.show = function (text) {
	if (!this.tip) return;
	this.tip.innerHTML = text;
	this.tip.style.display = "block";
}

tooltip.hide = function () {
	if (!this.tip) return;
	this.tip.innerHTML = "";
	this.tip.style.display = "none";
}

// Multiple onload function created by: Simon Willison
// http://simonwillison.net/2004/May/26/addLoadEvent/
function addLoadEvent(func) {
  var oldonload = window.onload;
  if (typeof window.onload != 'function') {
    window.onload = func;
  } else {
    window.onload = function() {
      if (oldonload) {
        oldonload();
      }
      func();
    }
  }
}

addLoadEvent(function() {
  tooltip.init ();
});

CSS

Paste this code into your external CSS file or in the <style> section within the HEAD section of your HTML document.

#qTip {
 padding: 3px;
 border: 1px solid #666;
 border-right-width: 2px;
 border-bottom-width: 2px;
 display: none;
 background: #999;
 color: #FFF;
 font: bold 9px Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
 text-align: left;
 position: absolute;
 z-index: 1000;
}

i {
  font-style: normal;
  text-decoration: underline;
}

Head

Paste this code into the HEAD section of your HTML document.


<script type="text/javascript" src="qTip.js"></script>

Body

Paste this code into the BODY section of your HTML document


<p>
In this example, the <code>i</code> and <code>input</code> tags have been used for the tootips.</p>
<form>
<p>
Move your mouse over the input box. <input name="TextBox" type="text" id="TextBox" title="Here's an input box!">
</p>
</form>
<p>
Move your mouse over the underlined words. Li nov lingua franca <i title="This is what the tooltip looks like in a sentence.">link text</i> plu simplic e regulari.</p>

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