Tooltips are a “common graphical user interface element, that are used in conjunction with a cursor, usually a mouse pointer. The user hovers the cursor over an item, without clicking it, and a small box appears with extra information regarding the item being hovered over” (via Wikipedia). To give your tooltip extra functionality and vesatilty the best and simplest solution is using Javascript, especially jQuery.
mTip is a flextendable jQuery tooltip plugin with a lot of customization options.
Customization Options list:
The plugin makes use of the black theme by default (don’t forget to load the CSS).
- Tooltip simple
- Tooltip with HTML content
- Tooltip with delay
- Tooltip top left, shows on mousedown
- Tooltip with dynamic content
- Tooltip with custom animation
- Tooltip box, click me!
- Tooltip subtle sliding effect
Requirement: jQuery
Demo: http://dev.mauvm.nl/mTip#examples
Download: http://dev.mauvm.nl/mTip/download/v1.0.1.zip
Website: http://dev.mauvm.nl/mTip
