0
jQuery Tooltip With HTML Included
Code for making rich tooltips using jQuery.
<!-- Tooltip HTML -->
<div id="help_wrap" style="display:none;">
<div id="help">
<div id="help_text"></div>
<div id="help_nipple"></div>
</div>
</div>
<!-- Tooltip Anchor -->
<a href="#" class="help_button" id="awesome-help"><img src="images/help_button.png" alt="Halp!" /></a>
<!-- Tooltip Text -->
<div class="hide">
<dl id="awesome-help-text">
<dt>Awesome Help Title</dt>
<dd>This is some really awesome helpful text.</dd>
</dl>
</div>
<!-- Tooltip JQuery -->
<script type="text/javascript">
/*<![CDATA[*/
$(document).ready(function(){
// Mouse over triggers tooltip
$(".help_button").mouseover(function(){
// Find out the help_button anchor's ID
var helpId = this.id;
var helpText = $('#'+ helpId + '-text');
// Clone the help text into the container HTML
$("#help_text").html(helpText.clone());
// Position it
positionHelp(this);
// Show it
showHelp();
});
// Mouse out hides tooltip
$(".help_button").mouseout(function(){hideHelp();});
// Show function
function showHelp(){$("#help_wrap").show();}
// Hide function
function hideHelp(){$("#help_wrap").hide();}
// Position function
function positionHelp(a){
var container = $("#help_wrap");
// To center the tooltip vertically we need it's height/2
var height = container.height();
var h = height/2;
// Where is the anchor?
var pos = $(a).position();
// Based on the position of the trigger setup some positions & adjust
var windowLeft = pos.left + 24;
var windowTop = pos.top - h;
var nippleTop = h - 2;
// Position everything absolutely
$("#help_nipple").css("top",nippleTop + "px");
$("#help_wrap").css("left",windowLeft + "px");
$("#help_wrap").css("top",windowTop + "px");
}
});
/*]]>*/
</script>





