Poshy Tip jQuery Plugin Demo Page

Usage Examples

The default browser tooltip that displays the value of the title attribute is replaced with a "poshier" version:

$('#demo-basic').poshytip();

Styles (Classes)

Using different tooltip classes is easy. Here are some examples that are included in the download package (in the "src" folder).

.tip-yellow

$('#demo-tip-yellow').poshytip();

.tip-violet

$('#demo-tip-violet').poshytip({
	className: 'tip-violet',
	bgImageFrameSize: 9
});

.tip-darkgray

$('#demo-tip-darkgray').poshytip({
	className: 'tip-darkgray',
	bgImageFrameSize: 11,
	offsetX: -25
});

.tip-skyblue

$('#demo-tip-skyblue').poshytip({
	className: 'tip-skyblue',
	bgImageFrameSize: 9,
	offsetX: 0,
	offsetY: 20
});

.tip-yellowsimple (no background-image used for the tooltip body)

$('#demo-tip-yellowsimple').poshytip({
	className: 'tip-yellowsimple',
	showTimeout: 1,
	alignTo: 'target',
	alignX: 'center',
	offsetY: 5,
	allowTipHover: false
});

.tip-twitter (ala Twitter)

$('#demo-tip-twitter').poshytip({
	className: 'tip-twitter',
	showTimeout: 1,
	alignTo: 'target',
	alignX: 'center',
	offsetY: 5,
	allowTipHover: false,
	fade: false,
	slide: false
});

.tip-green

$('#demo-tip-green').poshytip({
	className: 'tip-green',
	offsetX: -7,
	offsetY: 16,
	allowTipHover: false
});

Form Tooltips (with varying positioning)

Adding form input field tooltips is simple. You just have to make sure they are triggered on focus/blur (i.e. showOn: 'focus') and positioned relatively to the target element (i.e. alignTo: 'target'). The script also updates the position of such tooltips if the window is resized (e.g. show some of the tips below and resize your browser window for a demo).

Name:

$('#demo-form-name').poshytip({
	className: 'tip-yellowsimple',
	showOn: 'focus',
	alignTo: 'target',
	alignX: 'right',
	alignY: 'center',
	offsetX: 5,
	showTimeout: 100
});

Email:

$('#demo-form-email').poshytip({
	className: 'tip-yellowsimple',
	showOn: 'focus',
	alignTo: 'target',
	alignX: 'left',
	alignY: 'center',
	offsetX: 5,
	showTimeout: 100
});

Site:

$('#demo-form-site').poshytip({
	className: 'tip-yellowsimple',
	showOn: 'focus',
	alignTo: 'target',
	alignX: 'inner-left',
	offsetX: 0,
	offsetY: 5,
	showTimeout: 100
});

Subject:

$('#demo-form-subject').poshytip({
	className: 'tip-yellowsimple',
	showOn: 'focus',
	alignTo: 'target',
	alignX: 'center',
	alignY: 'bottom',
	offsetX: 0,
	offsetY: 5,
	showTimeout: 100
});

Asynchronous Loading of the Content

Poshy Tip supports using a function for returning the tooltip content and the script also passes an update callback function as an argument to this function. By using this callback, you can easily update asynchronously the content of the tooltip after it has been displayed. The script also recalculates and updates the position of the tooltip when its content is updated.

Simple Example

Update content after 1 second

$('#demo-async-timeout').poshytip({
	content: function(updateCallback) {
		window.setTimeout(function() {
			updateCallback('Tooltip content updated!');
		}, 1000);
		return 'Loading...';
	}
});

Loading Flickr Feeds

A more complicated example of loading some Flickr images by tags:

flowers, closeup, sunset, architecture, Plovdiv, old, town, Nesebar, depeche

var flickrFeedsCache = {};

$('#demo-async-flickr > a').poshytip({
	className: 'tip-darkgray',
	bgImageFrameSize: 11,
	alignY: 'bottom',
	content: function(updateCallback) {
		var rel = $(this).attr('rel');
		if (flickrFeedsCache[rel] && flickrFeedsCache[rel].container)
			return flickrFeedsCache[rel].container;
		if (!flickrFeedsCache[rel]) {
			flickrFeedsCache[rel] = { container: null };
			var tagsComma = rel.substring(4).replace('-', ',');
			$.getJSON('http://api.flickr.com/services/feeds/photos_public.gne?tags=' + tagsComma + '&tagmode=all&format=json&jsoncallback=?',
				function(data) {
					var container = $('<div/>').addClass('flickr-thumbs');
					$.each(data.items, function(i, item) {
						$('<a/>')
							.attr('href', item.link)
							.append($('<img/>').attr('src', item.media.m))
							.appendTo(container)
							.data('tip', '<strong>' + (item.title || '(no title)') + '</strong><br />by: ' + item.author.match(/\((.*)\)/)[1]);
						if (i == 4)
							return false;
					});
					// add tips for the images inside the main tip
					container.find('a').poshytip({
						content: function(){return $(this).data('tip');},
						className: 'tip-yellowsimple',
						showTimeout: 100,
						alignTo: 'target',
						alignX: 'center',
						alignY: 'bottom',
						offsetY: 5,
						allowTipHover: false,
						hideAniDuration: 0
					});
					// store the content in the cache
					// and call updateCallback() to update the content in the main tooltip
					updateCallback(flickrFeedsCache[rel].container = container);
				}
			);
		}
		return 'Loading images...';
	}
});

Following the Mouse Cursor

If using the followCursor: true option, it's better to make sure the the slide animation effect is disabled (i.e. slide: false) so that it doesn't conflict with the code that moves the tooltip with the cursor.

Hover for a tooltip that follows the cursor

$('#demo-follow-cursor').poshytip({
	followCursor: true,
	slide: false
});

API Example - Triggering the Tooltip Manually

If you like, you can add a tooltip to some element(s) and configure it to not be triggered automatically on hover or focus/blur by using the showOn: 'none' option. You can then control the tooltip manually via the available methods.

This link has a tooltip that is not triggered automatically

$('#demo-manual-trigger').poshytip({
	content: 'Hey, there! This is a tooltip.',
	showOn: 'none',
	alignTo: 'target',
	alignX: 'inner-left',
	offsetX: 0,
	offsetY: 5
});
$('#button-show').click(function() { $('#demo-manual-trigger').poshytip('show'); });
$('#button-show-delayed').click(function() { $('#demo-manual-trigger').poshytip('showDelayed', 2000); });
$('#button-hide').click(function() { $('#demo-manual-trigger').poshytip('hide'); });
$('#button-hide-delayed').click(function() { $('#demo-manual-trigger').poshytip('hideDelayed', 2000); });
$('#button-update').click(function() { $('#demo-manual-trigger').poshytip('update', 'I am a new content :)'); });
$('#button-disable').click(function() { $('#demo-manual-trigger').poshytip('disable'); });
$('#button-enable').click(function() { $('#demo-manual-trigger').poshytip('enable'); });
$('#button-destroy').click(function() { $('#demo-manual-trigger').poshytip('destroy'); });

Using Live Events

You can set the liveEvents: true option to use live events. Note that the API methods (except 'destroy') won't work reliably in such case. They will only work for the elements for which the tooltip has been initialized (i.e. shown at least once). Live events are supported in jQuery 1.4.2+.

Hover for a tooltip

$('#demo-live-events > a').poshytip({
	liveEvents: true
});
$('#button-live-events').click(function() {
	$('#demo-live-events').append(', <a title="Hey, there! This is a tooltip." href="#">Hover for a tooltip</a>');
});

Options

content String, DOM element, Function, jQuery: Possible Values: '[title]', 'string', element, function(updateCallback){...}, jQuery
Content to display.
className String: Class for the tips.
bgImageFrameSize Number: Size in pixels for the background-image (if set in CSS) frame around the inner content of the tip.
showTimeout Number: Timeout before showing the tip (in milliseconds 1000 == 1 second).
hideTimeout Number: Timeout before hiding the tip.
timeOnScreen Number: How long the tip will be displayed before automatically hiding.
showOn String: Possible Values: 'hover', 'focus', 'none'
Handler for showing the tip. Use 'none' if you would like to trigger the tooltip just manually (i.e. by calling the 'show' and 'hide' methods).
liveEvents Boolean: Use live events.

Note that the API methods (except 'destroy') won't work reliably when live events are used. They will only work for the elements for which the tooltip has been initialized (i.e. shown at least once). Live events are supported in jQuery 1.4.2+.
alignTo String: Possible Values: 'cursor', 'target'
Align/position the tip relative to
alignX String: Possible Values: 'right', 'center', 'left', 'inner-left', 'inner-right'
Horizontal alignment for the tip relative to the mouse cursor or the target element - values 'inner-*' matter if alignTo:'target'
alignY String: Possible Values: 'bottom', 'center', 'top', 'inner-bottom', 'inner-top'
Vertical alignment for the tip relative to the mouse cursor or the target element - values 'inner-*' matter if alignTo:'target'
offsetX Number: Offset X pixels from the default position - doesn't matter if alignX:'center'
offsetY Number: Offset Y pixels from the default position - doesn't matter if alignY:'center'
keepInViewport Boolean: Reposition the tooltip if needed to make sure it always appears inside the viewport.
allowTipHover Boolean: Allow hovering the tip without hiding it onmouseout of the target - matters only if showOn:'hover'
followCursor Boolean: If the tip should follow the cursor - matters only if showOn:'hover' and alignTo:'cursor'
fade Boolean: Use fade animation.
slide Boolean: Use slide animation.
slideOffset Number: Slide animation offset.
showAniDuration Number: Show animation duration.
hideAniDuration Number: Hide animation duration.
refreshAniDuration Number: Animation duration when updating the tooltip asynchronously.

Methods

.poshytip('show'): Manually show the tooltip. Make sure the alignTo option is set to 'target' in order the tooltip to be properly positioned when you trigger it.
.poshytip('showDelayed', [ timeout ] ): Manually show the tooltip with a delay. Make sure the alignTo option is set to 'target' in order the tooltip to be properly positioned when you trigger it.
timeout (optional) number - Custom timeout in milliseconds. If not passed, the showTimeout option value is used by default.
.poshytip('hide'): Manually hide the tooltip.
.poshytip('hideDelayed', [ timeout ] ): Manually hide the tooltip with a delay.
timeout (optional) number - Custom timeout in milliseconds. If not passed, the hideTimeout option value is used by default.
.poshytip('update', content, [ dontOverwriteOption ] ): Update the tooltip content at any time.
content '[title]', 'string', element, function(updateCallback){...}, jQuery
dontOverwriteOption (optional) A boolean flag - if set to true the content will be updated just temporary while the tooltip is active. The next time it is shown again, the default content will be used.
Examples:
- Update content permanently (works even when the tooltip is not active):
.poshytip('update', 'New permanent content')
- Update content temporary while the tooltip is active:
.poshytip('update', 'Temporary content', true)
.poshytip('disable'): Disable the tooltip.
.poshytip('enable'): Enable the tooltip.
.poshytip('destroy'): Destroy completely the tooltip functionality.

Notes

Requires jQuery 1.4+
Works in IE6+, FF 2+, Opera 9+, Safari 3+, Chrome
In IE6 min/max-width are supported (only px values) for the tooltip container DIV so you can use them in your CSS without worrying for IE6 (if you still care about it)
When a background-image is set for the tooltip container DIV, the script will neglect the background-color/padding/border declarations set for it and will use the background image to create a scalable frame around the tooltip inner DIV (for an explanation how this works, please take a look at the Poshy Tip Page)
In IE6 PNG background images are not supported (only GIF). If a PNG is set as a background-image for the tooltip container, in IE6 the script will fallback and use the background-color/padding/border declarations instead.

License

Like jQuery, Poshy Tip is dual licensed under the MIT and GPL licenses.

Download

Download link: http://vadikom.com/files/?file=poshytip/poshytip-1.2.zip

Git

The Poshy Tip source code is also available at GitHub:

git clone git://github.com/vadikom/poshytip.git

Support

Post your questions/suggestions in the support forums.

Donate

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