Post Description

Tooltips can greatly improve the usability of your web site by providing direction and cues to visitors. In this course, Chris Converse shows how to convert text or graphics into a mouse-sensitive tooltip. The tutorials demonstrate how to write the necessary HTML and activate the tooltip with jQuery, as well as add positioning and effects.
Topics include:

    Saving web graphics from Photoshop
    Creating the tooltip container
    Adding the jQuery $(document).ready() and mouse events
    Detecting and setting HTML-based tooltips
    Attaching the tip container to the mouse
    Setting the tooltip to fade in and out
    Accounting for other CSS-positioned elements