html5tooltips.js

Light and clean tooltips written in pure javascript with CSS3 animation and no framework dependency. http://ytiurin.github.io/html5tooltipsjs

###Simple usage

The simple way to tie a tooltip text to a specific UI element is by adding data-* attribute to an element HTML representation.

<span id="refresh" data-tooltip="Refresh"></span>

###Advanced usage

You may use a javascript constructor. It's more flexible and configurable way.

html5tooltips({
  contentText: "Refresh",
  targetSelector: "#refresh"
});

Use CSS selectors to tie tooltips to DOM elements. You can make a tooltip stick to any side of the target element.

html5tooltips({
  contentText: "Refresh",
  stickTo: "right",
  targetSelector: "#refresh"
});

You can add explanation text to a tooltip, which shows up when user focus on a target element. This feature is designed to explain text input fields and editable elements. You can use HTML formatting.

html5tooltips({
  contentText: "Not less then 8 symbols",
  contentMore: "Use lower and UPPER case letters, num<span style='color:red'>6</span>ers and spec<span style='color:red'>!</span>al symbols to make password safe and secure.",
  maxWidth: "180px",
  targetSelector: "#password"
});

Multiple tooltip definition.

html5tooltips([
  {
    contentText: "Delete",
    targetSelector: "#delete"
  },
  {
    contentText: "Refresh",
    stickTo: "top",
    targetSelector: "#refresh"
  },
  {
    contentText: "Simple to remember",
    contentMore: "Check that your login name is not used by anyone else.",
    stickTo: "left",
    maxWidth: "180px",
    targetSelector: "#username"
  }
]);

###List of possible parameters

animateFunction one of available animate functions: fadein, foldin, foldout, roll, scalein, slidein, spin
color one of available predefined colors: daffodil, daisy, mustard, citrus-zest, pumpkin, tangerine, salmon, persimmon, rouge, scarlet, hot-pink, princess, petal, lilac, lavender, violet, cloud, dream, gulf, turquoise, indigo, navy, sea-foam, teal, peacock, ceadon, olive, bamboo, grass, kelly, forrest, chocolate, terra-cotta, camel, linen, stone, smoke, steel, slate, charcoal, black, white, metalic-silver, metalic-gold, metalic-copper; or any CSS color
contentText text for a tooltip; html may be applied
contentMore text for expanded version of tooltip which showup whenn focus on target element; html may be applied
disableAnimation disable the animation true or false
stickTo one of available stick values: bottom, left, right, top
stickDistance a number of pixels that represent the distance between tooltip and target element
targetSelector css selector which is used to catch a target element in the document
targetXPath xPath value which is used to catch a target element in the document
maxWidth maximum width of expanded version of tooltip

###List of possible data-* attributes

data-tooltip value for contentText parameter
data-tooltip-animate-function value for animateFunction parameter
data-tooltip-color value for color parameter
data-tooltip-more value for contentMore parameter
data-tooltip-stickto value for stickTo parameter
data-tooltip-maxwidth value for maxWidth parameter

###Browser compatibility

Animation works in: Chrome 1.0, Firefox 2.0, Internet Explorer 10, Opera 10.5, Safari 3.2