This article explains how to create a simple tooltip using jQuery.
First we download the file and plug in a website; see:
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Query plugin 1.9
These files are added to the project or added directly by URL as in the following.
Program
Simple_Tooltip.html
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8" />
<title>jQuery Tooltip</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://code.jquery.com/ui/1.9.1/themes/base/jquery-ui.css" />
<script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.8.2.js"></script>
<script src="http://code.jquery.com/ui/1.9.1/jquery-ui.js"></script>
<style type="text/css">
.ui-tooltip
{
font-size:10pt;
font-family:Verdana;
font-stretch:condensed;
font-style:italic;
color:blue;
}
</style>
<script type="text/javascript">
$(function () {
$(document).tooltip();
});
</script>
</head>
<body>
<form id="form1" runat="server">
<table>
<tr><td colspan="2" align="center"><b>Employee Information</b></td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Name:</td>
<td><input id="Name" name="name" title="Please enter your name." /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Address:</td>
<td> <input id="address" name="address" title="Please enter your address." /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>City:</td>
<td> <input id="city" name="city" title="Please enter your city" /></td>
</tr>
</table>
</form>
</body>
</html>
Output 1
Hover the mouse over the textboxes:
![fig1.jpg]()
Output 2
![fig2.jpg]()
Output 3
![fig3.jpg]()
For more information, download the attached sample application.