Jquery Popup Bubble/Tooltip

Advanced interaction

Let's jump straight into enhanced interaction. By keeping the tooltip visible as the mouse hovers over the tooltip itself or the trigger, we create a flexible and user-friendly environment. Ever dreamt of making your tooltip interactive? Dream no more.

var tooltipTimeout;
$('.tooltip-trigger').hover(function(e) {
    clearTimeout(tooltipTimeout);
    $('<div class="tooltip">').html('Tooling with Tooltips 😁').appendTo('body').fadeIn('slow').css({ top: e.pageY + 10, left: e.pageX + 10 });
}, function() {
    $('.tooltip').hover(function() {
        // Just the tip of the... tooltip! 😏
        var tooltipHovered = true;
    }, function() {
        var tooltipHovered = false;
        $(this).fadeOut('slow', function() { $(this).remove(); });
    });
    tooltipTimeout = setTimeout(function() {
        if (!tooltipHovered) $('.tooltip').fadeOut('slow', function() { $(this).remove(); });
    }, 300);
});
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Plugin playground

Lightweight alert: Tipsy

Tipsy is a lightweight jQuery tooltip plugin, MIT licensed and versatile. It's a Bootstrap-style plugin ready to dress your tooltips with rich HTML, custom styling, and user-friendly interaction.

Flexible show-off: PoshyTip

For those who want detailed control over their tooltips, PoshyTip offers unmatched flexibility and customization. This jQuery gem supports complex HTML rendering and advanced styling options.

Robust powerhouse: Qtip

Dive into even deeper waters with the Qtip plugin. Packing more features than a Swiss Army knife, it brings HTML content, styling options, and an MIT license to the table.

Tips, tricks and best practices

1. Dynamic data: For dynamically added content, trace events back to guaranteed ancestors for sleek tooltips.
2. Position with precision: Use the trigger offset to position tooltips ensuring their alignments are on point.
3. Efficient closing: Use timeouts to delay and manage the closing of tooltips for a smooth user experience.

Deal with the devil: Pitfalls

Perfect positioning

Getting the tooltip position right is crucial. Make sure you append your tooltips to the body for global visibility and utilize element offset calculations to ensure alignment.

Handling user interaction

Event delegation is your best bet when dealing with lots of dynamic content. While most plugins already handle mouseover/mouseout events efficiently, you can carve your path for more complex interaction patterns.

Shine with rich content

Tooltips aren't just for texts. Let your tooltips shine with hyperlinks, images, or other rich media. And there you have it, a trophy-earning piece of improved User Experience.

Tuning your tooltips

Eye of the tiger: visual changes

Dynamically adjust tooltip properties such as distance, velocity, delays, and colors for a customized look and feel. Think of it as tuning your car for the perfect ride.

Clean code: the way to go (use jQuery plugins)

Don't let your JavaScript turn into a 👹. jQuery Plugins can help keep your code clean, maintainable and oh-so-easy to work with.