Step 1
Include the folllowing somewhere in the HTML of your page
NB: Make sure "src" points to the correct location of the boxOver.js file
Step 2
Next, go to the code for the HTML element you would like the tooltip to appear over.
For instance, imagine we had the following "div" in our HTML document.
This "div" looks as follows:
Parameter | Possible values | Default | Description |
header | Any character | blank | Specifies the header text of the tooltip |
body | Any character | blank | Specifies the body text of the tooltip |
fixedrelx | Any integer | N/A | Forces the X-coordinate of the tooltip to stay fixed (offset is relative to the annotated HTML element) |
fixedrely | Any integer | N/A | Forces the Y-coordinate of the tooltip to stay fixed (offset is relative to the annotated HTML element) |
fixedabsx | Any integer | N/A | Forces the X-coordinate of the tooltip to stay fixed (X is an offset relative to the body of the HTML document) |
fixedabsy | Any integer | N/A | Forces the Y-coordinate of the tooltip to stay fixed (Y is an offset relative to the body of the HTML document) |
windowlock | on / off | on | Make tooltip stick to side of the window if user moves close to the side of the screen. |
cssbody | Any defined style class | Built in styles | Specifies CSS class for styles to be used on tooltip body. |
cssheader | Any defined style class | Built in styles | Specifies CSS class for styles to be used on tooltip header. |
offsetx | Any integer | 10 | Horizontal offset, in pixels, of the tooltip relative to the mouse cursor. |
offsety | Any integer | 10 | Vertical offset, in pixels, of the tooltip relative to the mouse cursor. |
doubleclickstop | on / off | on | Specifies whether to halt the tooltip when the user double clicks on the HTML element with the tooltip. |
singleclickstop | on / off | off | Specifies whether to halt the tooltip when the user single clicks on the HTML element with the tooltip. - if both singleclickstop and doubleclickstop are set to "on", singleslclickstop takes preference. |
requireclick | on / off | off | Specifies whether the user must first click the element before a tooltip appears. Intended for use on links so that information appears while the link is followed. |
hideselects | on / off | off | Specifies whether to hide all SELECT boxes on page when popup is activated. |
fade | on / off | off | Specifies whether to fade tooltip into visibility. |
fadespeed | Number between 0 and 1 | 0.04 | Specifies how fast to fade in tooltip. |
delay | Any integer | 0 | Specifies delay in milliseconds before tooltip displays. |