Tooltip with border that isn't rectangular
Draws an image on a canvas-element that is used as a background on a div-element that is positioned absolutely to make the border to appear to not be rectangular.
HTML
<div class='tooltip'>
<img src='http://www.craiglotter.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/craig_question_mark_icon1.png' alt='Help'/>
<div class='info'>
Some text to fill the box with.
</div>
</div>
<div class='tooltip'>
<img src='http://www.craiglotter.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/craig_question_mark_icon1.png' alt='Help'/>
<div class='info'>
Some text to fill the box with.
Some text to fill the box with.
Some text to fill the box with.
Some text to fill the box with.
</div>
</div>
CSS
div.tooltip
{
position:relative;
display:inline-block;
width:300px;
text-align:right;
}
div.tooltip > div.info
{
display:none;
}
div.tooltip div.info_container
{
position:absolute;
right:20px;
width:200px;
height:100px;
display:none;
}
div.tooltip div.info
{
text-align:left;
position:absolute;
left:1px;
right:1px;
top:20px;
bottom:1px;
color:#000;
padding:5px;
overflow:auto;
border:1px solid #000;
}
JavaScript
"use strict";
function click(event) {
var elem = this.parentNode.querySelector('p.info_container');
if (elem) elem.style.display = elem.style.display === 'block' ? 'none' : 'block';
}
function toolify() {
var idx,
len,
elem,
info,
text,
elements = document.querySelectorAll('div.tooltip'),
canvas,
imgurl,
pointer,
tipHeight = 20,
tipWidth = 20,
width = 200,
height = 100,
ctx;
// Create a canvas element where the triangle will be drawn
canvas = document.createElement('canvas');
canvas.width = tipHeight;
canvas.height = tipWidth;
ctx = canvas.getContext('2d');
ctx.strokeStyle = '#000'; // Border color
ctx.fillStyle = '#fff'; // background color
ctx.lineWidth = 1;
ctx.translate(-0.5,-0.5); // Move half pixel to make sharp lines
ctx.beginPath();
ctx.moveTo(1,canvas.height); // lower left corner
ctx.lineTo(canvas.width, 1); // upper right corner
ctx.lineTo(canvas.width,canvas.height); // lower right corner
ctx.fill(); // fill the background
ctx.stroke(); // stroke it with border
//fix bottom row
ctx.fillRect(0,canvas.height-0.5,canvas.width-1,canvas.height+2);
// Create a div element where the triangel will be set as background
pointer = document.createElement('div');
pointer.style.width = canvas.width + 'px';
pointer.style.height = canvas.height + 'px';
pointer.innerHTML = ' ' // non breaking space
pointer.style.backgroundImage = 'url(' + canvas.toDataURL() + ')';
pointer.style.position = 'absolute';
pointer.style.top = '2px';
pointer.style.right = '1px';
pointer.style.zIndex = '1'; // place it over the other elements
for (idx=0, len=elements.length; idx < len; ++idx) {
elem = elements[idx];
elem.querySelector('img').addEventListener('click',click);
text = elem.querySelector('div.info');
// Create a new div...