Table Cells with Tooltip Comment

Table Cells with Tooltip Comment

by Paul Renaut

HTML

<table id="MyTable">
  <caption>Cell 1,2 Has a Comment</caption>
  <thead>
    <tr>
      <td>Heading 1</td>
      <td>Heading 2</td>
      <td>Heading 3</td>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
    <tr></tr>
      <td>Cell 1,1</td>
      <td class="CellWithComment">Cell 1,2
        <span class="CellComment">Here is a comment</span>
      </td>
      <td>Cell 1,3</td>
    <tr>
      <td>Cell 2,1</td>
      <td>Cell 2,2</td>
      <td>Cell 2,3</td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
  
</table>

CSS

#MyTable{
  border-style:solid;
  border-color:black;
  border-width:2px
}

#MyTable td{
  border-style:solid;
  border-color:black;
  border-width:1px;
  padding:3px;
}

.CellWithComment{
  position:relative;
}

.CellComment{
  display:none;
  position:absolute; 
  z-index:100;
  border:1px;
  background-color:white;
  border-style:solid;
  border-width:1px;
  border-color:red;
  padding:3px;
  color:red; 
  top:20px; 
  left:20px;
}

.CellWithComment:hover span.CellComment{
  display:block;
}