styled tooltip

by karin

HTML

<a href="#" class="tip">Link<span>This is the CSS tooltip showing up when you mouse over the link</span></a>

CSS

a{
    background:yellow;
}
a.tip { 
    text-decoration: none
}
a.tip:hover {
    cursor: help;
    position: relative
}
a.tip span {
    display: none
}
a.tip:hover span {
    border: #c0c0c0 1px dotted;
    padding: 5px 20px 5px 5px;
    display: block;
    z-index: 100;
    left: 0px;
    margin: 10px;
    width: 250px;
    position: absolute;
    top: 10px;
    text-decoration: none
}