Tooltips with css

by secretgspot

HTML

<h3>Gray tooltip</h3>
<p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. In tempus nisi
<a href="#" class="tooltip">vulputate<span><b>Optional title</b><br>This is a gray CSS3 tooltip.</span></a>
nulla pretium egestas. Aliquam pretium eros congue <a href="#" class="tooltip">ultrices<span>This is another gray tooltip made with CSS3 only.</span></a> mauris auctor lobortis.</p>

<h3>Yellow tooltip</h3>
<p>Etiam non malesuada nunc. Curabitur bibendum, sapien ornare placerat pellentesque, <a href="#" class="tooltip yellow-tooltip">velit<span><b>Optional title</b><br>This is a yellow CSS3 tooltip.</span></a>, nibh
consequat nulla, ac laoreet <a href="#" class="tooltip yellow-tooltip">justo<span>This is another yellow tooltip made with CSS3 only.</span></a> lacus lectus ac enim. 
</p>

<h3>Navy tooltip</h3>
Nulla volutpat mattis egestas. Integer a neque at lorem ornare <a href="#" class="tooltip navy-tooltip">accumsan<span><b>Optional title</b><br>This is a navy CSS3 tooltip.</span></a> quis quis ipsum.
Nam id erat mi. Etiam <a href="#" class="tooltip navy-tooltip">semper<span>This is another navy tooltip made with CSS3 only.</span></a> velit non risus ultricies faucibus.</p>

<h3>Blue tooltip</h3>
<p>Nullam tristique, eros nec feugiat bibendum, orci velit commodo <a href="#" class="tooltip blue-tooltip">justo<span><b>Optional title</b><br>This is a blue CSS3 tooltip.</span></a>, non ornare odio massa et ipsum.
Cras scelerisque <a href="#" class="tooltip blue-tooltip">ultrices<span>This is another blue tooltip made with CSS3 only.</span></a> leo congue laoreet.</p>

<h3>Pink tooltip</h3>
<p>Etiam non malesuada nunc. Curabitur bibendum, sapien ornare placerat pellentesque, <a href="#" class="tooltip pink-tooltip">velit<span><b>Optional title</b><br>This is a pink CSS3 tooltip.</span></a>, nibh
consequat nulla, ac laoreet <a href="#" class="tooltip pink-tooltip">justo<span>This is another pink tooltip made with CSS3 only.</span></a> lacus lectus ac enim. 
</p>

CSS

.tooltip
{
  position: relative;
  background: #eaeaea;
  cursor: help;
  display: inline-block;
  text-decoration: none;
  color: #222;
  outline: none;
}

.tooltip span
{
  visibility: hidden;
  position: absolute; 
  bottom: 30px;
  left: 50%;
  z-index: 999;
  width: 230px;
  margin-left: -127px;
  padding: 10px;
  border: 2px solid #ccc;
  opacity: .9;
  background-color: #ddd;                     
  background-image: -webkit-linear-gradient(rgba(255,255,255,.5), rgba(255,255,255,0));
  background-image: -moz-linear-gradient(rgba(255,255,255,.5), rgba(255,255,255,0));
  background-image: -ms-linear-gradient(rgba(255,255,255,.5), rgba(255,255,255,0));
  background-image: -o-linear-gradient(rgba(255,255,255,.5), rgba(255,255,255,0));
  background-image: linear-gradient(rgba(255,255,255,.5), rgba(255,255,255,0));  
  -moz-border-radius: 4px;
  border-radius: 4px;  
  -moz-box-shadow: 0 1px 2px rgba(0,0,0,.4), 0 1px 0 rgba(255,255,255,.5) inset;
  -webkit-box-shadow: 0 1px 2px rgba(0,0,0,.4), 0 1px 0 rgba(255,255,255,.5) inset;
  box-shadow: 0 1px 2px rgba(0,0,0,.4), 0 1px 0 rgba(255,255,255,.5) inset;  
  text-shadow: 0 1px 0 rgba(255,255,255,.4); 
}

.tooltip:hover
{
  border: 0; /* IE6 fix */
}

.tooltip:hover span
{
  visibility: visible;
}

.tooltip span:before,
.tooltip span:after
{
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  z-index: 1000;
  bottom: -7px;
  left: 50%;
  margin-left: -8px;  
  border-top: 8px solid #ddd;
  border-left: 8px solid transparent;
  border-right: 8px solid transparent;        
  border-bottom: 0;  
}

.tooltip span:before
{
  border-top-color: #ccc;
  bottom: -8px;
}

/* Yellow */

.yellow-tooltip span
{

  border-color: #e1ca82;
  background-color: #ffeaa6;                     
}

.yellow-tooltip span:after
{ 
  border-top-color: #ffeaa6;
}

.yellow-tooltip span:before
{
  border-top-color: #e1ca82;
}

/* Navy */

.navy-tooltip span
{
  color: #fff;
  text-shadow: 0 1px 0 #000;  
  border-color: #161a1f;
  background-color:...

JavaScript

if ($.browser.msie && $.browser.version.substr(0,1)<7)
    {
      $('.tooltip').mouseover(function(){
            $(this).children('span').show();
          }).mouseout(function(){
            $(this).children('span').hide();
          })
    }