CSS TOOLTIP
EXAMPLE FROM http://jsbin.com/pseudotooltip/200/edit
by sehsarah
HTML
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset=utf-8>
<title>TOOLTIP TEST</title>
</head>
<body>
<p>Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique senectus et netus et malesuada fames ac turpis egestas. Vestibulum tortor quam, feugiat vitae, ultricies eget, tempor sit amet, ante. Donec eu libero sit amet quam egestas semper. Aenean ultricies mi vitae est. Mauris placerat eleifend leo. Quisque sit amet est et sapien ullamcorper pharetra. <a href="#" data-tooltip="This is a badass tooltip.">Vestibulum</a> erat wisi, condimentum sed, commodo vitae, ornare sit amet, wisi. Aenean fermentum, elit eget tincidunt condimentum, eros ipsum rutrum orci, sagittis tempus lacus enim ac dui. Donec non enim in turpis pulvinar facilisis. Ut felis. Praesent dapibus, neque id cursus faucibus, tortor neque egestas augue, eu vulputate magna eros eu erat. Aliquam erat volutpat. Nam dui mi, tincidunt quis, accumsan porttitor, facilisis luctus, metus</p>
</body>
</html>
CSS
a {
position: relative;
text-decoration: none;
}
a:after {
content: attr(data-tooltip);
position: absolute;
bottom: 130%;
left: 20%;
background: #ffcb66;
padding: 5px 15px;
color: black;
-webkit-border-radius: 10px;
-moz-border-radius : 10px;
border-radius : 10px;
white-space: nowrap;
opacity: 0;
/* At time of this creation, only Fx4 doing pseduo transitions */
-webkit-transition: all 0.4s ease;
-moz-transition : all 0.4s ease;
}
a:before {
content: "";
position: absolute;
width: 0;
height: 0;
border-top: 20px solid #ffcb66;
border-left: 20px solid transparent;
border-right: 20px solid transparent;
/* At time of this creation, only Fx4 doing pseduo transitions */
-webkit-transition: all 0.4s ease;
-moz-transition : all 0.4s ease;
opacity: 0;
left: 30%;
bottom: 90%;
}
a:hover:after {
bottom: 100%;
}
a:hover:before {
bottom: 70%;
}
a:hover:after, a:hover:before {
opacity: 1;
}