I need to use JS no JQuery plugins to make a simple tooltip like on the image below.
Click on ? image should open this tooltip and click again on the same image to close it. I think that it's simple for someone with good JS knowledge but I can't do it anyway :(
This is something that I have tried I know it's not too much but I am simply stuck.
How to display it like on the image, how to hide it when it's open and how to add that little triangle in the corner?
<img id="info" src="http://www.craiglotter.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/craig_question_mark_icon1.png"/>
<div id="ttip">bla bla</div>
document.getElementById('info').addEventListener('click', function(){
// how to check if it's visible so I can close tooltip
document.getElementById('ttip').style.display="block";
});
#info{margin-left:100px;margin-top:50px;}
#ttip
{
width: 280px;
z-index: 15001;
top: 0px;
left: 0px;
display: none;
border-color: #666;
background-color: #fff;
color: #666;
position: relative;
border: 1px solid #666;
padding: 15px 9px 5px 9px;
text-align: left;
word-wrap: break-word;
overflow: hidden;
}
Clean up the css and this will basically do it:
<script>
function doTip(e){
var elem = e.toElement;
if(elem.getAttribute('data-tip-on') === 'false') {
elem.setAttribute('data-tip-on', 'true');
var rect = elem.getBoundingClientRect();
var tipId = Math.random().toString(36).substring(7);
elem.setAttribute('data-tip-id', tipId);
var tip = document.createElement("div");
tip.setAttribute('id', tipId);
tip.innerHTML = elem.getAttribute('data-tip');
tip.style.top = rect.bottom+ 10 + 'px';
tip.style.left = (rect.left-200) + 'px';
tip.setAttribute('class','tip-box');
document.body.appendChild(tip);
} else {
elem.setAttribute('data-tip-on', 'false');
var tip = document.getElementById(elem.getAttribute('data-tip-id'));
tip.parentNode.removeChild(tip);
}
}
function enableTips(){
var elems = document.getElementsByClassName('quick-tip');
for(var i = 0; i < elems.length; i++) {
elems[0].addEventListener("click", doTip, false);
}
}
window.onload = function(){
enableTips();
}
</script>
<style>
.quick-tip {
background: black;
color: #fff;
padding: 5px;
cursor: pointer;
height: 15px;
width: 15px;
text-align: center;
font-weight: 900;
margin-left: 350px;
}
.tip-box {
/* change dimensions to be whatever the background image is */
height: 50px;
width: 200px;
background: grey;
border: 1px solid black;
position: absolute;
}
</style>
<div class="quick-tip" data-tip="THIS IS THE TIP! change elements 'data-tip' to change." data-tip-on="false">?</div>
<script>enableTips(); //might be required for jsfiddle, especially with reloads.</script>
Edit: fixed formatting and a bug. jsfiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/u93a3/