tooltips inside searchbox

[czarj]

Using jquery i'm creating searchboxes that pull data from a MYSQL DB. How can I add tooltips into this:

        var impact_header_text = $("<div>Impact (EX: Panic)</div>");  <-- display header

        var impact_search_box = $('<input>')                 <--actual searchbox
            .attr('id', 'impact')
            .addClass('stat_table_search_field')
            .change(function (event) {
                current_pane.send_get_burt_data();
            });
        var impact_header = $("<th>")
            .append(impact_header_text,
                impact_search_box
        );

--- You must not fight too often with one enemy, or you will teach him all your tricks of war.

 

[jpadie]

Set the title attribute with the text of the tool tip.

 

[czarj]

if I have a simple function like this:

$('[tooltip]').each(function() // Select all elements with the "tooltip" attribute
{
   $(this).qtip({ content: $(this).attr('tooltip') }); // Retrieve the tooltip attribute value from the current element
});

Can I just add an .attr into the search box? Such as:

        var bug_rel_search_box = $('<input>')
            .attr('id', 'bug_rel')
            .attr('title', tooltip="test")
            .addClass('stat_table_search_field')
            .change(function (event) {
                current_pane.send_get_burt_data();
            });

--- You must not fight too often with one enemy, or you will teach him all your tricks of war.

 

[jpadie]

you are over complicating it.

in html the title attribute pops up on hover
example:

<a href="somepage.php" title="If you hover here you will see this pop up">Hover Here</a>

so if you want to add tooltips dynamically to a dom element in jQuery you just do this

$('#myDomElementID').attr('title','If you hover here you will see this pop up');

you can you fancy classes to pop up highly styled floating non-modal dialog boxes, but why unless there is a business required to do so, why bother?