I need to use JS no JQuery plugins to make a simple tooltip like on the image bellow.
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?
myfiddle
<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/
Proof of concept:
The following markup in HTML: Create a div with class tooltip
, add image and a div with class info
with all text (can be multiple paragraphs if needed, scollbars is shown if necessary):
<div class='tooltip'>
<img src='craig_question_mark_icon1.png' alt='Help'/>
<div class='info'>
Some text to fill the box with.
</div>
</div>
The div.info
is set to display:none
in CSS.
When the page is loaded a pure javascript is running that draws an image of a triangle on a canvas-element, and then creates a div-element where the triangle is set as a background. Then, for every div.tooltip
:
- add a click-eventhandler to the image
- replace the
div.info
with a div.info_container
- add a clone of the triangle-div to
div.info_container
- add the original
div.info
to div.info_container
You can test it with this fiddle. It is tested successfully on FF25, Chrome31, IE10, Opera 12&18.
<!doctype html>
<html>
<head>
<script>
"use strict";
function click(event) {
var elem = this.parentNode.querySelector('div.info_container');
if (elem) elem.style.display = elem.style.display === 'block' ? 'none' : 'block';
}
function toolify() {
var idx,
len,
elem,
info,
text,
elements = document.querySelectorAll('div.tooltip'),
canvas,
imgurl,
pointer,
tipHeight = 20,
tipWidth = 20,
width = 200,
height = 100,
ctx;
// Create a canvas element where the triangle will be drawn
canvas = document.createElement('canvas');
canvas.width = tipHeight;
canvas.height = tipWidth;
ctx = canvas.getContext('2d');
ctx.strokeStyle = '#000'; // Border color
ctx.fillStyle = '#fff'; // background color
ctx.lineWidth = 1;
ctx.translate(-0.5,-0.5); // Move half pixel to make sharp lines
ctx.beginPath();
ctx.moveTo(1,canvas.height); // lower left corner
ctx.lineTo(canvas.width, 1); // upper right corner
ctx.lineTo(canvas.width,canvas.height); // lower right corner
ctx.fill(); // fill the background
ctx.stroke(); // stroke it with border
//fix bottom row
ctx.fillRect(0,canvas.height-0.5,canvas.width-1,canvas.height+2);
// Create a div element where the triangel will be set as background
pointer = document.createElement('div');
pointer.style.width = canvas.width + 'px';
pointer.style.height = canvas.height + 'px';
pointer.innerHTML = ' ' // non breaking space
pointer.style.backgroundImage = 'url(' + canvas.toDataURL() + ')';
pointer.style.position = 'absolute';
pointer.style.top = '2px';
pointer.style.right = '1px';
pointer.style.zIndex = '1'; // place it over the other elements
for (idx=0, len=elements.length; idx < len; ++idx) {
elem = elements[idx];
elem.querySelector('img').addEventListener('click',click);
text = elem.querySelector('div.info');
// Create a new div element, and place the text and pointer in it
info = document.createElement('div');
text.parentNode.replaceChild(info,text);
info.className = 'info_container';
info.appendChild(pointer.cloneNode());
info.appendChild(text);
//info.addEventListener('click',click);
}
}
window.addEventListener('load',toolify);
</script>
<style>
div.tooltip
{
position:relative;
display:inline-block;
width:300px;
text-align:right;
}
div.tooltip > div.info
{
display:none;
}
div.tooltip div.info_container
{
position:absolute;
right:20px;
width:200px;
height:100px;
display:none;
}
div.tooltip div.info
{
text-align:left;
position:absolute;
left:1px;
right:1px;
top:20px;
bottom:1px;
color:#000;
padding:5px;
overflow:auto;
border:1px solid #000;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div class='tooltip'>
<img src='craig_question_mark_icon1.png' alt='Help'/>
<div class='info'>
Some text to fill the box with.
</div>
</div>
<div class='tooltip'>
<img src='craig_question_mark_icon1.png' alt='Help'/>
<div class='info'>
Some text to fill the box with.
Some text to fill the box with.
Some text to fill the box with.
Some text to fill the box with.
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>