Creating interactive web applications often requires clear user guidance. Tooltips are a fantastic way to provide contextual help without overloading your interface. This guide will walk you through using html5tooltips.js, a pure JavaScript solution for crafting tooltips with stunning 3D animations using CSS.
Installation
You can easily install html5tooltips.js using npm or bower. Here’s how:
- Using npm:
npm install html5tooltips.js - Using Bower:
bower install html5tooltips.js
Simple Usage of Tooltips
The easiest way to attach a tooltip to a UI element is by adding a data-* attribute to your HTML element. Here’s a quick example:
<span data-tooltip="Refresh">Refresh</span>You can further customize the tooltip by adding extra attributes:
<span data-tooltip="Refresh" data-tooltip-stickto="right" data-tooltip-color="bamboo" data-tooltip-animate-function="foldin">Refresh</span>Customization Inheritance
If you want to customize several tooltips at once using less code, you can add a data-* attribute to a shared parent element:
<body data-tooltip-animate-function="foldin">
<div data-tooltip-color="bamboo">
<span data-tooltip="Build">Build</span>
<span data-tooltip="Refresh">Refresh</span>
<span data-tooltip="Delete">Delete</span>
</div>
</body>Advanced Usage
For those looking to abstract their view layer with JavaScript, you can initialize tooltips with tailored settings:
html5tooltips({
animateFunction: 'spin',
color: 'bamboo',
contentText: 'Refresh',
stickTo: 'right',
targetSelector: '#refresh'
});You can also provide extended text when a user focuses on an input field:
html5tooltips({
contentText: 'Not less than 8 symbols',
contentMore: 'Use lower and UPPER case letters, 6 numbers and special symbols to make password safe and secure.',
maxWidth: '180px',
targetSelector: '#password'
});Styling Your Tooltips
Styling tooltips is straightforward; just apply CSS to the root element:
.html5tooltip-box {
background-color: #2A2A2A;
border-radius: 2px;
box-shadow: 0 0 0 1px rgba(255,255,255,.15), 0 0 10px rgba(255,255,255,.15);
color: #F7F7F7;
font-family: Arial, sans-serif;
font-size: 11px;
font-weight: bold;
}Handling Tooltips in Single Page Applications
In single page applications, refresh your tooltips when the DOM changes using:
html5tooltips.refresh();Getting a Tooltip by Target Element
To manage tooltips more interactively, you can get a tooltip linked to a specific target element:
var tooltip = html5tooltips.getTooltipByTarget(document.getElementById('myElement'));
tooltip.destroy();Troubleshooting
If you encounter any issues, here are some troubleshooting steps:
- Ensure that you have installed the package correctly via npm or bower.
- Check for typos in your HTML data attributes.
- Make sure CSS styles are correctly applied; inspect the elements to see if classes are being added properly.
- If tooltips aren’t displaying, verify that the JavaScript file is included after the elements it manipulates.
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Conclusion
Incorporating tooltips into your project can greatly enhance user experience by providing context-sensitive help. Whether you’re looking for simple usage or advanced features, html5tooltips.js has you covered.
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