Creating a ToolTips in JSP Using javascript
// Display the string value as a tooltip
// This should be called in onMouseMove() and onMouseOver()
// This should be called in onMouseMove() and onMouseOver()
// Usage onMouseOver('abc'.showTooltip()) onMouseMove('abc'.showTooltip())
String.prototype.showTooltip =
function()
{
var tooltip = document.createElement("div");
tooltip.id = "Tooltip_1";
tooltip.style.position = 'absolute';
tooltip.style.display = 'block';
tooltip.style.backgroundColor = '#FFFFE1';
tooltip.style.color = '#000000';
tooltip.style.fontFamily = "Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif";
tooltip.style.fontWeight ="normal";
tooltip.style.fontSize = "11px";
tooltip.style.border = '1 #000000 solid';
x = event.clientX + document.body.scrollLeft;
y = event.clientY + document.body.scrollTop + 10;
tooltip.style.left = x;
tooltip.style.top = y;
document.body.appendChild(tooltip);
var prefix = ' ';
var suffix = ' ';
tooltip.innerHTML = prefix +
this + suffix;
};
Javscript ToolTip usage :
To Showthe tooltip text call the showTooltip() function from your jsp/html page :
....
<input type="text" name="fileName" onmouseover="('Tool Tips sample'.showTooltip())" />
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