jQuery Plugin: Omnitip
I ended up developing the omnitip jquery plugin because I needed something a little more robust than any of the other jquery based tooltips that I was able to find. There may or may not have been one that would have met my needs and I just didn't see it, but regardless I believe I benefited from the experience of building a jquery plugin, and hopefully you will benefit as well.
About Omnitip
Omnitip is a tooltip plugin (you can see it at work on the homepage). What I THINK I have added to other tooltips in terms of functionality is:
- The ability to maintain the tooltip while hovering over it - thereby allowing things like links and forms to be loaded inside the tip
- Ability to send included forms through ajax components and load a response using callbacks
- Enhanced animation of tooltips, allowing not only fading but also 'travel'
- Full browser support of tooltip transparency (including IE6)
- Algorithmic based tooltip and tooltip 'arrow' positioning
If you have a tooltip plugin that also has some, or all of these features please let me know, and I will post it here as an alternative.
Omnitip is also designed to be skinnable, and I have included psds and pngs that should help you accomplish this. If you create a skin for Omnitip, PLEASE post it here. If you have any enhancements, suggestions for Omnitip, or questions, fire away. If you just want to hate on my programming skills (I have no formal CS education).. if that's what helps you sleep better.
