jQuery lightweight tooltip script recommendation

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jQuery lightweight tooltip script recommendation

I am looking for a lightweight jQuery script for tooltips that is lightweight and can be easily used with image maps... Ideally it would automatically take the 'title' of each the area tag to function as a tooltip. The reason this is an issue is I have hundreds of areas (its a world map) and a line of code for each tooltip will soon add up in file size.

qTip can do this... but its 38kb... which is more than even jQuery itself. Any recommendations?

GLT by Robert Nyman is more that decent. Also it doesn't require jQuery. It is 6kb minified and presumably much smaller gziped.

http://www.robertnyman.com/glt/

Silviu Postavaru 2010-01-07 12:22:16

As Mark asked for a jQuery tooltip plugin, I don't tihnk this answer is very useful.

BenTheDesigner 2010-01-07 15:05:45

+1 A:

I use the imaginatively-titled "jQuery Tooltip": demo here. Works well with image maps, and is easy to customize with CSS.

(Coincidentally, I tried qTip with image maps and found a weird bug when combined with the Map Hilight plugin).

DisgruntledGoat 2010-01-07 12:34:27

Phew... I am using the map Hilight plugin too :D... you probably saved me a lot of time

Mark 2010-01-07 12:47:41

@Mark: If you're interested, this is what I built with it - http://www.simpsoncrazy.com/characters/poster

DisgruntledGoat 2010-01-20 12:34:09

+3 A:

Not sure if it's exactly what you're looking for but check out Tipsy, 8kb uncompressed : http://onehackoranother.com/projects/jquery/tipsy/

Sabazou 2010-01-07 19:02:43

I really like the look of this one... and its very light weight

Mark 2010-01-07 20:41:03

@Mark, so you might consider accepting the answer... =)

David Thomas 2010-02-15 16:23:18

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