Effect How to - Create Pure CSS tooltip with CSS3 animation

Question

We would like to know how to create Pure CSS tooltip with CSS3 animation.

Answer


<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style type='text/css'>
a.tooltip {<!--   w  w w .  j  a v a2s  .  c om-->
  position: relative;
  color: black;
  text-decoration: none;
}

a.tooltip:before {
  content: "-";
  color: black;
}

a.tooltip span {
  padding: 5px 10px;
  background: #d1d1b7;
  border: 1px solid #c7c7ac;
  border-radius: 3px;
  min-width: 70px;
  position: absolute;
  top: 25px;
  left: 5px;
  color: black;
  box-shadow: 0px 1px 0px #fff;
  text-align: center;
  opacity: 0;
  -moz-transition: opacity 1s ease;
  -webkit-transition: opacity 1s ease;
  -o-transition: opacity 1s ease;
  transition: opacity 1s ease;
}

a.tooltip span:before {
  width: 0;
  height: 0;
  border-left: 5px solid transparent;
  border-right: 5px solid transparent;
  border-bottom: 5px solid #d1d1b7;
  z-index: 5;
  content: " ";
  position: absolute;
  top: -5px;
  left: 48%;
}

a.tooltip span:after {
  width: 0;
  height: 0;
  border-left: 5px solid transparent;
  border-right: 5px solid transparent;
  border-bottom: 5px solid #c7c7ac;
  display: block;
  content: " ";
  position: absolute;
  top: -6px;
  left: 48%;
}

a.tooltip:hover span {
  opacity: 1;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
  <a class="tooltip" href="#">Download <span>It's a tooltip. </span></a>

</body>
</html>

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