Page Widget How to - Add span tooltip to anchor

Question

We would like to know how to add span tooltip to anchor.

Answer


<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style type='text/css'>
.tooltip {<!--from w w w . j  a va 2  s.co  m-->
  border-bottom: 1px dotted #000000;
  color: #000000;
  outline: none;
  cursor: help;
  text-decoration: none;
  position: relative;
}

.tooltip:hover span {
  font-family: Calibri, Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif;
  position: absolute;
  left: 1em;
  top: 2em;
  z-index: 99;
  margin-left: 0;
  width: 250px;
  display: block;
}

span {
  display: none;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
  <a class="tooltip" href="#">Click <span>This is a tooltip</span></a>
</body>
</html>

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