Now that we've seen how powerful plugins are and how easy they make advanced functionality, let's see how we can take advantage of another plugin to make custom tooltips.
Browsers automatically create tooltips when you include the title attribute—usually on a link or an image. When your site visitor hovers their mouse cursor over the item or moves focus to the item by tabbing to it, the tooltip will appear—usually as a small yellow box that appears to be floating over the page. Tooltips are a great way to add a little additional information to your page. Screen reader software reads out tooltip text for site visitors with disabilities who are using assistive technology, making them useful for enhancing accessibility. Furthermore, title attributes on images and links can help search engines index your content more effectively.
In this chapter, we'll learn:
How to use Craig Thompson's qTip plugin to replace the browser's default tooltips
How to customize the...