How do I add a tool tip to a span element

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In the following code  I want a tool-tip to come up when the user hovers the span  how do I do that   I don t want to use any links    lt span gt  text  lt  span gt

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the  title  attribute will be used as the text for tooltip by the browser  if you want to apply style to it consider using some plugins

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Custom Tooltips with pure CSS - no JavaScript needed   Example here  with code    Full screen example  As an alternative to the default title attribute tooltips  you can make your own custom CSS tooltips using  before  after pseudo elements and HTML5 data-  attributes   Using the provided CSS  you can add a tooltip to an element using the data-tooltip attribute   You can also control the position of the custom tooltip using the data-tooltip-position attribute  accepted values  top right bottom left    For instance  the following will add a tooltop positioned at the bottom of the span element    lt span data-tooltip  Custom tooltip text   data-tooltip-position  bottom  gt Custom bottom tooltip  lt  span gt      How does this work   You can display the custom tooltips with pseudo elements by retrieving the custom attribute values using the attr   function    data-tooltip  before       content  attr data-tooltip       In terms of positioning the tooltip  just use the attribute selector and change the placement based on the attribute s value   Example here  with code    Full screen example  Full CSS used in the example - customize this to your needs    data-tooltip        display  inline-block      position  relative      cursor  help      padding  4px       Tooltip styling     data-tooltip  before       content  attr data-tooltip       display  none      position  absolute      background   000      color   fff      padding  4px 8px      font-size  14px      line-height  1 4      min-width  100px      text-align  center      border-radius  4px       Dynamic horizontal centering     data-tooltip-position  top   before   data-tooltip-position  bottom   before       left  50       -ms-transform  translateX -50        -moz-transform  translateX -50        -webkit-transform  translateX -50        transform  translateX -50         Dynamic vertical centering     data-tooltip-position  right   before   data-tooltip-position  left   before       top  50       -ms-transform  translateY -50        -moz-transform  translateY -50        -webkit-transform  translateY -50        transform  translateY -50       data-tooltip-position  top   before       bottom  100       margin-bottom  6px     data-tooltip-position  right   before       left  100       margin-left  6px     data-tooltip-position  bottom   before       top  100       margin-top  6px     data-tooltip-position  left   before       right  100       margin-right  6px        Tooltip arrow styling placement     data-tooltip  after       content          display  none      position  absolute      width  0      height  0      border-color  transparent      border-style  solid       Dynamic horizontal centering for the tooltip     data-tooltip-position  top   after   data-tooltip-position  bottom   after       left  50       margin-left  -6px       Dynamic vertical centering for the tooltip     data-tooltip-position  right   after   data-tooltip-position  left   after       top  50       margin-top  -6px     data-tooltip-position  top   after       bottom  100       border-width  6px 6px 0      border-top-color   000     data-tooltip-position  right   after       left  100       border-width  6px 6px 6px 0      border-right-color   000     data-tooltip-position  bottom   after       top  100       border-width  0 6px 6px      border-bottom-color   000     data-tooltip-position  left   after       right  100       border-width  6px 0 6px 6px      border-left-color   000       Show the tooltip when hovering     data-tooltip  hover before   data-tooltip  hover after       display  block      z-index  50

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For the basic tooltip  you want    x000D   x000D   lt span title  This is my tooltip  gt  Hover on me to see tooltip   lt  span gt  x000D   x000D   x000D

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In most browsers  the title attribute will render as a tooltip  and is generally flexible as to what sorts of elements it ll work with    lt span title  This will show as a tooltip  gt Mouse over for a tooltip  lt  span gt   lt a href  http   www stackoverflow com  title  Link to stackoverflow com  gt stackoverflow com lt  a gt   lt img src  something png  alt  Something  title  Something  gt    All of those will render tooltips in most every browser

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Here s the simple  built-in way   lt span title  quot My tip quot  gt text lt  span gt   That gives you plain text tooltips   If you want rich tooltips  with formatted HTML in them  you ll need to use a library to do that   Fortunately there are loads of those

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