Extension:Tooltip

This extension provides the ability to add fancy tooltips to wiki text. Unlike other extensions which provide similar functionality (i.e. Extension:Glossary, Extension:LinkedImage, Extension:LinkFloatie, etc), this extension allows for multi-line wiki and/or HTML syntax text for the tooltip. Additionally, the tooltip itself is displayed in a fancy semitransparent window.

Step 1
Download the extension code from SVN and place it in the extensions directory.

Step 2
Add the following text to your LocalSettings.php

Step 3
Save a 16x16 pixel png with some level of alpha channel transparency as ttbg.png in $wgScriptPath/images directory. As an example, here is a blue background image.

Usage Instructions
There are two methods for using this extension in your wiki articles: via a Parser Function, and via a new Tag. These two methods are mutually exclusive and should NOT be interchanged on a given article in order to guarantee proper output.

Tag Format
Simply add the following text tooltip text directly inline with your article, where the x= and y= parameters are optional.

Parser Function Format
Create a new Template called undefined and add the following content to it  Usage: base text To use this extension on your wiki article, simply call the template like so base text Note 1: Do not remove the empty tooltip tags from the template, as this might result in getting linebreaks on the location of the tooltip. Note 2: You can also modify the template wih the x= and y= parameters as optional parameters 3 and 4.

Revisions

 * v0.5 - December 03, 2007 - Numerous style improvements and cleanup (many thanks to Eclecticdave and Lexw)
 * v0.4.1 - November 27, 2007 - Better parser function support.
 * v0.4 - November 26, 2007 - Added a parser function in addition to the tag
 * v0.3.1 - November 21, 2007 - Better placement of the tooltip (thanks to User:Lexw)
 * v0.2 - August 22, 2007 - Better wiki syntax parsing
 * v0.1 - August 22, 2007 - Initial Revision