Cluetip

I’d personally opt for this version.
https://plugins.jquery.com/project/tooltip
Other jQuery tooltip plugins – https://plugins.jquery.com/taxonomy/term/77

Not used either before, i just find the tooltip script nicer than cluetip.

Thank you. I kind of like that one but it doesnt have quite the vibe I found in the Cluetips menu. Either way, I think what confuses me is that I downloaded the Cluetip package. I know that the plugin(library) file has to go into the WordPress them. However, there are multiple js files inside the zipped folders “lib” folder. So, which do I include?

Look at the example file you get with the zip, and you’d only need to(in theory) include those that aren’t included with WordPress.

Without doing it, i can’t say for sure, just try to follow the demo/example, but obviously in your WordPress theme. Bugs/conflicts aside, the first step is to get the code to function, once you have that, it’s a matter of debugging the smaller issues..

Start with a standalone PHP file on your site if you have to first, then work your way upto implementing it in the theme.

Some relevant docs.
https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Using_Javascript
https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Function_Reference/wp_enqueue_script

Existing scripts in WordPress.
https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Function_Reference/wp_enqueue_script#Default_scripts_included_with_WordPress

Thank you. I had checked that earlier and did not see Cluetips or Tooltips (the one you suggested in the first reply) mentioned as any of the included. Tahts why I asked since Im obviously going to have to get these libraries into WordPress myself.

I am studying the page but yeah, I cant tell from the demo which js it requires. I guess since these jquery libraries have lots of options for your script’s “look and feel”, I suppose I would think that, unless for something REALLY REALLY complicated, that a jquery library would keep the file down to one.

To rattle off the names of some of them:
jquery.bigiframe.min.js
jquery.hoverIntent.js
jquery-1.3.2.js
jquery-1.4js

I suppose that the last 2 I need to choose one from. Im not very experienced with Jquery so I dont really know the meaning of version numbers and Jquery.

From reading the first 2 files listed, Im beginning to understand. It is my guess that jquery.hoverIntent is more for the main part of the plugin, and the bigiframe handles an IE problem, much in the way that 2 CSS files sometimes have eto be used, with one of the 2 helping overcome a compatibility obstacle with a specific browser.

Am I right?

Ah ha….that sorts it. Further research, especially with a fellow colleage, helped me figure it out. Gotta love opensource and community.

Anyhow, for those that might come across this thread some long time ago, it looks like its all in the anatomy of additional libraries downloaded from plugins.jquery.com

In the case of Clutip, the folder gives you 2 .js files for cluetip. One is the minified version which contains no whitespaces or comment lines. That goes to your live server, with you using the regular version (with comments and whitespaces) on your development server.

From furtgher downloading of other libraries, it looks like some libraries may include ADDITIONAL jquery libraries which may compliment the library that you are downloading. It usually is in a subfolder titled “lib”. Inside the Cluetip download, the lib folder had the hoverIntent library and a minified version of it.

Simply put, I can include this for my project if I want to, but its not part of cluetip so it isnt NEEDED. HoverIntent is a library that lets things happen on a mouse slowing down over the button, rather than the event triggering the split second that your mouse touches the button (mouseOver).

In the case of my project, this might be handy since there are some other things nearby that could cause flickering if I was to do a normal hover, rather than hoverIntent. So, I will include this library.

Thanks so much.

Hover intent is already included in WordPress, i’ve always liked it but never had a use for it (i tend to prefer click actions to hover actions myself – perfect for things like dropdown menus though).

–off topic a little–
I was testing a few of the tooltip plugins from the jQuery website, and just want to warn you, that they don’t work with the included jQuery library in WP trunk(which is jQuery 1.4.2), i’ve been forced to include the appropriate jQuery library alongside the WP version to get the scripts functioning.

Which is pita, because it would be nice if jQuery plugins worked alongside WordPress’s jQuery library. I’ve tried just about every wrapper or no conflict code snippet i could find, and still failed getting any jQuery plugins to work with WordPress’s version of jQuery.

Good jQuery plugins do seem to come running in no-conflict mode already, but there still seems to be some dependancy on the regular jQuery var $, because loading a seperate jQuery version alongside the WordPress one(or in place of) seems to always get the plugins working, removing and using the WordPress version instantly breaks the script(ie. it stops working / doing anyting).

I can’t speculate on the problems it could cause loading two versions of jQuery alongside one another, but this is where my issue lies, i’d like to load some jquery plugins into a WordPress plugin, but the admin side of WordPress relies on jQuery. So as things stand, i can either, use the WordPress jQuery, and not use jQuery plugins, use both versions (one required to make the custom script work and the WordPress version – and hope no conflicts occur) or deregister the WP version and hope using the standalone library doesn’t break something in WordPress.

I’m going to put down half what i’ve said above to a lack of understanding, so it may be that i’m missing something totally obvious to jQuery literate users, but googling about the issue has no clear cut answers. Each case i found of someone using a jQuery plugin in a page(using WordPress etc..), they had included the regular jQuery library alongside the script (so not using the WordPress library), and referenced the regular $ var(which is reserved in the WordPress version).

Anyone care to open my eyes a little?
Surely it’s possible to use jQuery plugins with the included WP version of jQuery right?

So if that is the case that cluetip is not working with the bundled jquery 1.4.2 library, would I need to upload cluetip’s coopy of 1.3.2?

Yes more then likely.

In theory it should be possible with the WordPress library, but as things stand i’ve not managed to do it for 2-3 differing jQuery plugins, renaming vars, noconflict wrappers, etc…

today i tested the Cluetip with the WP-jquery 1.4.2 library.
No problems.
Cluetip works very well and has very nice features