---
title: "how to show tool tip in html using jquery"  
description: "Just another jQuery based tooltip popup plugin which has the ability to automatically set the placement direction based on the position of the matched"  
author: "Anonymous User"  
published: 2018-06-10  
updated: 2019-09-07  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/articles/12942/how-to-show-tool-tip-in-html-using-jquery  
category: "jquery"  
tags: ["jquery"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

---

# how to show tool tip in html using jquery

## [Introduction](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/359/iphone-development-introduction):

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## Description:

The jquery.adaptip.js used to show tooltip popup on mouse hover in html.

Just another jQuery based tooltip popup [plugin](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/23236/institute-management-for-wordpress-plugin) which has the ability to automatically set the [placement](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/111373/what-are-the-benefits-of-taking-advanced-placement-ap-courses) [direction](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/story/5034/10-animals-with-the-best-sense-of-direction) based on the position of the [matched](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/95756/what-are-the-benefits-of-google-adsense-matched-content) element.

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## Let’s see an example of tooltip popup using jQuery plugin:

```
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width" />
    <title>index</title>
    <script src="~/Scripts/jquery-3.3.1.min.js"></script>
    <script src="~/jquery.adaptip.min.js"></script>
    <link href="~/style.adaptip.min.css" rel="stylesheet" />
</head>
<body>
    <div>
    <span data-tp-title="<b>Title</b>"
      data-tp-desc="this is content description">
      Hover Me
</span>
    </div>
    <script>

        $("span").adapTip({

            // top, bottom, left, right, top right, top left, right bottom, left bottom
            "placement": "auto"

        });
    </script>
</body>
</html>
```

Output:

![how to show tool tip in html using jquery](https://www.mindstick.com/mindstickarticle/4fde6556-0622-4e07-80fe-bae155437ecd/images/12da2896-454c-4573-9809-3f3e66e8fe7a.png)\

I hope it will help you after reading it.

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