Forum:Pop up balloons

How can I create balloons/tool tips that wil appear when someone places a mouse over a word?

Specifically, if I'm using an acronym or piece of jargon / slang in an article, rather than creating a link to a new page stub in order to do nothing but define it, I'd like for a reader to be able to put their mouse pointer voer the word and get a pop up or balloon containing the definition.


 * Koschei: Life. But not as we know it. 00:26, March 13, 2010 (UTC)

I think this should work for you.

This is normal text.

Result: This is normal text.

The  is optional and just a nice addition.

 ( C rynsos Talk 00:58, March 13, 2010 (UTC)


 * You could, to make it easier to identify, underline it by adding to the above  or   like so .  The 888th Avatar   (talk)  04:37, March 13, 2010 (UTC)


 * There are default styles for that defined in the CSS. If the word is an actual acronym, use the &lt;acronym&gt; tag, so the browser can give it a semantic meaning. Also, there's a special CSS class named explain that gives that style. Example:

acronym explain class
 * gives
 * acronym
 * explain class
 * --Ciencia Al Poder (talk) -WikiDex 09:26, March 13, 2010 (UTC)

Thanks folks! ; → Koschei: :  Life. But not as we know it.  03:18, March 14, 2010 (UTC)