cftooltip

Specifies tool tip text that displays when the user hovers the mouse pointer over the elements
in the tag body. This tag does not require a form and is not used inside Flash forms.

  <cftooltip>

 cftooltip();

This tag requires Adobe ColdFusion 8 and up.  Not supported on Lucee, etc.

Discouraged: The use of tags generating UI is generally discouraged by the CFML community. See: https://static.raymondcamden.com/cfuitherightway/cftooltip/index.html

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Attribute Reference

preventoverlap string
Default: true

A Boolean value specifying whether to prevent the
tooltip from overlapping the component that it
describes.

autodismissdelay string

The number of milliseconds between the time
when the user moves the mouse pointer over the
component (and leaves it there) and when the
tooltip disappears.

hidedelay string

The number of milliseconds to delay between the
time when the user moves the mouse pointer away
from the component and when the tooltip
disappears.

showdelay string

The number of milliseconds to delay between the
time when the user moves the mouse over the
component and when the tooltip appears.

sourcefortooltip string

The URL of a page with the tool tip contents. The
page can include HTML markup to control the
format, and the tip can include images.
If you specify this attribute, an animated icon
appears with the text "Loading..." while the tip is
being loaded.

tooltip string

Tip text to display. The text can include HTML
formatting.
Ignored if you specify a sourceForTooltip attribute

style string

Examples
Sample code using the cftooltip tag

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