Dynamic hint change? Created Sep 8, 2009

If you are using title attribute you can do following:

$("#mytrigger").data("title", "My new tooltip");

Also look for the cancelDefault variable from the configuration:

http://flowplayer.org/tools/tooltip.html#configuration

If you are using separate element as your tooltip (which I doubt here) you simply change it's content as follows

$("#mytooltip").html("My new tooltip");

Thank you for your replay, but I've also tried changing data attribute (title) with no success. I know about cancelDefault and if I disable it default attribute is shown correctly while tooltip still shows first value.
If I try changing title attribute then default tooltip apears since title isn't removed by tooltip script. Even if I call tooltip() function again after setting title with data or just with attribute nothing changes.

Here is the example of script I use (with added alert to show values). But tooltip still doesn't change.

.click(function(){
  if (...){
    $(this).data("title","Default text");
    //$(this).attr("title","Default text");
    //$(this).tooltip(tooltip_opts);
  }else{
    alert($(this).data("title"));  // outputs: default text
    $(this).data("title","Changed text");
    //$(this).tooltip(tooltip_opts);
    alert($(this).data("title"));  // outputs: changed text
  }

You are right about this. I need to change the behaviour to alter dynamic changes. 1.1.1. should be out within two weeks.

Thanks

This still doesn't seem to be working, can you confirm?

try this, but its not AJAX :)

onBeforeShow: function(){
	if (this.getTrigger().attr('title') != '') {
		this.getTip().text( this.getTrigger().attr('title') );
	}
}

In other place You change title attribute, example:

$('input[name=XXX]').attr('title','Blablablabla.');

Thank you arwoPL, your solution works!

There is just one thing: the browser now displays the default tooltip because the trigger element has a title attribute again.

By clearing the title attribute after the value has been stored in the tooltip text, you will have the desired outcome.

onBeforeShow: function(){
     if (this.getTrigger().attr('title') != '') {
          this.getTip().text( this.getTrigger().attr('title') );
          this.getTrigger().removeAttr('title');
     }
}

It would be a lot more convenient if the tool were actually fixed to work as documented (i.e. simply changing .data("title")), but for now this solution works. Thank you for your post!