The Tooltips plugin allows authors to add content as tooltips within a page that pop up when a user hovers the mouse cursor over the page element containing the tooltips.
This is a great way to enhance your documentation without adding clutter to your pages. This plugin allows this functionality entirely through the link dialog so that no macros are necessary.
Adding a Tooltip
You can add a tooltip over any wiki content that supports links. To add a new tooltip:
In the page editor, highlight the desired text, images, or elements
Click the button in the toolbar to open the link editor
Select the "Tooltip" tab on the left
Enter the text you'd like to appear in the tooltip in the "Tooltip Text" field and click Save
Creating a Tooltip With a Web Link
If you'd like to create a tooltip that also links to another URL:
In the page editor, highlight the desired text, images, or elements
Click the button in the toolbar to open the link editor
Select the "Web link" tab on the left
Enter the link address
Select the "Tooltip" tab on the left
Enter the text you'd like to appear in the tooltip in the "Tooltip Text" field and click Save
Tips
Use tooltips in table headers to keep tables more compact
Add them to status lozenges to add details
Confluence provides useful emoticons you can use to provide tooltips
Shortcuts for useful emoticons:
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