tooltip on h:outputText or b:dataTableColumn

[chongma]

i am trying to put a tooltip on a value in a cell inside a dataTable. i cannot see any way to do this without rendering a component like inputText or badge. i just want to be able to hover over the cell or div and see a tooltip.
i even tried <div data-toggle="tooltip" data-container="body" data-original-title="#{item.tooltip}" title="">content</div> but this seems to have no effect whereas this should work with bootstrap?

[stephanrauh]

Most likely, the div approach works if there's at least one BootsFaces component with tooltip on the same page. That's because we need to add some JavaScript to create the tooltip, and we simply can't know about your div.

Come to think of it, this is a use case we didn't implement yet. Both adding tooltips to the data table and creating a new component like <b:div /> sounds like a good idea. Let us ponder about it a while.

[chongma]

i added a tooltip to a b:badge with a functioning tooltip on the same page but the div method still does not work. maybe bootstrap is not configured in a standard way?

[chongma]

a b:outputText would be good. because then it could have a label attribute. sometimes when drawing a form there is a field which is just for information and it is annoying to have to add a label manually. it could also have a tooltip

[stephanrauh]

I think we can close the ticket. It's always possible to use JavaScript if everything else fails.

[geopossachs]

a b:outputText would be good. because then it could have a label attribute. sometimes when drawing a form there is a field which is just for information and it is annoying to have to add a label manually. it could also have a tooltip

@stephanrauh i think a b:outputText is a really good idea for 1.6. I often need a output and a label in my forms

[stephanrauh]

OK. Let's re-open the ticket!