XF 2.1 BB code for mouseover tooltips and thumbnails

[Akimbo]

Can anyone help with custom BB code for a hyperlink that will support mouseover Tooltips and thumbnails? Something like this image from Wikipedia would be exceptionally useful for us (ScubaBoard.com).

Ideally, having the option to open the link in a new tab/window would also be useful, even if separate custom BB codes were required (which might be simpler for our non-technical members).

I have working HTML code for hyperlinks that display a tooltip and opens in a new tab but I haven't been successful tuning that into custom BB code. At best I'm a newbie HTML code hacker so be gentle.

 

[Paul B]

[MMO] BbCode Tooltip

For example, you need to insert a hint for a specific text, so this bb-code will help you. The tooltip will only appear when you hover over the text. Syntax: Here is the text

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It's a very simple bb code though - just requires two inputs - one for the URL/text, another for the tooltip contents.

 

[Akimbo]

[MMO] BbCode Tooltip

For example, you need to insert a hint for a specific text, so this bb-code will help you. The tooltip will only appear when you hover over the text. Syntax: Here is the text

xenforo.com

It's a very simple bb code though - just requires two inputs - one for the URL/text, another for the tooltip contents.

We don't have any custom BB code examples that use more than one text input. Do you just use the {text} variable twice or does a second one have to be defined somewhere?

 

[Paul B]

It's been a long time since I worked with custom bb codes - I seem to recall it being available in XF1 (edit: It wasn't - I was obviously confusing it with phpBB) but it looks like it's not in XF2.

There is this add-on however:

Unmaintained - [Banxix] Multiple Options For BBCode

Xenforo does not support BBCode having multiple options. This is a great feature for me when I was using vBulletin, so I write this addon. Xenforo gives you two default parameters to create BBCode: {option} and {text}

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