jQuery tooltip won't show if title not set

[tasso85]

Even if a tooltip is set on an element by calling

$("element_selector").tooltip({});

it won't show up if the element has no title attribute.

In fact this does not work ​http://jsfiddle.net/bCN4X/1/, while instead this does ​http://jsfiddle.net/bCN4X/2/

[Scott González]

Please read the documentation about changing the ​content option.

[tasso85]

I have read it, and perhaps I have understood the problem, in fact this does work ​http://jsfiddle.net/bCN4X/3/ , but this seems a rather strange behaviour... why would I need to specify twice where I want to see the tooltip?

[tj.vantoll]

Replying to tasso85:

I have read it, and perhaps I have understood the problem, in fact this does work ​http://jsfiddle.net/bCN4X/3/ , but this seems a rather strange behaviour... why would I need to specify twice where I want to see the tooltip?

Because the tooltip widget also works with delegation—for example $( document ).tooltip({ items: "button" }). If you need further assistance, please use the jQuery forums or Stack Overflow.