CSS positioning helper tips icon - html

Question

Good Morning,
I have this line of code:
<div class="navigation">
<a href="~/Uploads/TimeSlotTemplate.xlsx" download>Download Upload Template</a> <div class="help-tip"> <p>This is the inline help tip! You can explain to your users what this section of your web app is about.</p></div>
<a href="~/Uploads/TimeSlotTemplate.xlsx" download>Download Upload Template</a> <div class="help-tip"> <p>This is the inline help tip! You can explain to your users what this section of your web app is about.</p></div></div>
What I am trying to do is have the help-tip div go right next to the link. The paragraph appears when you put your mouse over the help-tip div. I am looking to get the paragraph to go directly under the help-tip icon in short of an overlay style. When I remove the position absolute for the both elements the icon goes right next to the icon and the paragraph goes under the icon, but it creates a massive amount of space.
Here is my css
.help-tip{
position: absolute;
top: 18px;
right: 18px;
text-align: center;
background-color: #BCDBEA;
border-radius: 50%;
width: 24px;
height: 24px;
font-size: 14px;
line-height: 26px;
cursor: default;
}
.help-tip:before{
content:'?';
font-weight: bold;
color:#fff;
}
.help-tip:hover p{
display:block;
transform-origin: 100% 0%;
-webkit-animation: fadeIn 0.3s ease-in-out;
animation: fadeIn 0.3s ease-in-out;
}
.help-tip p{ /* The tooltip */
display: none;
text-align: left;
background-color: #1E2021;
padding: 20px;
width: 300px;
position: absolute;
border-radius: 3px;
box-shadow: 1px 1px 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);
right: -4px;
color: #FFF;
font-size: 13px;
line-height: 1.4;
}
.help-tip p:before{ /* The pointer of the tooltip */
position: absolute;
content: '';
width:0;
height: 0;
border:6px solid transparent;
border-bottom-color:#1E2021;
right:10px;
top:-12px;
}
.help-tip p:after{ /* Prevents the tooltip from being hidden */
width:100%;
height:40px;
content:'';
position: absolute;
top:-40px;
left:0;
}
/* CSS animation */
#-webkit-keyframes fadeIn {
0% {
opacity:0;
transform: scale(0.6);
}
100% {
opacity:100%;
transform: scale(1);
}
}
#keyframes fadeIn {
0% { opacity:0; }
100% { opacity:100%; }
}
and here is a jfiddle
https://jsfiddle.net/13275tvz/1/

Answer 1

Need some HTML and CSS Fix
When you are making the element position absolute, make sure it's parent have the position relative property.
HTML
<div class="navigation">
<div class="link-container">
<a href="~/Uploads/TimeSlotTemplate.xlsx" download>Download Upload Template</a> <div class="help-tip"> <p>This is the inline help tip! You can explain to your users what this section of your web app is about.</p></div>
</div>
<div class="link-container">
<a href="~/Uploads/TimeSlotTemplate.xlsx" download>Download Upload Template</a> <div class="help-tip"> <p>This is the inline help tip! You can explain to your users what this section of your web app is about.</p></div></div>
</div>
CSS
.help-tip{
position: absolute;
top: 18px;
right: 18px;
text-align: center;
background-color: #BCDBEA;
border-radius: 50%;
width: 24px;
height: 24px;
font-size: 14px;
line-height: 26px;
cursor: default;
}
.link-container{
position:relative;
display:inline-block;
}
.help-tip:before{
content:'?';
font-weight: bold;
color:#fff;
}
.help-tip:hover p{
display:block;
transform-origin: 100% 0%;
-webkit-animation: fadeIn 0.3s ease-in-out;
animation: fadeIn 0.3s ease-in-out;
}
.help-tip p{ /* The tooltip */
display: none;
text-align: left;
background-color: #1E2021;
padding: 20px;
width: 300px;
position: absolute;
border-radius: 3px;
box-shadow: 1px 1px 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);
right: -4px;
color: #FFF;
font-size: 13px;
line-height: 1.4;
}
.help-tip p:before{ /* The pointer of the tooltip */
position: absolute;
content: '';
width:0;
height: 0;
border:6px solid transparent;
border-bottom-color:#1E2021;
right:10px;
top:-12px;
}
.help-tip p:after{ /* Prevents the tooltip from being hidden */
width:100%;
height:40px;
content:'';
position: absolute;
top:-40px;
left:0;
}
/* CSS animation */
#-webkit-keyframes fadeIn {
0% {
opacity:0;
transform: scale(0.6);
}
100% {
opacity:100%;
transform: scale(1);
}
}
#keyframes fadeIn {
0% { opacity:0; }
100% { opacity:100%; }
}
Style Accordingly..
Link for reference
hope this helps..

Answer 2

you need change position to relative, display to inline-block and desmiss top, right.
.help-tip {
position: relative;
/* top: 18px; */
/* right: 18px; */
text-align: center;
background-color: #BCDBEA;
border-radius: 50%;
width: 24px;
height: 24px;
font-size: 14px;
line-height: 26px;
cursor: default;
display: inline-block;
}