The examples below show the variety of tooltip "Show" options:

 

• Mouse over this link or click this link to see a tooltip with some simple text.

 

• Mouse over this link, to see a tooltip appear with the 'slide' effect.

 

• Mouse over this link to see a tooltip appear immediately;
  mouse over this link to see a tooltip appear with delay.

 

• Mouse over this link to see a tooltip that does not close on mouse out. If you Mouse over this link the new tooltip will hide the previous one as it is set to appear "solo" (be the only tooltip visible). You can check that if you view any of the tooltips of the above examples, the opened tooltip will not close. You can also click anywhere within the example's space to close the first tooltip.