Help:Tooltips

This is an overview of the various Wowpedia tooltips that display when you mouseover a link (assuming you have support in your browser). In addition, it explains the special relationships between several important templates that work together to show these tooltips.

Item, Loot, and Itemtip
The item and loot templates both create a tooltip link, the former using information from the itemtip on the item's page. Notably, due to DefaultLinks, neither template has to be used for item pages on the wiki: normal links already provide formatting (e.g. Archeus)

Item format: page_name + |icon=.
 *  is the only required parameter.
 * Include  to have the item's icon appear.

Link format: quality.
 *   determines the color of the link.
 *  is the only required parameter.
 *  can be used to hide disambiguations.

The enchant syntax for loot is not needed for either enchants such as Enchant Weapon - Fiery Weapon, or profession modifications that function as enchantments such as Fur Lining - Stamina and Socket Bracer (which use the Embroid template for their itemtip).

Both item and loot require a valid itemtip on the target page in order for tooltips to function correctly.
 * Example itemtip


 * You can use the following item to test the contents of various itemtip parameters:

Mob, NPC, and Npcbox
The mob and NPC templates both create a tooltip link, using information from the npcbox on the NPC's page ( was previously used for mob, but has been replaced with Npcbox).

Mob format: page_name. See mob for additional parameters.
 *  is the only required parameter.
 *   should only be the title displayed when mousing over the NPC in-game.
 *  can be used to hide disambiguations.

NPC format: faction. See NPC for additional parameters.
 *   inserts an icon for the NPC's faction before link. Values: Alliance, Horde, Neutral, Combat.
 *  is the only required parameter.
 *   should only be the title displayed when mousing over the NPC in-game.
 *  can be used to hide disambiguations.
 *  , a named parameter*, is the NPC's level.
 *  , a named parameter*, is the NPC's level.


 * * Named parameters can be placed anywhere in the parameters and will not affect the ordered parameters.

Both mob and NPC require a valid Npcbox on the target page to function correctly.
 * Example Npcbox

Quest links
For quest links to work, the target quest must contain a completed Questbox template.


 * Example Questbox

Coords
This template creates a superscript link to a page with the name of the 3rd (map) parameter and shows a tooltip of the corresponding map with a marker for where the coordinates are on the map.

For a list of map names to use, see.

Ability
This template creates a link to a spell or other ability.

This template requires Infobox ability to be on the target page. Example:

Help
Generic tooltips are created by using the template.

How it works
The templates work in combination with Javascript to load the box, tooltip, or other relevant data for display. The mechanism was developed by Pcj.