hover help tooltip function

hover help tooltip function

often I want to do a simple hover help and the libraries I see are bloiated. All I want is to bea ble to occasinoally have an inline link so the hover should remain active.
I pass the text to be placed in the first argument, and the second can be added (or omitted) if I want the hover to remain alive while the mouse moves over the tooltip.

 $('#costrating > span').hoverhelp('this is cost rating');
 $('#qualityrating > span').hoverhelp('this is quality rating',1);

$.fn.hoverhelp = function(txt,sticky) {
 return this.each(function() {
  $(this).hover(
   function(e){
    $T = $(this).position().top+$(this).height();
    $L = $(this).position().left;
    $('#hhcontent').empty().html(txt);
    $('#hoverhelp').css({top:$T,left:$L}).show();
   },
   function(){
    switch(sticky){
     case 1 : // use with inline links
      $('#hoverhelp').hover(
       function(){$(this).show();},
       function(){$(this).hide();}
      );
     break;
     default :
      $('#hoverhelp').hide();
     break;
    }
   }
  );
 });
};