Question

i try to trigger someFunction() before the qtip is created

$('.selector').qtip({
   content: {
      text: someFunction(this.id) }
});

This code works but i think this is a dirty solution. Is there maybe a start: event like in the most jquery plugins (for example draggable)? I found nothing about this it in the documentation.

EDIT: Ok, this code wont work. He trigger the function on pageload and not onhover.

UPDATE:

function someFunction(someId)
{
    // some code ...
    var searchResult = ' ... some results from the search -> from '+someId+' ... ';
    return searchResult;

}

Answer 1

Use the Callback option beforeShow : , it’s a better way to do this.

Reference here.

Remove brackets from someFunction as well.

$('.selector').qtip({
    api : {
        beforeShow : function (someId)
        {
            // some code ...
            var searchResult = ' ... some results from the search -> from '+someId+' ... ';
            // place text in tooltip
        }
    }
});

Working Sample.