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joomod
26 Feb 2026

I updated some old extensions where in the backend the
HTMLHELPER::tooltip function is called
works fine, BUT if NOT adding an own image (so the default tooltip.png should be used)
no image appears and instead the ALT text "TOOLTIP"

as I see on some old J3 pages the tooltip.png icon should stay in media\system\images
but there it is not.

just adding the tooltip.png to the media\system\images folder and the icon appears for the tooltip

why is this deleted ?

avatar joomod joomod - open - 26 Feb 2026
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avatar brianteeman
brianteeman - comment - 26 Feb 2026

The file was removed from NEW installs since the release of Joomla 4.0.0 almost 5 years ago. It was not removed on any site that upgrades from j3

avatar joomod
joomod - comment - 26 Feb 2026

ok, but why (since it is just 0,5kb)
the function by default is using it ??

avatar chmst
chmst - comment - 27 Feb 2026

Joomla core does not use it any more, it is an old extension. Which one?

avatar brianteeman
brianteeman - comment - 27 Feb 2026

Looks like a mistake to me as you are correct the library still exists and its not deprecated and it calls that file

public static function tooltip($tooltip, $title = '', $image = 'tooltip.png', $text = '', $href = '', $alt = 'Tooltip', $class = 'hasTooltip')

avatar joomod
joomod - comment - 27 Feb 2026

@chmst
its the old hotornot2 picture voting component, I've updated to J3 and now working on J5/6

avatar Sieger66
Sieger66 - comment - 28 Feb 2026
avatar joomod
joomod - comment - 28 Feb 2026

not talking about update or new install,
but if I have a component which uses an installed core function
it should fully work (including images :) independend if the system is new or updated

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