Show DIV at mouse cursor on hover of span

Question

I want a DIV to unhide and appear at the mouse cursor when the user hovers over a SPAN or DIV.

I made this function but it does not work (jquery is loaded).

function ShowHoverDiv(divid){

    function(e){
        var left  = clientX  + "px";
        var top  = clientY  + "px";
        $("#"+divid).toggle(150).css("top",top).css("left",left).css("position","fixed");
        return false;
    }


}

<div id="divtoshow" style="display:none">test</div>
<br><br>
<span onmouseover="ShowHoverDIV('divtoshow')">Mouse over this</span>

Answer 1

You're pretty much there:

function hoverdiv(e,divid){

    var left  = e.clientX  + "px";
    var top  = e.clientY  + "px";

    var div = document.getElementById(divid);

    div.style.left = left;
    div.style.top = top;

    $("#"+divid).toggle();
    return false;
}

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<div id="divtoshow" style="position: fixed;display:none;">test</div>
    <br><br>
    <span onmouseover="hoverdiv(event,'divtoshow')" onmouseout="hoverdiv(event,'divtoshow')">Mouse over this</span>

Answer 2

i quickly set up this example, starting with Dušan Radojević code:

$("#spanhovering").hover(function(event) {
    $("#divtoshow").css({top: event.clientY, left: event.clientX}).show();
}, function() {
    $("#divtoshow").hide();
});

jsfiddle