We were using \'title\' attributes to display something on mouseover. We want it now to display on a click. How can I get a floating box that looks like a title/tooltip, b
You might want to try this library:
http://craigsworks.com/projects/qtip/
And then simply call .qtip on a .click event handler.
$('#myInput').click(function(){/*insert qtip code here*/});
Note: you can grab the title attribute dynamically to use that content in the qtip tooltips, if you so choose.