$.fn.extend({ showTooltip: function(settings) { return this.each(function() { settings = $.extend({}, $.Tooltip.defaults, settings); createHelper(); this.tSettings = settings; this.tooltipText = 'dummy content'; $(this).removeAttr("title"); this.alt = ""; $(this).click(hideEvent); save(this); }); //alert('show ' + this.tSettings); //alert('show ' + this.tooltipText); }, hideTooltip: function() { alert('hide ' + this.tSettings); alert('hide ' + this.tooltipText); hideNoEvent(this); },