diff -r c7ae4f126e51 -r 1dc2f85c3b89 src/js/widgets/tooltipWidget.js
--- a/src/js/widgets/tooltipWidget.js	Mon Mar 05 10:55:08 2012 +0100
+++ b/src/js/widgets/tooltipWidget.js	Mon Mar 05 17:34:48 2012 +0100
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
   this._shown = false;
   this._displayedText = "";
   this._hideTimeout = -1;
+  console.log(config.container);
 };
 
 
@@ -11,8 +12,15 @@
 
 IriSP.TooltipWidget.prototype.draw = function() {
   var templ = Mustache.to_html(IriSP.tooltipWidget_template);
-  // position the widget absolutely relative to document.
-  this.selector.css("position", "static");
+  // position the widget absolutely relative to document. --- NOOOO !!!!
+  this.selector.css({
+      "position": "absolute",
+      "top": 0,
+      "left": 0
+  });
+  this.selector.parent().css({
+      "position": "relative"
+  });
   this.selector.append(templ);
   this.hide();
 
@@ -29,15 +37,14 @@
 
   this.selector.find(".tipcolor").css("background-color", color);
   this._displayedText = text;
-	this.selector.find(".tiptext").html(text);
+  this.selector.find(".tiptext").html(text);
   
-  if (x < 0)
-    x = 0;
-  if (y < 0)
-    y = 0;
-  
-  this.selector.find(".tip").css("left", x).css("top", y);
-  this.selector.find(".tip").show();
+  var _tip = this.selector.find(".tip");
+  _tip.show();
+  _tip.css({
+      "left": Math.floor(x - _tip.outerWidth() / 2)+"px",
+      "top": Math.floor(y - _tip.outerHeight())+"px"
+  });
   this._shown = true;
 };