Absolute-Positioned Tooltip by mbostock

index.html

<!DOCTYPE html>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<style>

.tooltip {
  position: absolute;
  text-align: center;
  width: 60px;
  height: 12px;
  padding: 8px;
  margin-top: -20px;
  font: 10px sans-serif;
  background: #ddd;
  pointer-events: none;
}

</style>
<body>
<script src="//d3js.org/d3.v3.min.js"></script>
<script>

var width = 960,
    height = 500;

var svg = d3.select("body").append("svg")
    .attr("width", width)
    .attr("height", height);

svg.append("g")
    .attr("transform", "translate(480,50) rotate(60) scale(2)")
  .append("rect")
    .attr("width", 140)
    .attr("height", 140)
    .on("mouseover", mouseover)
    .on("mousemove", mousemove)
    .on("mouseout", mouseout);

var div = d3.select("body").append("div")
    .attr("class", "tooltip")
    .style("display", "none");

function mouseover() {
  div.style("display", "inline");
}

function mousemove() {
  div
      .text(d3.event.pageX + ", " + d3.event.pageY)
      .style("left", (d3.event.pageX - 34) + "px")
      .style("top", (d3.event.pageY - 12) + "px");
}

function mouseout() {
  div.style("display", "none");
}

</script>