diff --git a/examples/example1.html b/examples/example1.html
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@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html>
+<head>
+	<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
+	<title>Tipsy - Example 1</title>
+
+	<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.0/jquery.min.js"></script>
+	<script src="../src/javascripts/jquery.tipsy.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
+	<script type="text/javascript">
+	$(function(){
+		//init all targets with default
+		$('.tipsy-target').tipsy();
+	});
+	</script>
+
+	<link rel="stylesheet" href="../src/stylesheets/tipsy.css" type="text/css" />
+	<style type="text/css">
+	html {
+		background: white;
+		font-family: sans-serif;
+		
+	}
+	</style>
+</head>
+<body>
+
+	<h1>Tipsy - Example 1</h1>
+	<a class="tipsy-target" original-title="Hello you're looking at tipsy!">Example Target (with defaults)</a>
+
+</body>
+</html>
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diff --git a/examples/example2.html b/examples/example2.html
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+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html>
+<head>
+	<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
+	<title>Tipsy - Example 2</title>
+
+	<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.0/jquery.min.js"></script>
+	<script src="../src/javascripts/jquery.tipsy.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
+	<script type="text/javascript">
+	$(function(){
+		//init all targets with default
+		var $target = $('.tipsy-target');
+		
+		$target
+			.tipsy({
+				trigger: "manual",
+				fade : true
+			})
+			.on('click', function(){
+				var $this = $(this);
+
+				if ($this.tipsy(':visible')) {
+					$this.tipsy('hide');
+				}else {
+					$this.tipsy('show');
+				}
+			});
+		
+		$('#check-visible').on('click', function(){
+			var is_visible = $target.tipsy(':visible') ? 'visible' : 'not visible';
+			
+			$('#visible-result').html(is_visible);
+		});
+	});
+	</script>
+
+	<link rel="stylesheet" href="../src/stylesheets/tipsy.css" type="text/css" />
+	<style type="text/css">
+	html {
+		background: white;
+		font-family: sans-serif;
+	}
+	.tipsy-target{
+		margin-bottom:20px;
+		border:1px solid darkgreen;
+		padding:10px;
+	}
+	p{
+		margin:20px 0;
+	}
+	</style>
+</head>
+<body>
+
+	<h1>Tipsy - Example 2</h1>
+	<p>
+		This tipsy example covers the usage of <b>.tipsy("visible")</b>
+	</p>
+	<a class="tipsy-target" title="Hello you're looking at tipsy!">Example Target (click me to toggle tipsy)</a>
+	<br />
+	<br />
+	<p>
+		<button id="check-visible">Check .tipsy(":visible")</button>
+		<span id="visible-result"></span>
+	</p>
+</body>
+</html>
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diff --git a/src/javascripts/jquery.tipsy.js b/src/javascripts/jquery.tipsy.js
index f95c063..6050f63 100644
--- a/src/javascripts/jquery.tipsy.js
+++ b/src/javascripts/jquery.tipsy.js
@@ -88,6 +88,16 @@
             }
         },
         
+        visible: function() {
+        	if (typeof this.$tip == 'undefined') {
+	        	return false;
+        	}
+        	
+            return this.$tip.css('opacity') != 0
+                   && this.$tip.height()
+                   && this.$tip.width();
+        },
+        
         fixTitle: function() {
             var $e = this.$element;
             if ($e.attr('title') || typeof($e.attr('original-title')) != 'string') {
@@ -131,10 +141,12 @@
     
     $.fn.tipsy = function(options) {
         
+        var tipsy = this.data('tipsy');
         if (options === true) {
-            return this.data('tipsy');
+            return tipsy;
+        } else if (options == ':visible') {
+        	return tipsy.visible();
         } else if (typeof options == 'string') {
-            var tipsy = this.data('tipsy');
             if (tipsy) tipsy[options]();
             return this;
         }
