Examples

Add small overlays of content, like those on the iPad, to any element for housing secondary information.

Plugin dependency

Popovers require the tooltip plugin to be included in your version of Bootstrap.

Opt-in functionality

For performance reasons, the Tooltip and Popover data-apis are opt-in, meaning you must initialize them yourself.

Popovers in button groups and input groups require special setting

When using popovers on elements within a .btn-group or an .input-group, you'll have to specify the option container: 'body' (documented below) to avoid unwanted side effects (such as the element growing wider and/or losing its rounded corners when the popover is triggered).

Don't try to show popovers on hidden elements

Invoking $(...).popover('show') when the target element is display: none; will cause the popover to be incorrectly positioned.

Popovers on disabled elements require wrapper elements

To add a popover to a disabled or .disabled element, put the element inside of a <div> and apply the popover to that <div> instead.

Multiple-line links

Sometimes you want to add a popover to a hyperlink that wraps multiple lines. The default behavior of the popover plugin is to center it horizontally and vertically. Add white-space: nowrap; to your anchors to avoid this.

Static popover

Four options are available: top, right, bottom, and left aligned.

Live demo

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Four directions

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Dismiss on next click

Use the focus trigger to dismiss popovers on the next click that the user makes.

Specific markup required for dismiss-on-next-click

For proper cross-browser and cross-platform behavior, you must use the <a> tag, not the <button> tag, and you also must include a tabindex attribute.

{% highlight html %} Dismissible popover {% endhighlight %}

Usage

Enable popovers via JavaScript:

{% highlight js %}$('#example').popover(options){% endhighlight %}

Options

Options can be passed via data attributes or JavaScript. For data attributes, append the option name to data-, as in data-animation="".

Name	Type	Default	Description
animation	boolean	true	Apply a CSS fade transition to the popover
container	string \| false	false	Appends the popover to a specific element. Example: `container: 'body'`. This option is particularly useful in that it allows you to position the popover in the flow of the document near the triggering element - which will prevent the popover from floating away from the triggering element during a window resize.
content	string \| function	''	Default content value if `data-content` attribute isn't present. If a function is given, it will be called with 1 argument, which is the element that the popover is attached to.
delay	number \| object	0	Delay showing and hiding the popover (ms) - does not apply to manual trigger type If a number is supplied, delay is applied to both hide/show Object structure is: `delay: { "show": 500, "hide": 100 }`
html	boolean	false	Insert HTML into the popover. If false, jQuery's `text` method will be used to insert content into the DOM. Use text if you're worried about XSS attacks.
placement	string \| function	'right'	How to position the popover - top \| bottom \| left \| right \| auto. When "auto" is specified, it will dynamically reorient the popover. For example, if placement is "auto left", the popover will display to the left when possible, otherwise it will display right.
selector	string	false	If a selector is provided, popover objects will be delegated to the specified targets. In practice, this is used to enable dynamic HTML content to have popovers added. See this and an informative example.
template	string	`'<div class="popover" role="tooltip"><div class="arrow"></div><h3 class="popover-title"></h3><div class="popover-content"></div></div>'`	Base HTML to use when creating the popover. The popover's `title` will be injected into the `.popover-title`. The popover's `content` will be injected into the `.popover-content`. `.arrow` will become the popover's arrow. The outermost wrapper element should have the `.popover` class.
title	string \| function	''	Default title value if `title` attribute isn't present
trigger	string	'click'	How popover is triggered - click \| hover \| focus \| manual. You may pass multiple triggers; separate them with a space.
viewport	string \| object	{ selector: 'body', padding: 0 }	Keeps the popover within the bounds of this element. Example: `viewport: '#viewport'` or `{ "selector": "#viewport", "padding": 0 }`

Data attributes for individual popovers

Options for individual popovers can alternatively be specified through the use of data attributes, as explained above.

Methods

$().popover(options)

Initializes popovers for an element collection.

.popover('show')

Reveals an elements popover.

{% highlight js %}$('#element').popover('show'){% endhighlight %}

.popover('hide')

Hides an elements popover.

{% highlight js %}$('#element').popover('hide'){% endhighlight %}

.popover('toggle')

Toggles an elements popover.

{% highlight js %}$('#element').popover('toggle'){% endhighlight %}

.popover('destroy')

Hides and destroys an element's popover.

{% highlight js %}$('#element').popover('destroy'){% endhighlight %}

Events

Event Type	Description
show.bs.popover	This event fires immediately when the `show` instance method is called.
shown.bs.popover	This event is fired when the popover has been made visible to the user (will wait for CSS transitions to complete).
hide.bs.popover	This event is fired immediately when the `hide` instance method has been called.
hidden.bs.popover	This event is fired when the popover has finished being hidden from the user (will wait for CSS transitions to complete).

{% highlight js %} $('#myPopover').on('hidden.bs.popover', function () { // do something… }) {% endhighlight %}

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