---
title: Popovers
summary: Popovers are used to provide additional information on elements where a simple tooltip is not sufficient.
bootstrapLink: components/popovers
description: Provide extra information with popovers.
layout: default
---

## Default markup

To create a default popover use:

```html example centered
<button type="button" class="btn" data-bs-toggle="popover" title="Popover title" data-bs-content="And here's some amazing content. It's very engaging. Right?">Click to toggle popover</button>
```

## Four directions

Four options are available: `top`, `right`, `bottom`, and `left` aligned. Directions are mirrored when using Bootstrap in RTL.

```html example centered separated
<button type="button" class="btn" data-bs-container="body" data-bs-toggle="popover" data-bs-placement="top" data-bs-content="Top popover">Popover on top</button>
<button type="button" class="btn" data-bs-container="body" data-bs-toggle="popover" data-bs-placement="right" data-bs-content="Right popover">Popover on right</button>
<button type="button" class="btn" data-bs-container="body" data-bs-toggle="popover" data-bs-placement="bottom" data-bs-content="Bottom popover">Popover on bottom</button>
<button type="button" class="btn" data-bs-container="body" data-bs-toggle="popover" data-bs-placement="left" data-bs-content="Left popover">Popover on left</button>
```

```html
<button type="button" class="btn" data-bs-container="body" data-bs-toggle="popover" data-bs-placement="top" data-bs-content="Top popover">
  Popover on top
</button>
<button type="button" class="btn" data-bs-container="body" data-bs-toggle="popover" data-bs-placement="right" data-bs-content="Right popover">
  Popover on right
</button>
<button type="button" class="btn" data-bs-container="body" data-bs-toggle="popover" data-bs-placement="bottom" data-bs-content="Bottom popover">
  Popover on bottom
</button>
<button type="button" class="btn" data-bs-container="body" data-bs-toggle="popover" data-bs-placement="left" data-bs-content="Left popover">
  Popover on left
</button>
```

## Popover on hover

Popover can be triggered `manual`, with a `click` and on `focus` and on `hover`. This one reacts on hover.

```html example centered
<button type="button" class="btn btn-primary" data-bs-trigger="hover" data-bs-toggle="popover" title="Popover title" data-bs-content="And here's some amazing content. It's very engaging. Right?">Hover to toggle popover</button>
```

```html
<button type="button" class="btn btn-primary" data-bs-trigger="hover" data-bs-toggle="popover" title="Popover title" data-bs-content="And here's some amazing content. It's very engaging. Right?">
  Hover to toggle popover
</button>
```
