HTML · Interactive widgets

popover

A global attribute that turns an element into a lightweight popover toggled by popovertarget.

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Syntax

popover

Example

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<button popovertarget="tip">Show tip</button>
<div id="tip" popover>This is a popover.</div>

The popover API is supported in current browsers. Provide a non-popover fallback only if you support very old browsers.

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