How do I initialize tooltips/popovers for dynamically injected elements?

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How do I initialize tooltips/popovers for dynamically injected elements?

Asked on Jun 22, 2025

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To initialize tooltips or popovers for dynamically injected elements in Bootstrap 5, you need to use JavaScript to manually trigger the initialization after the elements have been added to the DOM.

<!-- BEGIN COPY / PASTE -->
        <!-- Example element with a tooltip -->
        <button type="button" class="btn btn-secondary" data-bs-toggle="tooltip" title="Tooltip text">
            Hover me
        </button>

        <!-- JavaScript to initialize tooltips -->
        <script>
            // Initialize tooltips
            var tooltipTriggerList = [].slice.call(document.querySelectorAll('[data-bs-toggle="tooltip"]'));
            var tooltipList = tooltipTriggerList.map(function (tooltipTriggerEl) {
                return new bootstrap.Tooltip(tooltipTriggerEl);
            });
        </script>
        <!-- END COPY / PASTE -->

Additional Comment:

Ensure that the Bootstrap JavaScript library is included in your project.
After dynamically injecting elements, run the JavaScript code to initialize tooltips or popovers on those elements.
Replace `data-bs-toggle="tooltip"` with `data-bs-toggle="popover"` and use `new bootstrap.Popover(...)` if you are initializing popovers instead.
This example uses Bootstrap's Tooltip component, but the same approach applies to Popovers.

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How do I initialize tooltips/popovers for dynamically injected elements?

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