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Unable to set Bootstrap Popover options via jQuery

Bootstrap experts:

I'm just not able to set popover title and content via jQuery! I've been looking at all the other related questions for hours - no dice. Please tell me what I'm missing!

Html:

<body class="homepage">
    <p><a id="pop1" data-toggle="popover" class="btn my_popover" href="#" data-container="body" data-html="true" rel="popover" data-trigger="hover" >Popover 1</a>  </p>

<p><a id="pop2" data-toggle="popover" class="btn my_popover" href="#" data-container="body" data-html="true" rel="popover" data-trigger="hover" >Popover 2</a>  </p>

</body>

Javascript (I initialize popovers earlier. This is where I want to set the title and content)

function my_popover_handler() {
  var fcont_html="";
  var ftitle_html="";
  var fid="";
  $('body').on('mouseenter','.my_popover',function(event) {
    event.preventDefault();
    fid =$(this).attr('id');
    if (fid=="pop1"){
        //Doesn't work
        fcont_html="This is Pop1 content";      
        ftitle_html="Pop1 title bar";
        $('#pop1').popover({title:ftitle_html,content:fcont_html});
        $("#pop1").popover('show');
    } else if (fid=="pop2"){
        //This works
        fcont_html="This is Pop2 content";      
        ftitle_html="Pop2 title bar";
        $('#pop2').attr('data-original-title', ftitle_html);
        $('#pop2').attr('data-content', fcont_html);
        $("#pop2").popover('show');
    }   
}).on(' mouseleave','.fm_feat_popover',function(event) {
    event.preventDefault();
    $("[data-toggle=popover]").popover('hide');
});
}

For the first button, pop1, I used what Bootstrap documentation says

$('#pop1').popover({title:ftitle_html,content:fcont_html});

which does not work. With the second, pop2 , 

$('#pop2').attr('data-original-title', ftitle_html);
$('#pop2').attr('data-content', fcont_html);

it works.

What is my error? Thank you!

Mmiz

Solution

  • The first option did not work because you are missing relevant data-original-title attribute.

    i.e.

    <a id="pop1" data-toggle="popover" class="btn my_popover" href="#" data-container="body" data-html="true" rel="popover" data-trigger="hover" >Popover 1</a>

    Instead add the relevant attribute and try,

    <a id="pop1" data-toggle="popover" data-original-title="Dummy Title" class="btn my_popover" href="#" data-container="body" data-html="true" rel="popover" data-trigger="hover" >Popover 1</a>