Tailwind CSS Popover

Basic example

Popovers are overlays that open on demand and is mainly used on elements to display more content on floating card popped by clicking or hovering.

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      <button
        type="button"
        class="inline-block rounded bg-danger px-7 pb-2.5 pt-3 text-sm font-medium uppercase leading-normal text-white shadow-[0_4px_9px_-4px_#dc4c64] transition duration-150 ease-in-out hover:bg-danger-600 hover:shadow-[0_8px_9px_-4px_rgba(220,76,100,0.3),0_4px_18px_0_rgba(220,76,100,0.2)] focus:bg-danger-600 focus:shadow-[0_8px_9px_-4px_rgba(220,76,100,0.3),0_4px_18px_0_rgba(220,76,100,0.2)] focus:outline-none focus:ring-0 active:bg-danger-700 active:shadow-[0_8px_9px_-4px_rgba(220,76,100,0.3),0_4px_18px_0_rgba(220,76,100,0.2)] dark:shadow-[0_4px_9px_-4px_rgba(220,76,100,0.5)] dark:hover:shadow-[0_8px_9px_-4px_rgba(220,76,100,0.2),0_4px_18px_0_rgba(220,76,100,0.1)] dark:focus:shadow-[0_8px_9px_-4px_rgba(220,76,100,0.2),0_4px_18px_0_rgba(220,76,100,0.1)] dark:active:shadow-[0_8px_9px_-4px_rgba(220,76,100,0.2),0_4px_18px_0_rgba(220,76,100,0.1)]"
        data-te-toggle="popover"
        data-te-title="Popover title"
        data-te-content="And here's some amazing content. It's very engaging. Right?"
        data-te-ripple-init
        data-te-ripple-color="light">
        Click to toggle popover
      </button>

        
            
      // Initialization for ES Users
      import {
        Popover,
        Ripple,
        initTE,
      } from "tw-elements";
      
      initTE({ Popover, Ripple });

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Four directions

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

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      <button
        type="button"
        class="inline-block rounded bg-primary px-6 pb-2 pt-2.5 text-xs font-medium uppercase leading-normal text-white shadow-[0_4px_9px_-4px_#3b71ca] transition duration-150 ease-in-out hover:bg-primary-600 hover:shadow-[0_8px_9px_-4px_rgba(59,113,202,0.3),0_4px_18px_0_rgba(59,113,202,0.2)] focus:bg-primary-600 focus:shadow-[0_8px_9px_-4px_rgba(59,113,202,0.3),0_4px_18px_0_rgba(59,113,202,0.2)] focus:outline-none focus:ring-0 active:bg-primary-700 active:shadow-[0_8px_9px_-4px_rgba(59,113,202,0.3),0_4px_18px_0_rgba(59,113,202,0.2)] dark:shadow-[0_4px_9px_-4px_rgba(59,113,202,0.5)] dark:hover:shadow-[0_8px_9px_-4px_rgba(59,113,202,0.2),0_4px_18px_0_rgba(59,113,202,0.1)] dark:focus:shadow-[0_8px_9px_-4px_rgba(59,113,202,0.2),0_4px_18px_0_rgba(59,113,202,0.1)] dark:active:shadow-[0_8px_9px_-4px_rgba(59,113,202,0.2),0_4px_18px_0_rgba(59,113,202,0.1)]"
        data-te-toggle="popover"
        data-te-placement="top"
        data-te-content="Top popover"
        data-te-ripple-init
        data-te-ripple-color="light">
        Popover on top
      </button>
      <button
        type="button"
        class="inline-block rounded bg-primary px-6 pb-2 pt-2.5 text-xs font-medium uppercase leading-normal text-white shadow-[0_4px_9px_-4px_#3b71ca] transition duration-150 ease-in-out hover:bg-primary-600 hover:shadow-[0_8px_9px_-4px_rgba(59,113,202,0.3),0_4px_18px_0_rgba(59,113,202,0.2)] focus:bg-primary-600 focus:shadow-[0_8px_9px_-4px_rgba(59,113,202,0.3),0_4px_18px_0_rgba(59,113,202,0.2)] focus:outline-none focus:ring-0 active:bg-primary-700 active:shadow-[0_8px_9px_-4px_rgba(59,113,202,0.3),0_4px_18px_0_rgba(59,113,202,0.2)] dark:shadow-[0_4px_9px_-4px_rgba(59,113,202,0.5)] dark:hover:shadow-[0_8px_9px_-4px_rgba(59,113,202,0.2),0_4px_18px_0_rgba(59,113,202,0.1)] dark:focus:shadow-[0_8px_9px_-4px_rgba(59,113,202,0.2),0_4px_18px_0_rgba(59,113,202,0.1)] dark:active:shadow-[0_8px_9px_-4px_rgba(59,113,202,0.2),0_4px_18px_0_rgba(59,113,202,0.1)]"
        data-te-toggle="popover"
        data-te-placement="right"
        data-te-content="Right popover"
        data-te-ripple-init
        data-te-ripple-color="light">
        Popover on right
      </button>
      <button
        type="button"
        class="inline-block rounded bg-primary px-6 pb-2 pt-2.5 text-xs font-medium uppercase leading-normal text-white shadow-[0_4px_9px_-4px_#3b71ca] transition duration-150 ease-in-out hover:bg-primary-600 hover:shadow-[0_8px_9px_-4px_rgba(59,113,202,0.3),0_4px_18px_0_rgba(59,113,202,0.2)] focus:bg-primary-600 focus:shadow-[0_8px_9px_-4px_rgba(59,113,202,0.3),0_4px_18px_0_rgba(59,113,202,0.2)] focus:outline-none focus:ring-0 active:bg-primary-700 active:shadow-[0_8px_9px_-4px_rgba(59,113,202,0.3),0_4px_18px_0_rgba(59,113,202,0.2)] dark:shadow-[0_4px_9px_-4px_rgba(59,113,202,0.5)] dark:hover:shadow-[0_8px_9px_-4px_rgba(59,113,202,0.2),0_4px_18px_0_rgba(59,113,202,0.1)] dark:focus:shadow-[0_8px_9px_-4px_rgba(59,113,202,0.2),0_4px_18px_0_rgba(59,113,202,0.1)] dark:active:shadow-[0_8px_9px_-4px_rgba(59,113,202,0.2),0_4px_18px_0_rgba(59,113,202,0.1)]"
        data-te-toggle="popover"
        data-te-placement="bottom"
        data-te-content="Bottom popover"
        data-te-ripple-init
        data-te-ripple-color="light">
        Popover on bottom
      </button>
      <button
        type="button"
        class="inline-block rounded bg-primary px-6 pb-2 pt-2.5 text-xs font-medium uppercase leading-normal text-white shadow-[0_4px_9px_-4px_#3b71ca] transition duration-150 ease-in-out hover:bg-primary-600 hover:shadow-[0_8px_9px_-4px_rgba(59,113,202,0.3),0_4px_18px_0_rgba(59,113,202,0.2)] focus:bg-primary-600 focus:shadow-[0_8px_9px_-4px_rgba(59,113,202,0.3),0_4px_18px_0_rgba(59,113,202,0.2)] focus:outline-none focus:ring-0 active:bg-primary-700 active:shadow-[0_8px_9px_-4px_rgba(59,113,202,0.3),0_4px_18px_0_rgba(59,113,202,0.2)] dark:shadow-[0_4px_9px_-4px_rgba(59,113,202,0.5)] dark:hover:shadow-[0_8px_9px_-4px_rgba(59,113,202,0.2),0_4px_18px_0_rgba(59,113,202,0.1)] dark:focus:shadow-[0_8px_9px_-4px_rgba(59,113,202,0.2),0_4px_18px_0_rgba(59,113,202,0.1)] dark:active:shadow-[0_8px_9px_-4px_rgba(59,113,202,0.2),0_4px_18px_0_rgba(59,113,202,0.1)]"
        data-te-toggle="popover"
        data-te-placement="left"
        data-te-content="Left popover"
        data-te-ripple-init
        data-te-ripple-color="light">
        Popover on left
      </button>

        
            
      // Initialization for ES Users
      import {
        Popover,
        Ripple,
        initTE,
      } from "tw-elements";
      
      initTE({ Popover, Ripple });

Dismiss on next click

Use the focus trigger to dismiss popovers on the user next click of a different element than the toggle element.

Dismissible popover

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      <a
        tabindex="0"
        class="inline-block rounded bg-danger px-7 pb-2.5 pt-3 text-sm font-medium uppercase leading-normal text-white shadow-[0_4px_9px_-4px_#dc4c64] transition duration-150 ease-in-out hover:bg-danger-600 hover:shadow-[0_8px_9px_-4px_rgba(220,76,100,0.3),0_4px_18px_0_rgba(220,76,100,0.2)] focus:bg-danger-600 focus:shadow-[0_8px_9px_-4px_rgba(220,76,100,0.3),0_4px_18px_0_rgba(220,76,100,0.2)] focus:outline-none focus:ring-0 active:bg-danger-700 active:shadow-[0_8px_9px_-4px_rgba(220,76,100,0.3),0_4px_18px_0_rgba(220,76,100,0.2)] dark:shadow-[0_4px_9px_-4px_rgba(220,76,100,0.5)] dark:hover:shadow-[0_8px_9px_-4px_rgba(220,76,100,0.2),0_4px_18px_0_rgba(220,76,100,0.1)] dark:focus:shadow-[0_8px_9px_-4px_rgba(220,76,100,0.2),0_4px_18px_0_rgba(220,76,100,0.1)] dark:active:shadow-[0_8px_9px_-4px_rgba(220,76,100,0.2),0_4px_18px_0_rgba(220,76,100,0.1)]"
        role="button"
        data-te-toggle="popover"
        data-te-trigger="focus"
        title="Dismissible popover"
        data-te-content="And here's some amazing content. It's very engaging. Right?"
        data-te-ripple-init
        data-te-ripple-color="light"
        >Dismissible popover</a
      >

        
            
      // Initialization for ES Users
      import {
        Popover,
        Ripple,
        initTE,
      } from "tw-elements";
      
      initTE({ Popover, Ripple });

Disabled

Elements with the disabled attribute aren’t interactive, meaning users cannot hover or click them to trigger a popover.

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      <span
        class="inline-block"
        tabindex="0"
        data-te-toggle="popover"
        data-te-trigger="hover focus"
        data-te-content="Disabled popover">
        <button
          class="pointer-events-none inline-block rounded bg-primary px-6 pb-2 pt-2.5 text-xs font-medium uppercase leading-normal text-white shadow-[0_4px_9px_-4px_#3b71ca] transition duration-150 ease-in-out hover:bg-primary-600 hover:shadow-[0_8px_9px_-4px_rgba(59,113,202,0.3),0_4px_18px_0_rgba(59,113,202,0.2)] focus:bg-primary-600 focus:shadow-[0_8px_9px_-4px_rgba(59,113,202,0.3),0_4px_18px_0_rgba(59,113,202,0.2)] focus:outline-none focus:ring-0 active:bg-primary-700 active:shadow-[0_8px_9px_-4px_rgba(59,113,202,0.3),0_4px_18px_0_rgba(59,113,202,0.2)] disabled:opacity-70 dark:shadow-[0_4px_9px_-4px_rgba(59,113,202,0.5)] dark:hover:shadow-[0_8px_9px_-4px_rgba(59,113,202,0.2),0_4px_18px_0_rgba(59,113,202,0.1)] dark:focus:shadow-[0_8px_9px_-4px_rgba(59,113,202,0.2),0_4px_18px_0_rgba(59,113,202,0.1)] dark:active:shadow-[0_8px_9px_-4px_rgba(59,113,202,0.2),0_4px_18px_0_rgba(59,113,202,0.1)]"
          type="button"
          disabled>
          Disabled button
        </button>
      </span>

        
            
      // Initialization for ES Users
      import {
        Popover,
        Ripple,
        initTE,
      } from "tw-elements";
      
      initTE({ Popover, Ripple });

Import

Importing components depends on how your application works. If you intend to use the TW elements ES format, you must first import the component and then initialize it with the initTE method. If you are going to use the UMD format, just import the tw-elements package.

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umd

ES UMD

        
            
        import { Popover, initTE } from "tw-elements";
        initTE({ Popover });

        
            
        import "tw-elements";

Usage

Via data attributes

HTML

        
            
        <button
          type="button"
          class="rounded bg-red-600 px-7 py-3 text-sm font-medium uppercase leading-snug text-white shadow-md transition duration-150 ease-in-out hover:bg-red-700 hover:shadow-lg focus:bg-red-700 focus:shadow-lg focus:outline-none focus:ring-0 active:bg-red-800 active:shadow-lg"
          data-te-toggle="popover"
          data-te-title="Popover title"
          data-te-content="And here's some amazing content. It's very engaging. Right?">
          Click to toggle popover
        </button>

Via JavaScript

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ES UMD

        
            
          const exampleEl = document.getElementById('example');
          const popover = new Popover(exampleEl, options);

        
            
          const exampleEl = document.getElementById('example');
          const popover = new te.Popover(exampleEl, options);

Making popovers work for keyboard and assistive technology users

To allow keyboard users to activate your popovers, you should only add them to HTML elements that are traditionally keyboard-focusable and interactive (such as links or form controls). Although arbitrary HTML elements (such as <span>s) can be made focusable by adding the tabindex="0" attribute, this will add potentially annoying and confusing tab stops on non-interactive elements for keyboard users, and most assistive technologies currently do not announce the popover’s content in this situation. Additionally, do not rely solely on hover as the trigger for your popovers, as this will make them impossible to trigger for keyboard users.

While you can insert rich, structured HTML in popovers with the html option, we strongly recommend that you avoid adding an excessive amount of content. The way popovers currently work is that, once displayed, their content is tied to the trigger element with the aria-describedby attribute. As a result, the entirety of the popover’s content will be announced to assistive technology users as one long, uninterrupted stream.

Additionally, while it is possible to also include interactive controls (such as form elements or links) in your popover (by adding these elements to the allowList or allowed attributes and tags), be aware that currently the popover does not manage keyboard focus order. When a keyboard user opens a popover, focus remains on the triggering element, and as the popover usually does not immediately follow the trigger in the document’s structure, there is no guarantee that moving forward/pressing TAB will move a keyboard user into the popover itself. In short, simply adding interactive controls to a popover is likely to make these controls unreachable/unusable for keyboard users and users of assistive technologies, or at the very least make for an illogical overall focus order. In these cases, consider using a modal dialog instead.

Options

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

Note: For security reasons the sanitize, sanitizeFn and allowList options cannot be supplied using data attributes.

Name	Type	Default	Description
`container`	string/element/boolean	`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/element/function	`-`	Default content value if `data-te-content` attribute isn't present. If a function is given, it will be called with its this reference set to the element that the popover is attached to.
`html`	boolean	`false`	Insert HTML into the popover. If false, `innerText` property 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 - auto \| top \| bottom \| left \| right. When `auto` is specified, it will dynamically reorient the popover. When a function is used to determine the placement, it is called with the popover DOM node as its first argument and the triggering element DOM node as its second. The `this` context is set to the popover instance.
`selector`	string/boolean	`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="opacity-0 transition-opacity duration-150 ease-in-out absolute top-0 left-0 z-[1070] block max-w-[267px] break-words bg-white bg-clip-padding border border-neutral-100 rounded-lg shadow-[0_0px_3px_0_rgba(0,0,0,0.07),0_2px_2px_0_rgba(0,0,0,0.04)] text-sm not-italic font-normal text-left no-underline underline-offset-auto normal-case leading-6 tracking-normal break-normal whitespace-normal dark:bg-neutral-700 dark:border-0 dark:text-white data-[popper-reference-hidden]:hidden" role="tooltip">' + '<h3 class="popover-header py-2 px-4 mb-0 border-b-2 border-neutral-100 rounded-t-lg font-medium empty:hidden dark:border-neutral-500"></h3>' + '<div class="popover-body p-4 text-[#212529] dark:text-white"></div>' + "</div>",	Base HTML to use when creating the popover. The popover's `title` will be injected into the .popover-header. The popover's `content` will be injected into the .popover-body.
`title`	string/element/function	`-`	Default title value if `title` attribute isn't present. If a function is given, it will be called with its this reference set to the element that the popover is attached to.
`trigger`	string	`'click'`	How popover is triggered - `click` \| `hover` \| `focus` \| `manual`. You may pass multiple triggers; separate them with a space. `manual` cannot be combined with any other trigger.
`offset`	number/string	`0`	Offset of the popover relative to its target. For more information refer to Popper's offset docs.
`fallbackPlacement`	string/array	`'flip'`	Allow to specify which position Popper will use on fallback. For more information refer to Popper's behavior docs.
`boundary`	element/string	`'clippingParents'`	Overflow constraint boundary of the popover (applies only to Popper's preventOverflow modifier). Accepts the values of `'viewport'`, `'window'`, `'scrollParent'`, or an HTMLElement reference (via JavaScript only). For more information refer to Popper's detectOverflow docs.
`sanitize`	boolean	`true`	Enable or disable the sanitization. If activated `'template'`, `'content'` and `'title'` options will be sanitized.
`allowList`	object	`Default value`	Object which contains allowed attributes and tags.
`sanitizeFn`	null/function	`null`	Here you can supply your own sanitize function. This can be useful if you prefer to use a dedicated library to perform sanitization.
`popperConfig`	null/object	`{ hide: true }`	To change Bootstrap's default Popper config, see Popper's configuration.

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

Methods

Asynchronous methods and transitions:
All API methods are asynchronous and start a transition. They return to the caller as soon as the transition is started but before it ends. In addition, a method call on a transitioning component will be ignored.

Method	Description	Example
`show`	Reveals an element’s popover. Returns to the caller before the popover has actually been shown (i.e. before the `shown.te.popover` event occurs). This is considered a “manual” triggering of the popover. Popovers whose title and content are both zero-length are never displayed.	`myPopover.show()`
`hide`	Hides an element’s popover. Returns to the caller before the popover has actually been hidden (i.e. before the `hidden.te.popover` event occurs). This is considered a “manual” triggering of the popover.	`myPopover.hide()`
`toggle`	Toggles an element’s popover. Returns to the caller before the popover has actually been shown or hidden (i.e. before the `shown.te.popover` or `hidden.te.popover` event occurs). This is considered a “manual” triggering of the popover.	`myPopover.toggle()`
`dispose`	Hides and destroys an element’s popover. Popovers that use delegation (which are created using the `selector` option) cannot be individually destroyed on descendant trigger elements.	`myPopover.dispose()`
`enable`	Gives an element’s popover the ability to be shown. Popovers are enabled by default.	`myPopover.enable()`
`disable`	Removes the ability for an element’s popover to be shown. The popover will only be able to be shown if it is re-enabled.	`myPopover.disable()`
`toggleEnabled`	Toggles the ability for an element’s popover to be shown or hidden.	`myPopover.toggleEnabled()`
`update`	Updates the position of an element’s popover.	`myPopover.update({delay: { "show": 500, "hide": 100 }})`
`getInstance`	Static method which allows you to get the popover instance associated with a DOM element.	`Popover.getInstance()`
`getOrCreateInstance`	Static method which allows you to get the popover instance associated with a DOM element or create a new one in case it wasn't initialized.	`Popover.getOrCreateInstance()`

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ES UMD

        
            
            const exampleTriggerEl = document.getElementById('example');
            const popover = new Popover(exampleTriggerEl);
            popover.show();

        
            
            const exampleTriggerEl = document.getElementById('example');
            const popover = new te.Popover(exampleTriggerEl);
            popover.show();

Events

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

JavaScript

        
            
              const myPopoverTrigger = document.getElementById('myPopover')
              myPopoverTrigger.addEventListener('hidden.te.popover', () => {
                // do something...
              });

Popover

Basic example

Four directions

Dismiss on next click

Disabled

Related resources

Tutorials:

Extended Docs:

Design System (Figma):

Popover - API

Import

Usage

Via data attributes

Via JavaScript

Making popovers work for keyboard and assistive technology users

Options

Methods

Events