HTML popover Attribute - HTML Attribute

Definition and Usage

The popover attribute defines an element as a popover element, meaning that when it is invoked, it will be placed on top of the content, not interfere with the position of other HTML elements.

A popover element will be invisible until it is invoked by another element. The other element must have a popovertarget attribute where the value refers to the popover element's id.

The popover element will be placed on top of all other content, and by clicking the popovertarget element, the popover element will toggle between showing and hiding:

The popover element can be a single HTML element, or an entire section of HTML elements. See examples below.

Applies to

The popover attribute is a Global Attribute, and can be used on any HTML element, but the element must be editable.

Element	Attribute
All HTML elements	popover

Browser Support

How to Add a <h1> element with a popover attribute, and a button to show/hide it - HTML popover Attribute

Click the button and it will toggle between showing and hiding the popover element.

index.html

Example: HTML

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>

<h1>The popover Attribute</h1>

<h1 popover id="myheader">Hello</h1>

<button popovertarget="myheader">Click me!</button>

<p>Click the button and it will toggle between showing and hiding the popover element.</p>

</body>
</html>

Output should be:

How to Use a DIV element as a popover element - HTML popover Attribute

You can style popover elements with CSS. Click the button to show the popover element.

index.html

Example: HTML

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<style>
#mydiv {
  text-align:center;
  padding:40px;
  background-color:lightblue;
  font-family:"Segoe UI", Tahoma, Geneva, Verdana, sans-serif;
}
</style>

<h1>The popover Attribute</h1>

<div popover id="mydiv">
  <h2>Popover</h2>
  <hr>
  <p>A popover is an element that is placed on top of everything else.</p>
  <p>It can be used when you want to tell something important.</p>
  <button popovertarget="mydiv" popovertargetaction="hide">Close</button>
</div>

<button popovertarget="mydiv">Click me!</button>

<p>You can style popover elements with CSS.</p>

<p>Click the button to show the popover element.</p>

</body>
</html>

Output should be:

html popover attribute

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