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<!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="en"> <head> <meta charset="utf-8"> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"> <title>Get or Create Bootstrap Popover Instance Using jQuery</title> <link href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/bootstrap@5.0.2/dist/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet"> <script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.5.1.min.js"></script> <script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/bootstrap@5.0.2/dist/js/bootstrap.bundle.min.js"></script> <style> .bs-example{ margin: 100px 20px; } </style> <script> $(document).ready(function(){ // Get or create popover instance on button click $("#myBtn").click(function(){ var myPopover = bootstrap.Popover.getOrCreateInstance($("#myPopover")[0]); console.log(myPopover); }); }); </script> </head> <body> <div class="bs-example"> <p> <button type="button" class="btn btn-primary btn-lg" id="myPopover" data-bs-toggle="popover" title="Popover title" data-bs-content="This is a simple Bootstrap popover with a title and some content.">Click to toggle popover</button> </p> <div class="mt-5"> <p class="mt-4">Press the "Get or Create Popover Instance" button to create popover instance or get the popover instance associated with a DOM element. <strong>Popover will not work until you create popover instance</strong>.</p> <p>Press Ctrl+Shift+J (Windows / Linux) or Cmd+Opt+J (Mac) to open the browser console panel.</p> <button type="button" class="btn btn-warning" id="myBtn">Get or Create Popover Instance</button> </div> </div> </body> </html>