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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 Tooltip Instance Using JavaScript</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 auto; } </style> <script> document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", function(){ var btn = document.getElementById("myBtn"); var element = document.getElementById("myTooltip"); // Get or create tooltip instance on button click btn.addEventListener("click", function(){ var tooltip = bootstrap.Tooltip.getOrCreateInstance(element); console.log(tooltip); }); }); </script> </head> <body> <div class="bs-example text-center"> <p> <a href="#" data-toggle="tooltip" id="myTooltip" title="This is default title">Hover over me</a> </p> <div class="mt-4"> <p class="mt-4">Press the "Get or Create Tooltip Instance" button to create tooltip instance or get the tooltip instance associated with a DOM element. <strong>Tooltip will not work until you create tooltip 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-primary" id="myBtn">Get or Create Tooltip Instance</button> </div> </div> </body> </html>