popover="hint"Limited availability

The popover="hint" global HTML attribute creates a popover that is subordinate to popovers with a popover="auto" attribute. You can use this to create tooltips that don't dismiss auto popovers.

Not yet supported in all major browsers — check the table and provide a fallback.

How to use ↓Compare browsers

Browser support

DesktopChrome

1–150Not supported

151+Supportedsince Jul 28, 2026

Current: 155

Edge

12–150Not supported

151+Supportedsince Jul 31, 2026

Current: 154

Firefox

1–152Not supported

153+Supportedsince Jul 21, 2026

Current: 157

Safari

✕Not supportedup to 27

Current: 27

MobileChrome Android

18–150Not supported

151+Supportedsince Jul 28, 2026

Current: 155

Firefox Android

4–152Not supported

153+Supportedsince Jul 21, 2026

Current: 157

Safari iOS

✕Not supportedup to 27

Current: 27

How to use

Not supported in Safari, Safari iOS. Use feature detection below and provide a fallback (or a polyfill) for those browsers.

Example

Full syntax and examples are on MDN — see the links below.

Feature detection

JS · check before using

if ("HTMLElement" in globalThis && "popover" in HTMLElement.prototype) {
  // HTMLElement.popover is available
}

Specification

html.spec.whatwg.org#attr-popover-hint ↗

Sub-features

Support for each part of the feature (2). The overall table above shows when the whole feature works.

Sub-feature	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Safari	Chrome Android	Firefox Android	Safari iOS
HTMLElement.popover.hint	151	151	153	✕	151	153	✕
popover.hint	151	151	153	✕	151	153	✕