Bootstrap: hover over the tooltip text to click a link

Question

I am using the tooltip tool in Bootstrap 3.x in my web app to show helpful info. It works in this way:

$('[data-toggle="tooltip"]').tooltip({
        'animation': true,
        'placement': 'top',
        'trigger': 'hover', 
        'html':true,
        'container': 'body'
});

Please note that I have to use hover to trigger the tooltip. Now I need to add a new tooltip and its tooltip text contains a HTML link. A visitor should be able to mouse over the tooltip text to click the link.

The problem is that when a visitor moves his mouse, the tooltip text disappears before he can reach the tooltip text area.

Answer 1

This is using tooltip now. See if this better answer your question.

var originalLeave = $.fn.tooltip.Constructor.prototype.leave;
$.fn.tooltip.Constructor.prototype.leave = function(obj) {
  var self = obj instanceof this.constructor ?
    obj : $(obj.currentTarget)[this.type](this.getDelegateOptions()).data('bs.' + this.type)
  var container, timeout;

  originalLeave.call(this, obj);

  if (obj.currentTarget) {
    container = $(obj.currentTarget).siblings('.tooltip')
    timeout = self.timeout;
    container.one('mouseenter', function() {
      //We entered the actual popover – call off the dogs
      clearTimeout(timeout);
      //Let's monitor popover content instead
      container.one('mouseleave', function() {
        $.fn.tooltip.Constructor.prototype.leave.call(self, self);
      });
    })
  }
};


$('body').tooltip({
  selector: '[data-toggle]',
  trigger: 'click hover',
  placement: 'auto',
  delay: {
    show: 50,
    hide: 400
  }
});

<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.7/css/bootstrap.min.css">

<!-- jQuery library -->
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.2.1/jquery.min.js"></script>

<!-- Latest compiled JavaScript -->
<script src="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.7/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>

<p>
  <button class='btn btn-primary btn-large' data-toggle="tooltip" data-html="true" title="<a href='http://www.wojt.eu' target='blank' >click me, I'll try not to disappear</a>">hover here</button>
</p>