Popover
The popover HTML attribute creates an overlay to display content on top of other page content. Popovers can be shown declaratively using HTML, or using the showPopover() method.
Status
Baseline Newly Available (since 2025-01-27)
This feature is expected to reach Baseline Widely Available status on: 2027-07-27
MDN documentation
Specifications
- HTML, from HTML Workstream (WHATWG).
Browser support
- Chrome 116 Released on 2023-08-15
- Chrome Android 116 Released on 2023-08-15
- Edge 116 Released on 2023-08-21
- Firefox 125 Released on 2024-04-16
- Firefox for Android 125 Released on 2024-04-16
- Safari 17 Released on 2023-09-18
- Safari on iOS 18.3 Released on 2025-01-27
Surveys
- State of HTML 2025 > usage > html styling issues
- State of HTML 2025 > usage > html interoperability features features only
- State of HTML 2025 > usage > html interoperability features
- State of HTML 2025 > usage > html functionality features features only
- State of HTML 2025 > usage > html functionality features
- State of HTML 2025 > interactivity > interactivity pain points limitations 1
- State of HTML 2025 > interactivity > interactivity pain points interop issues 1
- State of HTML 2025 > interactivity > interactivity pain points features
- State of HTML 2025 > interactivity > interactivity pain points
- State of HTML 2025 > interactivity > interactivity features
- State of HTML 2025 > forms > forms pain points features
- State of HTML 2025 > features > all features
- State of HTML 2024 > usage > html interoperability features
- State of HTML 2024 > usage > html functionality features
- State of HTML 2024 > reading list > reading list
- State of HTML 2024 > interactivity > interactivity pain points
- State of HTML 2024 > interactivity > interactivity features
- State of HTML 2024 > features > all features
- State of HTML 2023 > usage > html interoperability features
- State of HTML 2023 > usage > html functionality features
- State of HTML 2023 > reading list > reading list
- State of HTML 2023 > interactivity > interactivity features
- State of HTML 2023 > features > all features
- State of CSS 2025 > usage > favorite new features
- State of CSS 2025 > usage > css missing features
Usage (according to Chrome Platform Status)
~2.553% of page loads. More data at chromestatus.com.Interop
- Included in Interop 2024
Web Platform Tests (WPT)
View the latest WPT test results for this featureView as JSON | Edit this feature | Report an issue | Web-features entry: source, dist