una.im | What is popover=hint?
July 10, 2025
If you’ve been following along with advancements in HTML, such as the new popover API, you may have noticed that a new popover type (hint) recently landed in Chrome 133 (January 2025). But what exactly does it do?
The short answer is: popover=”hint” allows you to open an unrelated hint popover without closing other popovers in the stack. This means you can have an existing stack of auto popovers remain open while still displaying a hint popover.
Source: una.im | What is popover=hint?
We’ve covered the <dialog> element and popover API a bit at Conffab, and these and related APIs continue to evolve. The most recent additions are the hint popover type. Here Una Kravets details this soon to be ready for prime-time feature of the We platform.
