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HTML
<script src="//cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/twitter-bootstrap/2.3.1/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/twitter-bootstrap/2.3.1/css/bootstrap.min.css">
<h1>Popover skrews up the table layout</h1>
<table class="table">
<thead>
<tr>
<th>#</th>
<th>First Name</th>
<th>Last Name</th>
<th>Username</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>1</td>
<td id="td">Mark</td>
<td>Otto</td>
<td>@mdo</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>2</td>
<td>Jacob</td>
<td>Thornton</td>
<td>@fat</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>3</td>
<td>Larry</td>
<td>the Bird</td>
<td>@twitter</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<h2>And in a collapse:</h2>
<div class="accordion" id="accordion2">
<div class="accordion-group">
<div class="accordion-heading">
<a class="accordion-toggle" data-toggle="collapse" data-parent="#accordion2" href="#collapseOne">
Popover in a collapsable
</a>
</div>
<div id="collapseOne" class="accordion-body collapse in">
<div class="accordion-inner">
<p id="incollapse">Here is applied the popover</p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="accordion-group">
<div class="accordion-heading">
<a class="accordion-toggle" data-toggle="collapse" data-parent="#accordion2" href="#collapseTwo">
Collapsible Group Item #2
</a>
</div>
<div id="collapseTwo" class="accordion-body collapse">
<div class="accordion-inner">
Anim pariatur cliche...
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
JavaScript
$(document).ready(function(){
$('#td, #incollapse').popover({
'trigger':'hover',
'content':'Vivamus sagittis lacus vel augue laoreet rutrum faucibus.',
'placement':'top',
'title': 'Popover on top'
})
})