SO - 18372632

by Arun P Johny

HTML

<script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-2.0.0.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://netdna.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.0.0/css/bootstrap.min.css">
<script src="http://netdna.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.0.0/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
<span rel="tooltip" title="some title 1">Title 1</span>

JavaScript

jQuery(document).ready(function () {
    if ($("[rel=tooltip]").length) {
        jQuery("[rel=tooltip]").tooltip({
            placement: 'right',
            trigger: "hover"
        });
    }
});