twbs/bootstrap · error · TypeError

No method named "${config}"

Error message

No method named "${config}"

What it means

Tooltip's jQueryInterface dispatches $('#tip').tooltip(name) to the instance method name and throws when data[name] is undefined (simple undefined check, no '_' filtering). Public methods are show, hide, toggle, enable, disable, toggleEnabled, update, setContent and dispose — the same surface Popover inherits.

Source

Thrown at js/src/tooltip.js:619

    }

    if (this.tip) {
      this.tip.remove()
      this.tip = null
    }
  }

  // Static
  static jQueryInterface(config) {
    return this.each(function () {
      const data = Tooltip.getOrCreateInstance(this, config)

      if (typeof config !== 'string') {
        return
      }

      if (typeof data[config] === 'undefined') {
        throw new TypeError(`No method named "${config}"`)
      }

      data[config]()
    })
  }
}

/**
 * jQuery
 */

defineJQueryPlugin(Tooltip)

export default Tooltip

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Solutions

1. Use the public methods: show, hide, toggle, enable, disable, toggleEnabled, update, setContent, dispose.
2. Replace 'destroy' with 'dispose' and 'open'/'close' with 'show'/'hide'.
3. Use setContent({ '.tooltip-inner': '...' }) for dynamic content.
4. For dynamic names, check typeof bootstrap.Tooltip.getInstance(el)?.[name] === 'function' first.

Example fix

// before
$('#tip').tooltip('open') // TypeError: No method named "open"

// after
$('#tip').tooltip('show') // show|hide|toggle|enable|disable|toggleEnabled|update|setContent|dispose

function callTooltipMethod(element, method, ...args) {
  const instance = bootstrap.Tooltip.getOrCreateInstance(element)
  if (typeof instance[method] !== 'function') {
    console.warn(`Tooltip: ignoring unknown method "${method}"`)
    return
  }
  instance[method](...args)
}

const TOOLTIP_METHODS = ['show', 'hide', 'toggle', 'enable', 'disable', 'toggleEnabled', 'update', 'setContent', 'dispose'] as const
type TooltipMethod = (typeof TOOLTIP_METHODS)[number]
const isTooltipMethod = (m: string): m is TooltipMethod =>
  (TOOLTIP_METHODS as readonly string[]).includes(m)

try {
  $('#tip').tooltip(method)
} catch (err) {
  if (err instanceof TypeError && err.message.startsWith('No method named')) {
    console.warn(`Tooltip: unknown method "${method}"`)
  } else {
    throw err
  }
}

When it happens

Trigger: $('#tip').tooltip('open') or 'close' (correct: show/hide); $('#tip').tooltip('destroy') — v4 name, v5 is dispose; $('#tip').tooltip('updateContent') — the 5.2 API is setContent; $('#tip').tooltip('position').

Common situations: Porting jQuery UI or v4 Bootstrap code; tutorials predating the 5.2 setContent API; guessing verbs for positioning ('position', 'place') where update is the reposition call.

Related errors

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AI-assisted analysis of twbs/bootstrap@6177d5f849 (2026-08-22). Data as JSON: /api/errors/774ec3f2759c3fcf. Report an issue: GitHub.