The following code shows how to four directional Tooltip Placement.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<link rel="stylesheet"
href="http://netdna.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.0.3/css/bootstrap.min.css">
<link rel="stylesheet"
href="http://netdna.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.0.3/css/bootstrap-theme.min.css">
<script type="text/javascript"
src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script
src="http://netdna.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.0.3/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function(){<!--from w w w . ja v a 2s . c o m-->
$(".tip-top").tooltip({
placement : 'top'
});
$(".tip-right").tooltip({
placement : 'right'
});
$(".tip-bottom").tooltip({
placement : 'bottom'
});
$(".tip-left").tooltip({
placement : 'left'
});
});
</script>
<style type="text/css">
.bs-example {
margin: 50px;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div class="bs-example">
<ul class="list-inline">
<li><a href="#" data-placement="top" data-toggle="tooltip"
class="tip-top" data-original-title="Tooltip on top">Tooltip on
top</a></li>
<li><a href="#" data-placement="right" data-toggle="tooltip"
class="tip-right" data-original-title="Tooltip on right">Tooltip
on right</a></li>
<li><a href="#" data-placement="bottom" data-toggle="tooltip"
class="tip-bottom" data-original-title="Tooltip on bottom">Tooltip
on bottom</a></li>
<li><a href="#" data-placement="left" data-toggle="tooltip"
class="tip-left" data-original-title="Tooltip on left">Tooltip
on left</a></li>
</ul>
</div>
</body>
</html>