The following code shows how to pop tooltip from top.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<script type='text/javascript'
src='http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.9.1.js'></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"
href="http://netdna.bootstrapcdn.com/twitter-bootstrap/2.3.2/css/bootstrap-combined.min.css">
<script type='text/javascript'
src="http://netdna.bootstrapcdn.com/twitter-bootstrap/2.3.2/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
<style type='text/css'>
body {<!--from w ww .ja va 2 s .c o m-->
padding: 100px;
}
</style>
<script type='text/javascript'>
$(function(){
$("body").tooltip({
selector: '[data-toggle="tooltip"]'
});
$("a").attr({
"data-placement": "top",
"data-toggle": "tooltip",
"data-original-title": "Tooltip on top"
});
});
</script>
</head>
<body>
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</body>
</html>