Bootstrap Tab within Popover isn't working

Question

Bootstrap's Tabs do not seem to be working for me when used within Bootstrap's Popover.

What happens is following:

 1. Popover opens
 2. Active tab on click changes
 3. Tab content is not changing <-- PROBLEM

Tabs are created correctly and if you try them outside of popover they work fine.

<a class="btn" id="btnPopover" href="#">Launch Popover</a>
<div class="tabbable hide" id="popoverContent">
<ul class="nav nav-tabs">
    <li class="tab active"><a href="#tab1" data-toggle="tab">Tab 1</a></li>
    <li class="tab"><a href="#tab2" data-toggle="tab">Tab 2</a></li>
    <li class="tab"><a href="#tab3" data-toggle="tab">Tab 3</a></li>
</ul>
<div class="tab-content" style="padding-top: 15px">
    <div class="tab-pane active" id="tab1">Tab Content 1</div>
    <div class="tab-pane" id="tab2">Tab Content 2</div>
    <div class="tab-pane" id="tab3">Tab Content 3</div>
</div>

$(function () {
 $("#btnPopover").popover({
  html: true,
  trigger: 'click',
  title: "Title",
  placement: "bottom",
  content: $("#popoverContent").html()
 });
});

What seems to happen with bootstrap in this case is that it duplicates the elements. I planned using further javascript libs and plugins on elements within content tabs, and this makes it pretty much impossible, unless somebody provides a solid workaround. I honestly think this is a valid Bootstrap's bug.

jsfiddle demo: http://jsfiddle.net/iboros/nCfBf/

Answer 1

Option 1:

Remove the existing tab and get its HTML content.

$("#btnPopover").popover({
    html: true,
    trigger: 'click',
    title: "Title",
    placement: "bottom",
    content: $('#popoverContent').remove().html()
});

Demo

Option 2:

Use class selector for tabs instead of id selector

i.e

<a href=".tab2" data-toggle="tab">Tab 2</a>

instead of

<a href="#tab2" data-toggle="tab">Tab 2</a>

Html

<div class="tabbable hide" id="popoverContent">
     <ul class="nav nav-tabs">
        <li class="active"><a href=".tab1" data-toggle="tab">Tab 1</a></li>
        <li class="tab"><a href=".tab2" data-toggle="tab">Tab 2</a></li>
        <li class="tab"><a href=".tab3" data-toggle="tab">Tab 3</a></li>
    </ul>
    <div class="tab-content" style="padding-top: 15px">
        <div class="tab-pane active tab1" >Tab Content 1</div>
        <div class="tab-pane tab2">Tab Content 2</div>
        <div class="tab-pane tab3" >Tab Content 3</div>
    </div>
</div>
<a class="btn" id="btnPopover" href="#">Launch Popover</a>

Demo