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js/dist/tooltip.js

@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ var Tooltip = (function ($) {
   var DefaultType = {
     animation: 'boolean',
     template: 'string',
-    title: '(string|function)',
+    title: '(string|element|function)',
     trigger: 'string',
     delay: '(number|object)',
     html: 'boolean',
@@ -329,16 +329,31 @@ var Tooltip = (function ($) {
     }, {
       key: 'setContent',
       value: function setContent() {
-        var tip = this.getTipElement();
-        var title = this.getTitle();
-        var method = this.config.html ? 'html' : 'text';
+        var $tip = $(this.getTipElement());
 
-        $(tip).find(Selector.TOOLTIP_INNER)[method](title);
+        this.setElementContent($tip.find(Selector.TOOLTIP_INNER), this.getTitle());
 
-        $(tip).removeClass(ClassName.FADE).removeClass(ClassName.IN);
+        $tip.removeClass(ClassName.FADE).removeClass(ClassName.IN);
 
         this.cleanupTether();
       }
+    }, {
+      key: 'setElementContent',
+      value: function setElementContent($element, content) {
+        var html = this.config.html;
+        if (typeof content === 'object' && (content.nodeType || content.jquery)) {
+          // content is a DOM node or a jQuery
+          if (html) {
+            if (!$(content).parent().is($element)) {
+              $element.empty().append(content);
+            }
+          } else {
+            $element.text($(content).text());
+          }
+        } else {
+          $element[html ? 'html' : 'text'](content);
+        }
+      }
     }, {
       key: 'getTitle',
       value: function getTitle() {