diff --git a/addons/account/static/src/js/account_payment_field.js b/addons/account/static/src/js/account_payment_field.js
index 1e5171e1f44..3c7bbdc0b1f 100644
--- a/addons/account/static/src/js/account_payment_field.js
+++ b/addons/account/static/src/js/account_payment_field.js
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ var ShowPaymentLineWidget = AbstractField.extend({
                 title: 'Payment Information',
                 trigger: 'focus',
                 delay: { "show": 0, "hide": 100 },
+                container: $(k).parent(), // FIXME Ugly, should use the default body container but system & tests to adapt to properly destroy the popover
             };
             $(k).popover(options);
         });
diff --git a/addons/account/static/src/js/reconciliation/reconciliation_renderer.js b/addons/account/static/src/js/reconciliation/reconciliation_renderer.js
index 7578f9c4d1d..c071c612059 100644
--- a/addons/account/static/src/js/reconciliation/reconciliation_renderer.js
+++ b/addons/account/static/src/js/reconciliation/reconciliation_renderer.js
@@ -485,7 +485,7 @@ var LineRenderer = Widget.extend(FieldManagerMixin, {
     _destroyPopover: function ($el) {
         var popover = $el.data('bs.popover');
         if (popover) {
-            popover.destroy();
+            popover.dispose();
         }
     },
     /**
@@ -775,7 +775,7 @@ var LineRenderer = Widget.extend(FieldManagerMixin, {
     _onTogglePartialReconcile: function (e) {
         e.stopPropagation();
         var popover = $(e.target).data('bs.popover');
-        popover && popover.destroy();
+        popover && popover.dispose();
         this.trigger_up('toggle_partial_reconcile');
     }
 });
diff --git a/addons/hr_org_chart/static/src/js/hr_org_chart.js b/addons/hr_org_chart/static/src/js/hr_org_chart.js
index 69599fa39e3..b889375cac4 100644
--- a/addons/hr_org_chart/static/src/js/hr_org_chart.js
+++ b/addons/hr_org_chart/static/src/js/hr_org_chart.js
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ var FieldOrgChart = AbstractField.extend({
                             '.o_employee_sub_redirect', _.bind(self._onEmployeeSubRedirect, self));
                         return $content;
                     },
-                    template: $(QWeb.render('hr_orgchart_emp_popover', {})),
+                    template: QWeb.render('hr_orgchart_emp_popover', {}),
                 });
             });
         });
diff --git a/addons/mail/static/src/js/activity.js b/addons/mail/static/src/js/activity.js
index 17d1970dea6..3a63b1fbd60 100644
--- a/addons/mail/static/src/js/activity.js
+++ b/addons/mail/static/src/js/activity.js
@@ -322,8 +322,10 @@ var Activity = AbstractActivityField.extend({
         var previousActivityTypeID = $popoverElement.data('previous-activity-type-id');
         if (!$popoverElement.data('bs.popover')) {
             $popoverElement.popover({
+                template: $(Popover.Default.template).addClass('o_mail_activity_feedback')[0].outerHTML, // Ugly but cannot find another way
+                container: $popoverElement.parent(), // FIXME Ugly and should probably be in the body as by default but form view should handle destroying popovers
                 title : _t("Feedback"),
-                html: 'true',
+                html: true,
                 trigger:'click',
                 content : function () {
                     var $popover = $(QWeb.render('mail.activity_feedback_form', { 'previous_activity_type_id': previousActivityTypeID }));
@@ -344,12 +346,10 @@ var Activity = AbstractActivityField.extend({
                     });
                     return $popover;
                 },
-            }).on('show.bs.popover', function (e) {
-                var $popover = $(this).data('bs.popover').tip();
-                $popover.addClass('o_mail_activity_feedback').attr('tabindex', 0);
-                $('.o_mail_activity_feedback.popover').not(e.target).popover('hide');
             }).on('shown.bs.popover', function () {
-                var $popover = $(this).data('bs.popover').tip();
+                var $popover = $($(this).data("bs.popover").tip);
+                $(".o_mail_activity_feedback.popover").not($popover).popover("hide");
+                $popover.addClass('o_mail_activity_feedback').attr('tabindex', 0);
                 $popover.find('#activity_feedback').focus();
                 $popover.off('focusout');
                 $popover.focusout(function (e) {
diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/chrome/menu.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/chrome/menu.js
index 1e253ba54f7..8613e90afa8 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/chrome/menu.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/chrome/menu.js
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ var Menu = Widget.extend({
         }
         // add a tooltip to cropped menu items
         this.$secondary_menus.find('.oe_secondary_submenu li a span').each(function() {
-            $(this).tooltip(this.scrollWidth > this.clientWidth ? {title: $(this).text().trim(), placement: 'right'} :'destroy');
+            $(this).tooltip(this.scrollWidth > this.clientWidth ? {title: $(this).text().trim(), placement: 'right'} : 'dispose');
        });
     },
     /**
diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/libs/bootstrap.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/libs/bootstrap.js
index 04ca2381d7d..135a6b65df6 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/libs/bootstrap.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/libs/bootstrap.js
@@ -7,23 +7,19 @@ odoo.define('web.bootstrap.extensions', function () {
  */
 
 /* Bootstrap defaults overwrite */
-$.fn.tooltip.Constructor.DEFAULTS.placement = 'auto top';
-$.fn.tooltip.Constructor.DEFAULTS.html = true;
-$.fn.tooltip.Constructor.DEFAULTS.trigger = 'hover focus click';
-$.fn.tooltip.Constructor.DEFAULTS.container = 'body';
-$.fn.tooltip.Constructor.DEFAULTS.delay = { show: 1000, hide: 0 };
-//overwrite bootstrap tooltip method to prevent showing 2 tooltip at the same time
-var bootstrap_show_function = $.fn.tooltip.Constructor.prototype.show;
-$.fn.modal.Constructor.prototype.enforceFocus = function () { };
+$.fn.tooltip.Constructor.Default.placement = 'top';
+$.fn.tooltip.Constructor.Default.fallbackPlacement = ['bottom', 'right', 'left', 'top'];
+$.fn.tooltip.Constructor.Default.html = true;
+$.fn.tooltip.Constructor.Default.trigger = 'hover focus click';
+$.fn.tooltip.Constructor.Default.container = 'body';
+$.fn.tooltip.Constructor.Default.delay = { show: 1000, hide: 0 };
+
+var bootstrapShowFunction = $.fn.tooltip.Constructor.prototype.show;
 $.fn.tooltip.Constructor.prototype.show = function () {
+    // Overwrite bootstrap tooltip method to prevent showing 2 tooltip at the
+    // same time
     $('.tooltip').remove();
-    //the following fix the bug when using placement
-    //auto and the parent element does not exist anymore resulting in
-    //an error. This should be remove once we updade bootstrap to a version that fix the bug
-    //edit: bug has been fixed here : https://github.com/twbs/bootstrap/pull/13752
-    var e = $.Event('show.bs.' + this.type);
-    var inDom = $.contains(document.documentElement, this.$element[0]);
-    if (e.isDefaultPrevented() || !inDom) return;
-    return bootstrap_show_function.call(this);
+
+    return bootstrapShowFunction.call(this);
 };
 });
diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/services/crash_manager.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/services/crash_manager.js
index a5b8cb32c13..b105913464e 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/services/crash_manager.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/services/crash_manager.js
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ var CrashManager = core.Class.extend({
             });
         });
         dialog.on("closed", this, function () {
-            $clipboardBtn.tooltip("destroy");
+            $clipboardBtn.tooltip('dispose');
             clipboard.destroy();
         });
 
diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/views/basic/basic_renderer.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/views/basic/basic_renderer.js
index 13a00dda046..197892f3361 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/views/basic/basic_renderer.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/views/basic/basic_renderer.js
@@ -152,7 +152,6 @@ var BasicRenderer = AbstractRenderer.extend({
         // widget's $el
         $node = $node.length ? $node : widget.$el;
         $node.tooltip({
-            delay: { show: 1000, hide: 0 },
             title: function () {
                 return qweb.render('WidgetLabel.tooltip', {
                     debug: config.debug,
diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/views/form/form_renderer.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/views/form/form_renderer.js
index 646dfdd8c40..1422392db41 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/views/form/form_renderer.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/views/form/form_renderer.js
@@ -265,7 +265,6 @@ var FormRenderer = BasicRenderer.extend({
     _addButtonTooltip: function (node, $button) {
         var self = this;
         $button.tooltip({
-            delay: { show: 1000, hide: 0 },
             title: function () {
                 return qweb.render('WidgetButton.tooltip', {
                     debug: config.debug,
diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/views/graph/graph_controller.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/views/graph/graph_controller.js
index e7f25c23fdd..36a05af7653 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/views/graph/graph_controller.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/views/graph/graph_controller.js
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ var GraphController = AbstractController.extend(GroupByMenuInterfaceMixin,{
     destroy: function () {
         if (this.$buttons) {
             // remove jquery's tooltip() handlers
-            this.$buttons.find('button').off().tooltip('destroy');
+            this.$buttons.find('button').off().tooltip('dispose');
         }
         this._super.apply(this, arguments);
     },
diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/views/kanban/kanban_column.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/views/kanban/kanban_column.js
index 95e3f1e85b1..a1c7e415470 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/views/kanban/kanban_column.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/views/kanban/kanban_column.js
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ var KanbanColumn = Widget.extend({
         this.$el.toggleClass('o_column_folded', this.folded && !config.device.isMobile);
         var tooltip = this.data.count + _t(' records');
         tooltip = '<p>' + tooltip + '</p>' + this.tooltipInfo;
-        this.$header.find('.o_kanban_header_title').tooltip({html: true}).attr('data-original-title', tooltip);
+        this.$header.find('.o_kanban_header_title').tooltip({}).attr('data-original-title', tooltip);
         if (!this.remaining) {
             this.$('.o_kanban_load_more').remove();
         } else {
diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/views/kanban/kanban_column_progressbar.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/views/kanban/kanban_column_progressbar.js
index 7af6b677dcf..0bfe5027876 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/views/kanban/kanban_column_progressbar.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/views/kanban/kanban_column_progressbar.js
@@ -133,9 +133,8 @@ var KanbanColumnProgressBar = Widget.extend({
         });
         if (this.progressBarHelp && _.every(this.subgroupCounts, function (val) { return val === 0; })) {
             this.$el.tooltip({
-                delay: '0',
-                trigger:'hover',
-                placement: 'top',
+                delay: 0,
+                trigger: 'hover',
                 title: this.progressBarHelp,
             });
         }
@@ -152,9 +151,8 @@ var KanbanColumnProgressBar = Widget.extend({
             // Adapt tooltip
             $bar.attr('data-original-title', count + ' ' + key);
             $bar.tooltip({
-                delay: '0',
-                trigger:'hover',
-                placement: 'top'
+                delay: 0,
+                trigger: 'hover',
             });
 
             // Adapt active state
diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/views/kanban/kanban_record.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/views/kanban/kanban_record.js
index 247f8eca90f..09fb956e52c 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/views/kanban/kanban_record.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/views/kanban/kanban_record.js
@@ -99,8 +99,7 @@ var KanbanRecord = Widget.extend({
             var tooltip = $el.attr('tooltip');
             if (tooltip) {
                 $el.tooltip({
-                    'html': true,
-                    'title': self.qweb.render(tooltip, self.qweb_context)
+                    title: self.qweb.render(tooltip, self.qweb_context)
                 });
             }
         });
@@ -490,7 +489,7 @@ var KanbanRecord = Widget.extend({
             if (elem === event.currentTarget) {
                 ischild = false;
             }
-            var test_event = events && events.click && (events.click.length > 1 || events.click[0].namespace !== "tooltip");
+            var test_event = events && events.click && (events.click.length > 1 || events.click[0].namespace !== 'bs.tooltip');
             if (ischild) {
                 children.push(elem);
                 if (test_event) {
diff --git a/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/rte.js b/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/rte.js
index f4f7f82506b..06caaf65990 100644
--- a/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/rte.js
+++ b/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/rte.js
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ var RTEWidget = Widget.extend({
 
         $('body').addClass('editor_enable');
 
-        $(document)
+        $(document.body)
             .tooltip({
                 selector: '[data-oe-readonly]',
                 container: 'body',
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ var RTEWidget = Widget.extend({
 
         $(document).off('click.rte keyup.rte mousedown.rte activate.rte mouseup.rte');
         $(document).off('content_changed').removeClass('o_is_inline_editable').removeData('rte');
-        $(document).tooltip('destroy');
+        $(document).tooltip('dispose');
         $('body').removeClass('editor_enable');
         this.trigger('rte:stop');
     },
diff --git a/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/rte.summernote.js b/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/rte.summernote.js
index 3626d5d3ec0..6f45452f466 100644
--- a/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/rte.summernote.js
+++ b/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/rte.summernote.js
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ renderer.tplPopovers = function (lang, options) {
 
     setTimeout(function () {
         $airPopover.add($linkPopover).add($imagePopover).find("button")
-            .tooltip('destroy')
+            .tooltip('dispose')
             .tooltip({
                 container: 'body',
                 trigger: 'hover',
@@ -895,7 +895,7 @@ eventHandler.attach = function (oLayoutInfo, options) {
                 if (!show_tooltip) return;
                 $target.tooltip({title: _t('Double-click to edit'), trigger: 'manuel', container: 'body'}).tooltip('show');
                 setTimeout(function () {
-                    $target.tooltip('destroy');
+                    $target.tooltip('dispose');
                 }, 800);
             }, 400);
         });
diff --git a/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/snippets.editor.js b/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/snippets.editor.js
index cbaa7a2fbbc..6ed77009150 100644
--- a/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/snippets.editor.js
+++ b/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/snippets.editor.js
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ var SnippetEditor = Widget.extend({
         });
 
         var $parent = this.$target.parent();
-        this.$target.find('*').andSelf().tooltip('destroy');
+        this.$target.find('*').andSelf().tooltip('dispose');
         this.$target.remove();
         this.$el.remove();
 
diff --git a/addons/website/static/src/js/content/snippets.animation.js b/addons/website/static/src/js/content/snippets.animation.js
index 602556c03cc..6c031037f65 100644
--- a/addons/website/static/src/js/content/snippets.animation.js
+++ b/addons/website/static/src/js/content/snippets.animation.js
@@ -863,7 +863,7 @@ registry.socialShare = Animation.extend({
             var self = this;
             setTimeout(function () {
                 if (!$(".popover:hover").length) {
-                    $(self).popover("destroy");
+                    $(self).popover('dispose');
                 }
             }, 200);
         });