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Nesting tooltips and popovers breaks placement of outer overlay

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https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/e15bcbac-c783-4eaa-9588-298e53f3d097

library(shiny)
library(bslib)

ui <- page_fluid(
  class = "p-5",
  tooltip(
    popover(
      actionButton("settings", "tooltip > popover"),
      radioButtons(
        inputId = "color_scheme",
        label = NULL,
        choices = c("Light", "Dark", "Colorblind Friendly"),
        selected = "Light",
        inline = TRUE
      ),
      title = "Chart Color Scheme"
    ),
    "Settings"
  ),
  popover(
    tooltip(
      actionButton("more_settings", "popover > tooltip"),
      "More Settings"
    ),
    radioButtons(
      inputId = "more_color_scheme",
      label = NULL,
      choices = c("Light", "Dark", "Colorblind Friendly"),
      selected = "Light",
      inline = TRUE
    ),
    title = "More Chart Color Scheme"
  )
)

server <- function(input, output, session) {}

shinyApp(ui, server)

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Research direction

Start by running the supplied Shiny reproduction to observe placement for both tooltip/popover nesting orders. Trace the tooltip and popover overlay behavior, then verify that the outer overlay remains correctly positioned in each case using the same example.

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Tech stack
bootstrap, r
Domain
frontend
Issue type
Bug
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Estimated time
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Newbie friendliness
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