---
title: "popover(isPresented:attachmentAnchor:arrowEdge:content:)"
framework: swiftui
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Method
path: "swiftui/view/popover(ispresented:attachmentanchor:arrowedge:content:)"
---

# popover(isPresented:attachmentAnchor:arrowEdge:content:)

Presents a popover when a given condition is true.

## Declaration

```swift
nonisolated func popover<Content>(isPresented: Binding<Bool>, attachmentAnchor: PopoverAttachmentAnchor = .rect(.bounds), arrowEdge: Edge? = nil, @ContentBuilder content: @escaping () -> Content) -> some View where Content : View

```

## Parameters

- `isPresented`: A binding to a Boolean value that determines whether to present the popover content that you return from the modifier’s content closure.
- `attachmentAnchor`: The positioning anchor that defines the attachment point of the popover. The default is doc://com.apple.SwiftUI/documentation/SwiftUI/Anchor/Source/bounds.
- `arrowEdge`: The edge of the attachmentAnchor that defines the location of the popover’s arrow. The default is nil, which results in the system allowing any arrow edge.
- `content`: A closure returning the content of the popover.

## Discussion

Discussion Use this method to show a popover with contents that are a SwiftUI view, which you provide when a bound Boolean variable is true. In the example below, a popover displays whenever the user toggles the isShowingPopover state variable by pressing the “Show Popover” button: struct PopoverExample: View {     @State private var isShowingPopover = false

var body: some View {         Button("Show Popover") {             self.isShowingPopover = true         }         .popover(isPresented: $isShowingPopover) {             Text("Popover Content")                 .padding()         }     } }

important: Prior to iOS 18.1, the popover arrow edge was not respected. Apps that are re-compiled with the iOS 18.1 or later SDK or visionOS 2.1 or later SDK and run on iOS 18.1 or later or visionOS 2.1 or later have the arrow edge respected. On macOS, arrow edge has always been respected. Alternatively, to allow the system to choose the best orientation of the popover’s arrow, use the View/popover(isPresented:attachmentAnchor:content:) variant. On iPhone, popovers adapt into sheets. In vertically compact environments, such as iPhone in landscape orientation, a popover presentation automatically adapts to appear as a full-screen cover. Use the presentationCompactAdaptation(_:) or presentationCompactAdaptation(horizontal:vertical:) modifier to override this behavior. Breakthrough effect In visionOS, most system presentations appear with a breakthrough effect by default. To change how the enclosing presentation breaks through content occluding it, use presentationBreakthroughEffect(_:), like in the following example: .popover(isPresented: $isShowingPopover) {     Text("Popover Content")         .padding()         .presentationBreakthroughEffect(.prominent) }

## See Also

### Showing a sheet, cover, or popover

- [sheet(isPresented:onDismiss:content:)](swiftui/view/sheet(ispresented:ondismiss:content:).md)
- [sheet(item:onDismiss:content:)](swiftui/view/sheet(item:ondismiss:content:).md)
- [fullScreenCover(isPresented:onDismiss:content:)](swiftui/view/fullscreencover(ispresented:ondismiss:content:).md)
- [fullScreenCover(item:onDismiss:content:)](swiftui/view/fullscreencover(item:ondismiss:content:).md)
- [popover(item:attachmentAnchor:arrowEdge:content:)](swiftui/view/popover(item:attachmentanchor:arrowedge:content:).md)
- [PopoverAttachmentAnchor](swiftui/popoverattachmentanchor.md)