var FileListView = Backbone.View.extend({ tagName: 'ul', className: 'thumbnails', render: function(){ this.$el.html(''); this.collection.forEach(this.addOne, this); //$('[id^=popover]').popover({trigger:'click'}); return this; }, addOne: function(fileItem){ var fileView = new FileView({model: fileItem}); this.$el.append(fileView.render().el); } });