def _init_tools(self, element, callbacks=[]):
        """
        Processes the list of tools to be supplied to the plot.
        """
        tooltips, hover_opts = self._hover_opts(element)
        tooltips = [(ttp.pprint_label, '@{%s}' % util.dimension_sanitizer(ttp.name))
                    if isinstance(ttp, Dimension) else ttp for ttp in tooltips]
        if not tooltips: tooltips = None

        callbacks = callbacks+self.callbacks
        cb_tools, tool_names = [], []
        hover = False
        for cb in callbacks:
            for handle in cb.models+cb.extra_models:
                if handle and handle in known_tools:
                    tool_names.append(handle)
                    if handle == 'hover':
                        tool = tools.HoverTool(
                            tooltips=tooltips, tags=['hv_created'],
                            **hover_opts)
                        hover = tool
                    else:
                        tool = known_tools[handle]()
                    cb_tools.append(tool)
                    self.handles[handle] = tool

        tool_list = [
            t for t in cb_tools + self.default_tools + self.tools
            if t not in tool_names]

        copied_tools = []
        for tool in tool_list:
            if isinstance(tool, tools.Tool):
                properties = tool.properties_with_values(include_defaults=False)
                tool = type(tool)(**properties)
            copied_tools.append(tool)

        hover_tools = [t for t in copied_tools if isinstance(t, tools.HoverTool)]
        if 'hover' in copied_tools:
            hover = tools.HoverTool(tooltips=tooltips, tags=['hv_created'], **hover_opts)
            copied_tools[copied_tools.index('hover')] = hover
        elif any(hover_tools):
            hover = hover_tools[0]
        if hover:
            self.handles['hover'] = hover
        return copied_tools