Bootstrap JS Tab
Tab CSS Classes
Tabs are used to separate content into different panes where each pane is viewable one at a time.
For a tutorial about Tabs, read our Bootstrap Tabs/Pills Tutorial.
| Class | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|
.nav nav-tabs |
Creates navigation tabs | Try it |
.nav nav-pills |
Creates navigation pills | Try it |
.nav-item |
Creates tab items | Try it |
.nav-link |
Styles links inside the navigation tab | Try it |
.nav-justified |
Makes navigation tabs/pills equal widths of their parent, at screens wider than 768px. On smaller screens, the nav tabs are stacked | Try it |
.tab-content |
Together with .tab-pane and data-toggle="tab", it makes the tab toggleable | Try it |
.tab-pane |
Together with .tab-content and data-toggle="tab", it makes the tab toggleable | Try it |
Via data-* Attributes
Add data-toggle="tab" to each tab, and add a .tab-pane class with a unique ID
for every tab and wrap them in a .tab-content class.
Example
<!-- Nav tabs -->
<ul class="nav nav-tabs">
<li class="nav-item">
<a class="nav-link active" data-toggle="tab" href="#home">Home</a>
</li>
<li class="nav-item">
<a class="nav-link"
data-toggle="tab" href="#menu1">Menu 1</a>
</li>
<li
class="nav-item">
<a class="nav-link" data-toggle="tab"
href="#menu2">Menu 2</a>
</li>
</ul>
<!-- Tab panes -->
<div class="tab-content">
<div class="tab-pane active container"
id="home">...</div>
<div class="tab-pane container"
id="menu1">...</div>
<div class="tab-pane container"
id="menu2">...</div>
</div>
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Via JavaScript
Enable manually with:
Example
// Select all tabs
$('.nav-tabs a').click(function(){
$(this).tab('show');
})
// Select tab by name
$('.nav-tabs a[href="#home"]').tab('show')
// Select first tab
$('.nav-tabs a:first').tab('show')
// Select
last tab
$('.nav-tabs a:last').tab('show')
// Select fourth tab
(zero-based)
$('.nav-tabs li:eq(3) a').tab('show')
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Tab Options
| None |
Tab Methods
The following table lists all available tab methods.
| Method | Description | Try it |
|---|---|---|
| .tab("show") | Shows the tab | Try it |
Tab Events
The following table lists all available tab events.
| Event | Description | Try it |
|---|---|---|
| show.bs.tab | Occurs when the tab is about to be shown. | Try it |
| shown.bs.tab | Occurs when the tab is fully shown (after CSS transitions have completed) | Try it |
| hide.bs.tab | Occurs when the tab is about to be hidden | Try it |
| hidden.bs.tab | Occurs when the tab is fully hidden (after CSS transitions have completed) | Try it |
Tip: Use jQuery's event.target and event.relatedTarget to get the active tab and the previous active tab:
Example
$('.nav-tabs a').on('shown.bs.tab', function(event){
var x = $(event.target).text(); // active tab
var y = $(event.relatedTarget).text(); // previous tab
});
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