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Navs

Bootstrap Navs

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Documentation and examples for how to use Bootstrap’s included navigation components.

Base nav

The available Navigation Methods in Bootstrap share general markup and styles, from the base .nav class to the active and disabled states. Just swap modifier classes to switch between each style.

The base .nav component is built with flexbox and provides a strong foundation for building all types of navigation components. It includes some style overrides (for working with lists), some link padding for larger hit areas, and basic disabled styling.

The base .nav component does not include any .active state. The following examples include the class, mainly to demonstrate that this particular class does not trigger any special styling. 



        <ul class="nav grey lighten-4 py-4">
          <li class="nav-item">
            <a class="nav-link active" href="#!">Active</a>
          </li>
          <li class="nav-item">
            <a class="nav-link" href="#!">Link</a>
          </li>
          <li class="nav-item">
            <a class="nav-link" href="#!">Link</a>
          </li>
          <li class="nav-item">
            <a class="nav-link disabled" href="#!">Disabled</a>
          </li>
        </ul>

Classes are used throughout, so your markup can be super flexible. Use ul's like above, or roll your own with say a .nav element. Because the .nav class uses display: flex, the nav links behave the same as nav items would, but without the extra markup. 


        <nav class="nav grey lighten-4 py-4">
          <a class="nav-link active" href="#">Active</a>
          <a class="nav-link" href="#">Link</a>
          <a class="nav-link" href="#">Link</a>
          <a class="nav-link disabled" href="#">Disabled</a>
        </nav>

Available styles

You can change the style of .nav's component with modifiers and utilities. Just mix and match as needed, or build your own.

Horizontal alignment

You may change the horizontal alignment of your nav with flexbox utilities. By default, navs are left-aligned, but you can easily change them to center or right aligned.

Centered with .justify-content-center:



        <ul class="nav justify-content-center grey lighten-4 py-4">
          <li class="nav-item">
            <a class="nav-link active" href="#!">Active</a>
          </li>
          <li class="nav-item">
            <a class="nav-link" href="#!">Link</a>
          </li>
          <li class="nav-item">
            <a class="nav-link" href="#!">Link</a>
          </li>
          <li class="nav-item">
            <a class="nav-link disabled" href="#!">Disabled</a>
          </li>
        </ul>

Right-aligned with .justify-content-end:



        <ul class="nav justify-content-end grey lighten-4 py-4">
          <li class="nav-item">
            <a class="nav-link active" href="#!">Active</a>
          </li>
          <li class="nav-item">
            <a class="nav-link" href="#!">Link</a>
          </li>
          <li class="nav-item">
            <a class="nav-link" href="#!">Link</a>
          </li>
          <li class="nav-item">
            <a class="nav-link disabled" href="#!">Disabled</a>
          </li>
        </ul>

Vertical

Stack your navigation by changing the flex item direction with the .flex-column utility. Need to stack them on some viewports but not others? Use the responsive versions (e.g., .flex-sm-column ).



        <ul class="nav flex-column grey lighten-4 py-4">
          <li class="nav-item">
            <a class="nav-link active" href="#!">Active</a>
          </li>
          <li class="nav-item">
            <a class="nav-link" href="#!">Link</a>
          </li>
          <li class="nav-item">
            <a class="nav-link" href="#!">Link</a>
          </li>
          <li class="nav-item">
            <a class="nav-link disabled" href="#!">Disabled</a>
          </li>
        </ul>

As always, vertical navigation is possible without <ul>s, too.



        <nav class="nav flex-column blue lighten-5 py-4">
          <a class="nav-link active" href="#">Active</a>
          <a class="nav-link" href="#">Link</a>
          <a class="nav-link" href="#">Link</a>
          <a class="nav-link disabled" href="#">Disabled</a>
        </nav>
      



        <!-- Grid row -->
        <div class="row">

          <!-- Grid column -->
          <div class="col-md-6">

            <nav class="nav flex-column grey lighten-4 py-4 font-weight-bold">
              <a class="nav-link active" href="#">Active</a>
              <a class="nav-link" href="#">Link</a>
              <a class="nav-link" href="#">Link</a>
              <a class="nav-link disabled" href="#">Disabled</a>
            </nav>

          </div>
          <!-- Grid column -->

          <!-- Grid column -->
          <div class="col-md-6">

            <ul class="nav grey lighten-4 py-4 font-weight-bold">
              <li class="nav-item">
                <a class="nav-link active" href="#!">Active</a>
              </li>
              <li class="nav-item">
                <a class="nav-link" href="#!">Link</a>
              </li>
              <li class="nav-item">
                <a class="nav-link" href="#!">Link</a>
              </li>
              <li class="nav-item">
                <a class="nav-link disabled" href="#!">Disabled</a>
              </li>
            </ul>

          </div>
          <!-- Grid column -->

        </div>
        <!-- Grid row -->

Info notification

MDB has hundreds of colors to use within navs. Take a look here to know all the possibilities.


        <!-- Grid row -->
        <div class="row">

          <!-- Grid column -->
          <div class="col-md-4">

            <nav class="nav flex-column pink lighten-3 py-4 mb-r font-weight-bold z-depth-1">
              <a class="nav-link active white-text" href="#">Active</a>
              <a class="nav-link white-text" href="#">Link 1</a>
              <a class="nav-link white-text" href="#">Link 2</a>
              <a class="nav-link white-text" href="#">Link 3</a>
            </nav>

          </div>
          <!-- Grid column -->

          <!-- Grid column -->
          <div class="col-md-4">

            <nav class="nav flex-column amber lighten-3 py-4 mb-r font-weight-bold z-depth-1">
              <a class="nav-link active dark-grey-text" href="#">Active</a>
              <a class="nav-link dark-grey-text" href="#">Link 1</a>
              <a class="nav-link dark-grey-text" href="#">Link 2</a>
              <a class="nav-link dark-grey-text" href="#">Link 3</a>
            </nav>

          </div>
          <!-- Grid column -->

          <!-- Grid column -->
          <div class="col-md-4">

            <nav class="nav flex-column cyan lighten-3 py-4 mb-r font-weight-bold z-depth-1">
              <a class="nav-link active indigo-text" href="#">Active</a>
              <a class="nav-link indigo-text" href="#">Link 1</a>
              <a class="nav-link indigo-text" href="#">Link 2</a>
              <a class="nav-link indigo-text" href="#">Link 3</a>
            </nav>

          </div>
          <!-- Grid column -->

        </div>
        <!-- Grid row -->
      


        .nav a.white-text:hover {
        color: #e0e0e0!important;
        }
        .nav a.dark-grey-text:hover {
        color: #78909c!important;
        }
        .nav a.indigo-text:hover {
        color: #7986cb!important;
        }
      


        <!-- Grid row -->
        <div class="row">

          <!-- Grid column -->
          <div class="col-md-6">

            <ul class="nav peach-gradient lighten-3 py-4 mb-4 font-weight-bold z-depth-1">
              <li class="nav-item">
                <a class="nav-link active white-text" href="#!">Active</a>
              </li>
              <li class="nav-item">
                <a class="nav-link white-text" href="#!">Link</a>
              </li>
              <li class="nav-item">
                <a class="nav-link white-text" href="#!">Link</a>
              </li>
              <li class="nav-item">
                <a class="nav-link white-text" href="#!">Link</a>
              </li>
            </ul>

            <ul class="nav purple-gradient py-4 mb-4 mb-md-0 font-weight-bold z-depth-1">
              <li class="nav-item">
                <a class="nav-link active white-text" href="#!">Active</a>
              </li>
              <li class="nav-item">
                <a class="nav-link white-text" href="#!">Link</a>
              </li>
              <li class="nav-item">
                <a class="nav-link white-text" href="#!">Link</a>
              </li>
              <li class="nav-item">
                <a class="nav-link white-text" href="#!">Link</a>
              </li>
            </ul>

          </div>
          <!-- Grid column -->

          <!-- Grid column -->
          <div class="col-md-6">

            <ul class="nav aqua-gradient py-4 mb-4 font-weight-bold z-depth-1">
              <li class="nav-item">
                <a class="nav-link active white-text" href="#!">Active</a>
              </li>
              <li class="nav-item">
                <a class="nav-link white-text" href="#!">Link</a>
              </li>
              <li class="nav-item">
                <a class="nav-link white-text" href="#!">Link</a>
              </li>
              <li class="nav-item">
                <a class="nav-link white-text" href="#!">Link</a>
              </li>
            </ul>

            <ul class="nav blue-gradient py-4 mb-md-0 mb-4 font-weight-bold z-depth-1">
              <li class="nav-item">
                <a class="nav-link active white-text" href="#!">Active</a>
              </li>
              <li class="nav-item">
                <a class="nav-link white-text" href="#!">Link</a>
              </li>
              <li class="nav-item">
                <a class="nav-link white-text" href="#!">Link</a>
              </li>
              <li class="nav-item">
                <a class="nav-link white-text" href="#!">Link</a>
              </li>
            </ul>

          </div>
          <!-- Grid column -->

        </div>
        <!-- Grid row -->
      

        .nav a.white-text:hover {
        color: #e0e0e0!important;
        }

Tabs

Takes the basic nav from above and adds the .nav-tabs class to generate a tabbed interface. 



        <ul class="nav nav-tabs">
          <li class="nav-item">
            <a class="nav-link active" href="#">Active</a>
          </li>
          <li class="nav-item">
            <a class="nav-link" href="#">Link</a>
          </li>
          <li class="nav-item">
            <a class="nav-link" href="#">Link</a>
          </li>
          <li class="nav-item">
            <a class="nav-link disabled" href="#">Disabled</a>
          </li>
        </ul>

MDB Tabs MDB Pro component

Check our documentation about tabs.



        <ul class="nav md-tabs light-blue lighten-1 mx-0 mb-0 mt-1">
          <li class="nav-item">
            <a class="nav-link active" href="#!">Active</a>
          </li>
          <li class="nav-item">
            <a class="nav-link" href="#!">Link 1</a>
          </li>
          <li class="nav-item">
            <a class="nav-link" href="#!">Link 2</a>
          </li>
          <li class="nav-item">
            <a class="nav-link" href="#!">Link 3</a>
          </li>
        </ul>

Pills

Take that same HTML, but use .nav-pills instead: 


        <ul class="nav nav-pills">
          <li class="nav-item">
            <a class="nav-link active" href="#">Active</a>
          </li>
          <li class="nav-item">
            <a class="nav-link" href="#">Link</a>
          </li>
          <li class="nav-item">
            <a class="nav-link" href="#">Link</a>
          </li>
          <li class="nav-item">
            <a class="nav-link disabled" href="#">Disabled</a>
          </li>
        </ul>

MDB Pills MDB Pro component

Check our documentation about pills.



        <ul class="nav md-pills pills-unique">
          <li class="nav-item">
            <a class="nav-link active" href="#!">Active</a>
          </li>
          <li class="nav-item">
            <a class="nav-link" href="#!">Link 1</a>
          </li>
          <li class="nav-item">
            <a class="nav-link" href="#!">Link 2</a>
          </li>
          <li class="nav-item">
            <a class="nav-link" href="#!">Link 3</a>
          </li>
        </ul>

Fill and justify

Force your .nav’s contents to extend the full available width one of two modifier classes. On order to proportionately fill all available space with your .nav-items, use .nav-fill. Notice that all horizontal space is occupied, but not every nav item has the same width. 



        <ul class="nav nav-pills nav-fill">
          <li class="nav-item">
            <a class="nav-link active" href="#">Active</a>
          </li>
          <li class="nav-item">
            <a class="nav-link" href="#">Longer nav link</a>
          </li>
          <li class="nav-item">
            <a class="nav-link" href="#">Link</a>
          </li>
          <li class="nav-item">
            <a class="nav-link disabled" href="#">Disabled</a>
          </li>
        </ul>

When using a <nav> -based navigation, be sure to include .nav-item on the anchors. 



        <nav class="nav nav-pills nav-fill">
          <a class="nav-item nav-link active" href="#">Active</a>
          <a class="nav-item nav-link" href="#">Link</a>
          <a class="nav-item nav-link" href="#">Link</a>
          <a class="nav-item nav-link disabled" href="#">Disabled</a>
        </nav>

For equal-width elements, use .nav-justified. All horizontal space will be occupied by nav links, but unlike the .nav-fill above, every nav item will be the same width. 



        <nav class="nav nav-pills nav-justified">
          <a class="nav-link active" href="#">Active</a>
          <a class="nav-link" href="#">Longer nav link</a>
          <a class="nav-link" href="#">Link</a>
          <a class="nav-link disabled" href="#">Disabled</a>
        </nav>

Similar to the .nav-fill example using a <nav>-based navigation, be sure to include .nav-item on the anchors. 



        <nav class="nav nav-pills nav-justified">
          <a class="nav-item nav-link active" href="#">Active</a>
          <a class="nav-item nav-link" href="#">Link</a>
          <a class="nav-item nav-link" href="#">Link</a>
          <a class="nav-item nav-link disabled" href="#">Disabled</a>
        </nav>

MDB Tabs justified MDB Pro component 



        <ul class="nav md-tabs nav-justified purple lighten-2 mx-0 mb-0 mt-1">
          <li class="nav-item">
            <a class="nav-link active" href="#!">Active</a>
          </li>
          <li class="nav-item">
            <a class="nav-link" href="#!">Link 1</a>
          </li>
          <li class="nav-item">
            <a class="nav-link" href="#!">Link 2</a>
          </li>
          <li class="nav-item">
            <a class="nav-link" href="#!">Link 3</a>
          </li>
        </ul>

MDB Pills justified MDB Pro component 



        <ul class="nav md-pills nav-justified">
          <li class="nav-item">
            <a class="nav-link active" href="#!">Active</a>
          </li>
          <li class="nav-item">
            <a class="nav-link" href="#!">Link 1</a>
          </li>
          <li class="nav-item">
            <a class="nav-link" href="#!">Link 2</a>
          </li>
          <li class="nav-item">
            <a class="nav-link" href="#!">Link 3</a>
          </li>
        </ul>

Working with flex utilities

If you need responsive nav variations, consider using a series of flexbox utilities. While more verbose, these utilities offer greater customization across responsive breakpoints. In the example below, our nav will be stacked on the lowest breakpoint, then adapt to a horizontal layout that fills the available width starting from the small breakpoint. 



        <nav class="nav nav-pills flex-column flex-sm-row">
          <a class="flex-sm-fill text-sm-center nav-link active" href="#">Active</a>
          <a class="flex-sm-fill text-sm-center nav-link" href="#">Link</a>
          <a class="flex-sm-fill text-sm-center nav-link" href="#">Link</a>
          <a class="flex-sm-fill text-sm-center nav-link disabled" href="#">Disabled</a>
        </nav>

Regarding accessibility

If you’re using navs to provide a navigation bar, be sure to add a role="navigation" to the most logical parent container of the <ul>, or wrap a <nav> element around the whole navigation. Do not add the role to the <ul> itself, as this would prevent it from being announced as an actual list by assistive technologies.

Note that navigation bars, even if visually styled as tabs with the .nav-tabs class, should not be given role="tablist", role="tab" or role="tabpanel" attributes. These are only appropriate for dynamic tabbed interfaces, as described in the WAI ARIA Authoring Practices . See JavaScript behavior for dynamic tabbed interfaces in this section for an example.

Using dropdowns

Tabs with dropdowns

Add dropdown menus with a little extra HTML and the dropdowns JavaScript plugin. 



        <ul class="nav nav-tabs">
          <li class="nav-item">
            <a class="nav-link active" href="#">Active</a>
          </li>
          <li class="nav-item dropdown">
            <a class="nav-link dropdown-toggle" data-toggle="dropdown" href="#" role="button" aria-haspopup="true"
              aria-expanded="false">Dropdown</a>
            <div class="dropdown-menu">
              <a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Action</a>
              <a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Another action</a>
              <a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Something else here</a>
              <div class="dropdown-divider"></div>
              <a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Separated link</a>
            </div>
          </li>
          <li class="nav-item">
            <a class="nav-link" href="#">Link</a>
          </li>
          <li class="nav-item">
            <a class="nav-link disabled" href="#">Disabled</a>
          </li>
        </ul>

MDB Tabs with dropdownMDB Pro component 



        <ul id="no-waves" class="nav md-tabs pink lighten-1 mx-0 mb-0 mt-1">
          <li class="nav-item">
            <a class="nav-link active" href="#">Active</a>
          </li>
          <li class="nav-item dropdown">
            <a class="nav-link dropdown-toggle" data-toggle="dropdown" href="#" role="button" aria-haspopup="true"
              aria-expanded="false">Dropdown</a>
            <div class="dropdown-menu dropdown-secondary">
              <a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Action</a>
              <a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Another action</a>
              <a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Something else here</a>
              <div class="dropdown-divider"></div>
              <a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Separated link</a>
            </div>
          </li>
          <li class="nav-item">
            <a class="nav-link" href="#!">Link 1</a>
          </li>
          <li class="nav-item">
            <a class="nav-link" href="#!">Link 2</a>
          </li>
        </ul>

      

        .md-tabs .nav-item.show .nav-link {
         background-color: transparent;
         color: #fff;
        }
      

        $(document).ready(function() {
         $('#no-waves .dropdown').removeClass('waves-effect');
        });

Pills with dropdowns

    MDB Pills with dropdown MDB Pro component 

    

        <ul class="nav md-pills nav-justified pills-danger">
          <li class="nav-item">
            <a class="nav-link active " href="#">Active</a>
          </li>
          <li class="nav-item dropdown">
            <a class="nav-link dropdown-toggle" data-toggle="dropdown" href="#" role="button" aria-haspopup="true"
              aria-expanded="false">Dropdown</a>
            <div class="dropdown-menu">
              <a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Action</a>
              <a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Another action</a>
              <a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Something else here</a>
              <div class="dropdown-divider"></div>
              <a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Separated link</a>
            </div>
          </li>
          <li class="nav-item">
            <a class="nav-link" href="#!">Link 1</a>
          </li>
          <li class="nav-item">
            <a class="nav-link" href="#!">Link 2</a>
          </li>
        </ul>

    JavaScript behavior

    Use the tab JavaScript plugin — you may include it individually or through the compiled bootstrap.js file — to extend our navigational tabs and pills to create tabbable panes of local content, even via dropdown menus.

    Dynamic tabbed interfaces, as described in the WAI ARIA Authoring Practices, require role="tablist", role="tab" or role="tabpanel", and additional aria- attributes in order to convey their structure, functionality and current state to users of assistive technologies (such as screen readers).

    Note that dynamic tabbed interfaces should not contain dropdown menus, as this causes both usability and accessibility issues. From a usability perspective, the fact that the currently displayed tab’s trigger element is not immediately visible (as it’s inside the closed dropdown menu) may cause confusion. From an accessibility point of view, there is currently no sensible way to map this sort of construct to a standard WAI ARIA pattern, meaning that it cannot be easily made understandable to users of assistive technologies.

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        <ul class="nav nav-tabs" id="myTab" role="tablist">
          <li class="nav-item">
            <a class="nav-link active" id="home-tab" data-toggle="tab" href="#home" role="tab" aria-controls="home"
              aria-selected="true">Home</a>
          </li>
          <li class="nav-item">
            <a class="nav-link" id="profile-tab" data-toggle="tab" href="#profile" role="tab" aria-controls="profile"
              aria-selected="false">Profile</a>
          </li>
          <li class="nav-item">
            <a class="nav-link" id="contact-tab" data-toggle="tab" href="#contact" role="tab" aria-controls="contact"
              aria-selected="false">Contact</a>
          </li>
        </ul>
        <div class="tab-content" id="myTabContent">
          <div class="tab-pane fade show active" id="home" role="tabpanel" aria-labelledby="home-tab">...</div>
          <div class="tab-pane fade" id="profile" role="tabpanel" aria-labelledby="profile-tab">...</div>
          <div class="tab-pane fade" id="contact" role="tabpanel" aria-labelledby="contact-tab">...</div>
        </div>

    To help fit your needs, this works with <ul>-based markup, as shown above, or with any arbitrary “roll your own” markup. Note that if you’re using <nav>, you shouldn’t add role="tablist" directly to it, as this would override the element’s native role as a navigation landmark. Instead, switch to an alternative element (in the example below, a simple <div>) and wrap the <div> around it.

    

        <nav>
          <div class="nav nav-tabs" id="nav-tab" role="tablist">
            <a class="nav-item nav-link active" id="nav-home-tab" data-toggle="tab" href="#nav-home" role="tab"
              aria-controls="nav-home" aria-selected="true">Home</a>
            <a class="nav-item nav-link" id="nav-profile-tab" data-toggle="tab" href="#nav-profile" role="tab"
              aria-controls="nav-profile" aria-selected="false">Profile</a>
            <a class="nav-item nav-link" id="nav-contact-tab" data-toggle="tab" href="#nav-contact" role="tab"
              aria-controls="nav-contact" aria-selected="false">Contact</a>
          </div>
        </nav>
        <div class="tab-content" id="nav-tabContent">
          <div class="tab-pane fade show active" id="nav-home" role="tabpanel" aria-labelledby="nav-home-tab">...</div>
          <div class="tab-pane fade" id="nav-profile" role="tabpanel" aria-labelledby="nav-profile-tab">...</div>
          <div class="tab-pane fade" id="nav-contact" role="tabpanel" aria-labelledby="nav-contact-tab">...</div>
        </div>

    The tabs plugin also works with pills.

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        <ul class="nav nav-pills mb-3" id="pills-tab" role="tablist">
          <li class="nav-item">
            <a class="nav-link active" id="pills-home-tab" data-toggle="pill" href="#pills-home" role="tab"
              aria-controls="pills-home" aria-selected="true">Home</a>
          </li>
          <li class="nav-item">
            <a class="nav-link" id="pills-profile-tab" data-toggle="pill" href="#pills-profile" role="tab"
              aria-controls="pills-profile" aria-selected="false">Profile</a>
          </li>
          <li class="nav-item">
            <a class="nav-link" id="pills-contact-tab" data-toggle="pill" href="#pills-contact" role="tab"
              aria-controls="pills-contact" aria-selected="false">Contact</a>
          </li>
        </ul>
        <div class="tab-content" id="pills-tabContent">
          <div class="tab-pane fade show active" id="pills-home" role="tabpanel" aria-labelledby="pills-home-tab">...</div>
          <div class="tab-pane fade" id="pills-profile" role="tabpanel" aria-labelledby="pills-profile-tab">...</div>
          <div class="tab-pane fade" id="pills-contact" role="tabpanel" aria-labelledby="pills-contact-tab">...</div>
        </div>

    And with vertical pills.

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        <div class="row">
          <div class="col-3">
            <div class="nav flex-column nav-pills" id="v-pills-tab" role="tablist" aria-orientation="vertical">
              <a class="nav-link active" id="v-pills-home-tab" data-toggle="pill" href="#v-pills-home" role="tab"
                aria-controls="v-pills-home" aria-selected="true">Home</a>
              <a class="nav-link" id="v-pills-profile-tab" data-toggle="pill" href="#v-pills-profile" role="tab"
                aria-controls="v-pills-profile" aria-selected="false">Profile</a>
              <a class="nav-link" id="v-pills-messages-tab" data-toggle="pill" href="#v-pills-messages" role="tab"
                aria-controls="v-pills-messages" aria-selected="false">Messages</a>
              <a class="nav-link" id="v-pills-settings-tab" data-toggle="pill" href="#v-pills-settings" role="tab"
                aria-controls="v-pills-settings" aria-selected="false">Settings</a>
            </div>
          </div>
          <div class="col-9">
            <div class="tab-content" id="v-pills-tabContent">
              <div class="tab-pane fade show active" id="v-pills-home" role="tabpanel" aria-labelledby="v-pills-home-tab">...</div>
              <div class="tab-pane fade" id="v-pills-profile" role="tabpanel" aria-labelledby="v-pills-profile-tab">...</div>
              <div class="tab-pane fade" id="v-pills-messages" role="tabpanel" aria-labelledby="v-pills-messages-tab">...</div>
              <div class="tab-pane fade" id="v-pills-settings" role="tabpanel" aria-labelledby="v-pills-settings-tab">...</div>
            </div>
          </div>
        </div>

    Using data attributes

    You can activate a tab or pill navigation without writing any JavaScript by simply specifying data-toggle="tab" or data-toggle="pill" on an element. You can use these data attributes on .nav-tabs or .nav-pills.

    

        <!-- Nav tabs -->
        <ul class="nav nav-tabs" id="myTab" role="tablist">
          <li class="nav-item">
            <a class="nav-link active" id="home-tab" data-toggle="tab" href="#home" role="tab" aria-controls="home"
              aria-selected="true">Home</a>
          </li>
          <li class="nav-item">
            <a class="nav-link" id="profile-tab" data-toggle="tab" href="#profile" role="tab" aria-controls="profile"
              aria-selected="false">Profile</a>
          </li>
          <li class="nav-item">
            <a class="nav-link" id="messages-tab" data-toggle="tab" href="#messages" role="tab" aria-controls="messages"
              aria-selected="false">Messages</a>
          </li>
          <li class="nav-item">
            <a class="nav-link" id="settings-tab" data-toggle="tab" href="#settings" role="tab" aria-controls="settings"
              aria-selected="false">Settings</a>
          </li>
        </ul>

        <!-- Tab panes -->
        <div class="tab-content">
          <div class="tab-pane active" id="home" role="tabpanel" aria-labelledby="home-tab">...</div>
          <div class="tab-pane" id="profile" role="tabpanel" aria-labelledby="profile-tab">...</div>
          <div class="tab-pane" id="messages" role="tabpanel" aria-labelledby="messages-tab">...</div>
          <div class="tab-pane" id="settings" role="tabpanel" aria-labelledby="settings-tab">...</div>
        </div>

    Via JavaScript

    Enable tabbable tabs via JavaScript (each tab needs to be activated individually):

    
        $('#myTab a').on('click', function (e) {
        e.preventDefault()
        $(this).tab('show')
        })

    You can activate individual tabs in several ways:

    
        $('#myTab a[href="#profile"]').tab('show') // Select tab by name
        $('#myTab li:first-child a').tab('show') // Select first tab
        $('#myTab li:last-child a').tab('show') // Select last tab
        $('#myTab li:nth-child(3) a').tab('show') // Select third tab

    Fade effect

    To make tabs fade in, add to each .tab-pane. The first tab pane must also have .show to make the initial content visible.

    

        <div class="tab-content">
          <div class="tab-pane fade show active" id="home" role="tabpanel" aria-labelledby="home-tab">...</div>
          <div class="tab-pane fade" id="profile" role="tabpanel" aria-labelledby="profile-tab">...</div>
          <div class="tab-pane fade" id="messages" role="tabpanel" aria-labelledby="messages-tab">...</div>
          <div class="tab-pane fade" id="settings" role="tabpanel" aria-labelledby="settings-tab">...</div>
        </div>

    Methods

    Asynchronous methods and transitions

    All API methods are asynchronous and start a transition. They return to the caller as soon as the transition is started but before it ends. Note that, a method call on a transitioning component will be ignored.

    $().tab

    Activates a tab element and content container. The tab should have either a data-target or an href targeting a container node in the DOM.

    

        <ul class="nav nav-tabs" id="myTab" role="tablist">
          <li class="nav-item">
            <a class="nav-link active" id="home-tab" data-toggle="tab" href="#home" role="tab" aria-controls="home"
              aria-selected="true">Home</a>
          </li>
          <li class="nav-item">
            <a class="nav-link" id="profile-tab" data-toggle="tab" href="#profile" role="tab" aria-controls="profile"
              aria-selected="false">Profile</a>
          </li>
          <li class="nav-item">
            <a class="nav-link" id="messages-tab" data-toggle="tab" href="#messages" role="tab" aria-controls="messages"
              aria-selected="false">Messages</a>
          </li>
          <li class="nav-item">
            <a class="nav-link" id="settings-tab" data-toggle="tab" href="#settings" role="tab" aria-controls="settings"
              aria-selected="false">Settings</a>
          </li>
        </ul>

        <div class="tab-content">
          <div class="tab-pane active" id="home" role="tabpanel" aria-labelledby="home-tab">...</div>
          <div class="tab-pane" id="profile" role="tabpanel" aria-labelledby="profile-tab">...</div>
          <div class="tab-pane" id="messages" role="tabpanel" aria-labelledby="messages-tab">...</div>
          <div class="tab-pane" id="settings" role="tabpanel" aria-labelledby="settings-tab">...</div>
        </div>

      
    

        $(function () {
          $('#myTab li:last-child a').tab('show')
        })

    .tab('show')

    Selects the given tab and shows its associated pane. Any other tab that was previously selected becomes unselected and its associated pane is hidden. It returns to the caller before the tab pane has actually been shown (i.e. before the shown.bs.tab event occurs).

    
        $('#someTab').tab('show')

    .tab('dispose')

    Destroys an element’s tab..

    
        $('#someTab').tab('show')

    Events

    When showing a new tab, the events fire in the following order:

    1. hide.bs.tab (on the current active tab)
    2. show.bs.tab (on the to-be-shown tab)
    3. hidden.bs.tab (on the previous active tab, the same one as for the hide.bs.tab event)
    4. shown.bs.tab (on the newly-active just-shown tab, the same one as for the show.bs.tab event)

    If no tab was already active, then the hide.bs.tab and hidden.bs.tab events will not be fired.

    Event Type Description
    show.bs.tab This event fires on tab show, but before the new tab has been shown. Use event.target and event.relatedTarget to target the active tab and the previous active tab (if available) respectively.
    shown.bs.tab This event fires on tab show after a tab has been shown. Use event.target and event.relatedTarget to target the active tab and the previous active tab (if available) respectively.
    hide.bs.tab This event fires when a new tab is to be shown (and thus the previous active tab is to be hidden). Use event.target and event.relatedTarget to target the current active tab and the new soon-to-be-active tab, respectively.
    hidden.bs.tab This event fires after a new tab is shown (and thus the previous active tab is hidden). Use event.target and event.relatedTarget to target the previous active tab and the new active tab, respectively. 
    
        $('a[data-toggle="tab"]').on('shown.bs.tab', function (e) {
        e.target // newly activated tab
        e.relatedTarget // previous active tab
        })
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    Legend:

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    scss/
    |
    |-- core/
    |   |
    |   |-- bootstrap/
    |   |	|-- _functions.scss
    |   |	|-- _variables.scss
    |   |
    |   |-- _colors.scss
    |   |-- _global.scss
    |   |-- _helpers.scss
    |   |-- _masks.scss
    |   |-- _mixins.scss
    |   |-- _typography.scss
    |   |-- _variables.scss
    |   |-- _waves.scss
    |
    |-- free/
    |   |-- _animations-basic.scss --> none
    |   |-- _animations-extended.scss --> _animations-basic.scss
    |   |-- _buttons.scss --> none
    |   |-- _cards.scss --> none <_buttons.scss>
    |   |-- _dropdowns.scss --> none <_buttons.scss>
    |   |-- _input-group.scss --> _forms.scss, _buttons.scss, _dropdowns.scss
    |   |-- _navbars.scss --> none <_buttons.scss, _forms.scss, _input-group.scss>
    |   |-- _pagination.scss --> none
    |   |-- _badges.scss --> none
    |   |-- _modals.scss --> _buttons.scss, _forms.scss (PRO --> _tabs.scss)
    |   |-- _carousels.scss --> <_buttons.scss>
    |   |-- _forms.scss --> none
    |   |-- _msc.scss --> none <_buttons.scss, _forms.scss, _cards.scss>
    |   |-- _footers.scss none <_buttons.scss> (PRO: )
    |   |-- _list-group.scss --> none
    |   |-- _tables.scss --> none (PRO: _material-select.scss, pro/_forms.scss, _checkbox.scss, pro/_buttons.scss, pro/_cards.scss, _pagination.scss, pro/_msc.scss)
    |   |-- _depreciated.scss
    |
    |-- pro/
    |   |
    |   |-- picker/
    |   |   |-- _default.scss --> none
    |   |   |-- _default-time.scss --> _default.scss, free/_forms.scss, free/_buttons.scss, pro/_buttons.scss, free/_cards.scss
    |   |   |-- _default-date.scss --> _default.scss, free/_forms.scss
    |   |
    |   |-- sections/
    |   |   |-- _templates.scss --> _sidenav.scss
    |   |   |-- _social.scss --> free/_cards.scss, free/ _forms.scss, free/_buttons.scss, pro/_buttons.scss,
    |   |   |-- _team.scss --> free/_buttons.scss, pro/_buttons.scss, free/_cards.scss, pro/_cards.scss
    |   |   |-- _testimonials.scss --> free/_carousels.scss, pro/_carousels.scss, free/_buttons.scss, pro/_buttons.scss
    |   |   |-- _magazine.scss --> _badges.scss
    |   |   |-- _pricing.scss --> free/_buttons.scss, pro/_buttons.scss
    |   |   |-- _contacts.scss --> free/_forms.scss, pro/_forms.scss, free/_buttons.scss, pro/_buttons.scss
    |   |
    |   |-- _variables.scss
    |   |-- _buttons.scss --> free/_buttons.scss, pro/_msc.scss, _checkbox.scss, _radio.scss
    |   |-- _social-buttons.scss --> free/_buttons.scss, pro/_buttons.scss
    |   |-- _tabs.scss --> _cards.scss
    |   |-- _cards.scss --> free/_cards.scss <_buttons.scss, _social-buttons.scss>
    |   |-- _dropdowns.scss --> free/_dropdowns.scss, free/_buttons.scss
    |   |-- _navbars.scss --> free/_navbars.scss  (PRO: )
    |   |-- _scrollspy.scss --> none
    |   |-- _lightbox.scss --> none
    |   |-- _chips.scss --> none
    |   |-- _msc.scss --> none
    |   |-- _forms.scss --> none
    |   |-- _radio.scss --> none
    |   |-- _checkbox.scss --> none
    |   |-- _material-select.scss --> none
    |   |-- _switch.scss --> none
    |   |-- _file-input.scss --> free/_forms.scss, free/_buttons.scss
    |   |-- _range.scss --> none
    |   |-- _input-group.scss --> free/_input-group.scss and the same what free input group, _checkbox.scss, _radio.scss
    |   |-- _autocomplete.scss --> free/_forms.scss
    |   |-- _accordion.scss --> pro/_animations.scss, free/_cards.scss
    |   |-- _parallax.scss --> none
    |   |-- _sidenav.scss --> free/_forms.scss, pro/_animations.scss, sections/_templates.scss
    |   |-- _ecommerce.scss --> free/_cards.scss, pro/_cards.scss, free/_buttons.scss, pro/_buttons.scss, pro/_msc.scss
    |   |-- _carousels.scss --> free/_carousels.scss, free/_cards.scss, free/_buttons.scss 
    |   |-- _steppers.scss --> free/_buttons.scss
    |   |-- _blog.scss --> none
    |   |-- _toasts.scss --> free/_buttons.scss
    |   |-- _animations.scss --> none
    |   |-- _charts.scss --> none
    |   |-- _progress.scss --> none
    |   |-- _scrollbar.scss --> none
    |   |-- _skins.scss --> none
    |   |-- _depreciated.scss
    |
    `-- _custom-skin.scss
    `-- _custom-styles.scss
    `-- _custom-variables.scss
    `-- mdb.scss

    Map of dependencies of JavaScript modules in MDBootstrap:

    
    Legend:

    '-->' means 'required'

    All files require jQuery and bootstrap.js

    js/
    ├── dist/
    │   ├── buttons.js
    │   ├── cards.js
    │   ├── character-counter.js
    │   ├── chips.js
    │   ├── collapsible.js --> vendor/velocity.js
    │   ├── dropdown.js --> Popper.js, jquery.easing.js
    │   ├── file-input.js
    │   ├── forms-free.js
    │   ├── material-select.js --> dropdown.js
    │   ├── mdb-autocomplete.js
    │   ├── preloading.js
    │   ├── range-input.js --> vendor/velocity.js
    │   ├── scrolling-navbar.js
    │   ├── sidenav.js --> vendor/velocity.js, vendor/hammer.js, vendor/jquery.hammer.js
    │   └── smooth-scroll.js
    ├── _intro-mdb-pro.js
    ├── modules.js
    ├── src/
    │   ├── buttons.js
    │   ├── cards.js
    │   ├── character-counter.js
    │   ├── chips.js
    │   ├── collapsible.js --> vendor/velocity.js
    │   ├── dropdown.js --> Popper.js, jquery.easing.js
    │   ├── file-input.js
    │   ├── forms-free.js
    │   ├── material-select.js --> dropdown.js
    │   ├── mdb-autocomplete.js
    │   ├── preloading.js
    │   ├── range-input.js --> vendor/velocity.js
    │   ├── scrolling-navbar.js
    │   ├── sidenav.js --> vendor/velocity.js, vendor/hammer.js, vendor/jquery.hammer.js
    │   └── smooth-scroll.js
    └── vendor/
        ├── addons/
        │   ├── datatables.js
        │   └── datatables.min.js
        ├── chart.js
        ├── enhanced-modals.js
        ├── hammer.js
        ├── jarallax.js
        ├── jarallax-video.js --> vendor/jarallax.js
        ├── jquery.easing.js
        ├── jquery.easypiechart.js
        ├── jquery.hammer.js --> vendor/hammer.js
        ├── jquery.sticky.js
        ├── lightbox.js
        ├── picker-date.js --> vendor/picker.js
        ├── picker.js
        ├── picker-time.js --> vendor/picker.js
        ├── scrollbar.js
        ├── scrolling-navbar.js
        ├── toastr.js
        ├── velocity.js
        ├── waves.js
        └── wow.js

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