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Bootstrap 4 Navs


Nav Menus

If you want to create a simple horizontal menu, add the .nav class to a <ul> element, followed by .nav-item for each <li> and add the .nav-link class to their links:

Example

<ul class="nav">
  <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" href="#">Link</a>
  </li>
  <li class="nav-item">
    <a class="nav-link disabled" href="#">Disabled</a>
  </li>
</ul>
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Aligned Nav

Add the .justify-content-center class to center the nav, and the .justify-content-end class to right-align the nav.

Example

<!-- Centered nav -->
<ul class="nav justify-content-center">

<!-- Right-aligned nav -->
<ul class="nav justify-content-end">
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Vertical Nav

Add the .flex-column class to create a vertical nav:

Example

<ul class="nav flex-column">
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Tabs

Turn the nav menu into navigation tabs with the .nav-tabs class. Add the .active class to the active/current link. If you want the tabs to be togglable, see the last example on this page.

Example

<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>
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Pills

Turn the nav menu into navigation pills with the .nav-pills class. If you want the pills to be togglable, see the last example on this page.

Example

<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>
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Justified Tabs/pills

Justify the tabs/pills with the .nav-justified class (equal width):


Example

<ul class="nav nav-pills nav-justified">..</ul>
<ul class="nav nav-tabs nav-justified">..</ul>
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Pills with Dropdown

Example

<ul class="nav nav-pills">
  <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="#">Dropdown</a>
    <div class="dropdown-menu">
      <a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Link 1</a>
      <a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Link 2</a>
      <a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Link 3</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>
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Tabs with Dropdown

Example

<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="#">Dropdown</a>
    <div class="dropdown-menu">
      <a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Link 1</a>
      <a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Link 2</a>
      <a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Link 3</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>
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Toggleable / Dynamic Tabs

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To make the tabs toggleable, add the data-toggle="tab" attribute to each link. Then add a .tab-pane class with a unique ID for every tab and wrap them inside a <div> element with class .tab-content.

If you want the tabs to fade in and out when clicking on them, add the .fade class to .tab-pane:

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 container active" id="home">...</div>
  <div class="tab-pane container fade" id="menu1">...</div>
  <div class="tab-pane container fade" id="menu2">...</div>
</div>
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Toggleable / Dynamic Pills

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The same code applies to pills; only change the data-toggle attribute to data-toggle="pill":

Example

<!-- Nav pills -->
<ul class="nav nav-pills">
  <li class="nav-item">
    <a class="nav-link active" data-toggle="pill" href="#home">Home</a>
  </li>
  <li class="nav-item">
    <a class="nav-link" data-toggle="pill" href="#menu1">Menu 1</a>
  </li>
  <li class="nav-item">
    <a class="nav-link" data-toggle="pill" href="#menu2">Menu 2</a>
  </li>
</ul>

<!-- Tab panes -->
<div class="tab-content">
  <div class="tab-pane container active" id="home">...</div>
  <div class="tab-pane container fade" id="menu1">...</div>
  <div class="tab-pane container fade" id="menu2">...</div>
</div>
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Complete Bootstrap 4 Nav Reference

For a complete reference of all tab options, methods and events, go to our Bootstrap 4 JS Tab Reference.