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:
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.