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Navs and tabs
Documentation and examples for how to use Bootstrap’s included navigation components.
Base nav
Navigation available in Bootstrap share general markup and styles, from the base .nav class to the active and disabled states. Swap modifier classes to switch between each style.
<ul class="nav">
<li class="nav-item">
<a class="nav-link active" aria-current="page" 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="#" tabindex="-1">Disabled</a>
</li>
</ul>Classes are used throughout, so your markup can be super flexible. Use <ul>s like above, <ol> if the order of your items is important, or roll your own with a <nav> element. Because the .nav uses display: flex, the nav links behave the same as nav items would, but without the extra markup.
<nav class="nav">
<a class="nav-link active" aria-current="page" href="#">Active</a>
<a class="nav-link" href="#">Link</a>
<a class="nav-link" href="#">Link</a>
<a class="nav-link disabled" href="#" tabindex="-1">Disabled</a>
</nav>Available styles
Change the style of .navs component with modifiers and utilities. Mix and match as needed, or build your own.
Horizontal alignment
Centered with .justify-content-center:
<ul class="nav justify-content-center">
<li class="nav-item">
<a class="nav-link active" aria-current="page" 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="#" tabindex="-1">Disabled</a>
</li>
</ul>Right-aligned with .justify-content-end:
<ul class="nav justify-content-end">
<li class="nav-item">
<a class="nav-link active" aria-current="page" 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="#" tabindex="-1">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">
<li class="nav-item">
<a class="nav-link active" aria-current="page" 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="#" tabindex="-1">Disabled</a>
</li>
</ul>As always, vertical navigation is possible without <ul>s, too.
<nav class="nav flex-column">
<a class="nav-link active" aria-current="page" href="#">Active</a>
<a class="nav-link" href="#">Link</a>
<a class="nav-link" href="#">Link</a>
<a class="nav-link disabled" href="#" tabindex="-1">Disabled</a>
</nav>Tabs
Takes the basic nav from above and adds the .nav-tabs class to generate a tabbed interface. Use them to create tabbable regions with our tab JavaScript plugin.
<ul class="nav nav-tabs">
<li class="nav-item">
<a class="nav-link active" aria-current="page" 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="#" tabindex="-1">Disabled</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" aria-current="page" 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="#" tabindex="-1">Disabled</a>
</li>
</ul>Fill and justify
Force your .nav’s contents to extend the full available width one of two modifier classes. 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" aria-current="page" href="#">Active</a>
</li>
<li class="nav-item">
<a class="nav-link" href="#">Much 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="#" tabindex="-1">Disabled</a>
</li>
</ul>When using a <nav>-based navigation, you can safely omit .nav-item as only .nav-link is required for styling <a> elements.
<nav class="nav nav-pills nav-fill">
<a class="nav-link active" aria-current="page" href="#">Active</a>
<a class="nav-link" href="#">Much longer nav link</a>
<a class="nav-link" href="#">Link</a>
<a class="nav-link disabled" href="#" tabindex="-1">Disabled</a>
</nav>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" aria-current="page" href="#">Active</a>
<a class="flex-sm-fill text-sm-center nav-link" href="#">Longer nav 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="#" tabindex="-1">Disabled</a>
</nav>Using dropdowns
Add dropdown menus with a little extra HTML and the dropdowns JavaScript plugin.
Tabs with dropdowns
<ul class="nav nav-tabs">
<li class="nav-item">
<a class="nav-link active" aria-current="page" href="#">Active</a>
</li>
<li class="nav-item dropdown">
<a class="nav-link dropdown-toggle" data-bs-toggle="dropdown" href="#" role="button" aria-expanded="false">Dropdown</a>
<ul class="dropdown-menu">
<li><a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Action</a></li>
<li><a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Another action</a></li>
<li><a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Something else here</a></li>
<li><hr class="dropdown-divider"></li>
<li><a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Separated link</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="nav-item">
<a class="nav-link" href="#">Link</a>
</li>
<li class="nav-item">
<a class="nav-link disabled" href="#" tabindex="-1">Disabled</a>
</li>
</ul>Pills with dropdowns
<ul class="nav nav-pills">
<li class="nav-item">
<a class="nav-link active" aria-current="page" href="#">Active</a>
</li>
<li class="nav-item dropdown">
<a class="nav-link dropdown-toggle" data-bs-toggle="dropdown" href="#" role="button" aria-expanded="false">Dropdown</a>
<ul class="dropdown-menu">
<li><a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Action</a></li>
<li><a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Another action</a></li>
<li><a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Something else here</a></li>
<li><hr class="dropdown-divider"></li>
<li><a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Separated link</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="nav-item">
<a class="nav-link" href="#">Link</a>
</li>
<li class="nav-item">
<a class="nav-link disabled" href="#" tabindex="-1">Disabled</a>
</li>
</ul>