None of the links are working in Bootstrap 3 Navigation Bar

Question

I have a bootstrap 3 navigation bar on my page, and I want all the links to go to different pages, but none of the links in either the navigation items, or the brand link function. When you hover over each one, it shows the link address in the bottom left hand corner still, but there are no visible changes to the page. Here is my code...

 $(document).ready(function() { // Add smooth scrolling to all links in navbar + footer link $(".navbar a, footer a[href='#myPage']").on('click', function(event) { // Prevent default anchor click behavior event.preventDefault(); // Store hash var hash = this.hash; // Using jQuery's animate() method to add smooth page scroll // The optional number (900) specifies the number of milliseconds it takes to scroll to the specified area $('html, body').animate({ scrollTop: $(hash).offset().top }, 900, function() { // Add hash (#) to URL when done scrolling (default click behavior) window.location.hash = hash; }); }); $(window).scroll(function() { $(".slideanim").each(function() { var pos = $(this).offset().top; var winTop = $(window).scrollTop(); if (pos < winTop + 600) { $(this).addClass("slide"); } }); }); }) 

 @import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Dosis'); @import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Raleway'); @import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Montserrat'); #logo { animation: slide-in 1s 1; } @keyframes slide-in { 0% { transform: translateX(-1000px); } 100% { transform: translateX(0); transform: rotate(0deg); } } @-webkit-keyframes slide-in { 0% { transform: translateX(-1000px); } 100% { transform: translateX(0px); transform: rotate(0deg); } } footer { background-color: black; } .modal-dialog { padding-top: 50%; } .html { background-color: red; border-color: crimson; } .scratch { background-color: orange; border-color: darkorange; } .python { background-color: green; border-color: darkgreen; } .kodu { background-color: turquoise; border-color: darkseagreen; } .mswlogo { background-color: white; border-color: red; } .esafety { background-color: yellow; border-color: blue; } .biggest { width: 100%; } #comingSoon { top: 100px; } #how { top: 100px; } .center { text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; } .box { border-radius: 5px; border-style: solid; border-width: thick; height: 390px; } .box:hover { box-shadow: 10px 10px 5px #888888; cursor: pointer; } .full { height: 200px; } body { font: 400 15px'Raleway', sans-serif; line-height: 1.8; color: #818181; } h2 { font-size: 24px; text-transform: uppercase; color: #303030; font-weight: 600; margin-bottom: 30px; } h4 { font-size: 19px; line-height: 1.375em; color: #303030; font-weight: 400; margin-bottom: 30px; } .jumbotron { background-color: #3399ff; color: #fff; padding: 100px 25px; font-family: 'Dosis', sans-serif; } .container-fluid { padding: 60px 50px; } .bg-grey { background-color: #f6f6f6; } .logo-small { color: #3399ff; font-size: 50px; } .logo { color: #3399ff; font-size: 200px; } .thumbnail { padding: 0 0 15px 0; border: none; border-radius: 0; } .thumbnail img { width: 100%; height: 100%; margin-bottom: 10px; } .carousel-control.right, .carousel-control.left { background-image: none; color: #3399ff; } .carousel-indicators li { border-color: #3399ff; } .carousel-indicators li.active { background-color: #3399ff; } .item h4 { font-size: 19px; line-height: 1.375em; font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; margin: 70px 0; } .item span { font-style: normal; } .panel { border: #3399ff solid 1px; border-radius: 0 !important; transition: box-shadow 0.5s; } .panel:hover { box-shadow: 5px 0 40px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); } .panel-footer .btn:hover { border: #3399ff solid 1px; background-color: #fff !important; color: #3399ff; } .panel-heading { color: #fff !important; background-color: #3399ff !important; padding: 25px; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; border-top-left-radius: 0; border-top-right-radius: 0; border-bottom-left-radius: 0; border-bottom-right-radius: 0; } .panel-footer { background-color: white !important; } .panel-footer h3 { font-size: 32px; } .panel-footer h4 { color: #aaa; font-size: 14px; } .panel-footer .btn { margin: 15px 0; background-color: #3399ff; color: #fff; } .navbar { margin-bottom: 0; background-color: #3399ff; z-index: 9999; border: 0; font-size: 12px !important; line-height: 1.42857143 !important; letter-spacing: 4px; border-radius: 0; font-family: 'Montserrat', sans-serif; text-align: center; } .navbar li a, .navbar .navbar-brand { color: #fff !important; } .navbar-nav li a:hover, .navbar-nav li.active a { color: #3399ff !important; background-color: #fff !important; } .navbar-default .navbar-toggle { border-color: transparent; color: #fff !important; } .navbar-brand { margin-top: 2px; margin-bottom: 0; padding-top: 0; padding-bottom: 0; margin-left: 2px; padding-left: 0; } .navbar-nav li a { line-height: 34px; vertical-align: middle; } footer .glyphicon { font-size: 20px; margin-bottom: 20px; color: #3399ff; } .slideanim { visibility: hidden; } .slide { animation-name: slide; animation-duration: 1s; visibility: visible; } @keyframes slide { 0% { opacity: 0; } 100% { opacity: 1; } } @media screen and (max-width: 768px) { .col-sm-4 { text-align: center; margin: 25px 0; } .btn-lg { width: 100%; margin-bottom: 35px; } } @media screen and (max-width: 480px) { .logo { font-size: 150px; } } 

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Is there anything wrong with my code that stops the links working?

Answer 1

Your problem is this code

 $(".navbar a, footer a[href='#myPage']").on('click', function(event) {

// Prevent default anchor click behavior
event.preventDefault();

You are slecting all the anchor tags inside the navbar and in the click event you are doing event.preventDefault(); which will stop the event and Nothing happens.

I see you are using those functionalities to scroll to content by # code.

So change the selector $(".navbar a, footer a[href='#myPage']") to taget only the required anchor tags which want those defined functionalities.

Answer 2

These two lines in the JavaScript were causing the problem:

   $(".navbar a, footer a[href='#myPage']").on('click', function(event) {

        // Prevent default anchor click behavior
        event.preventDefault();

Removing them makes the code work.

 $(document).ready(function() { // Add smooth scrolling to all links in navbar + footer link // Store hash var hash = this.hash; // Using jQuery's animate() method to add smooth page scroll // The optional number (900) specifies the number of milliseconds it takes to scroll to the specified area $('html, body').animate({ scrollTop: $(hash).offset().top }, 900, function() { // Add hash (#) to URL when done scrolling (default click behavior) window.location.hash = hash; }); }); $(window).scroll(function() { $(".slideanim").each(function() { var pos = $(this).offset().top; var winTop = $(window).scrollTop(); if (pos < winTop + 600) { $(this).addClass("slide"); } }); }); }) 

 @import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Dosis'); @import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Raleway'); @import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Montserrat'); #logo { animation: slide-in 1s 1; } @keyframes slide-in { 0% { transform: translateX(-1000px); } 100% { transform: translateX(0); transform: rotate(0deg); } } @-webkit-keyframes slide-in { 0% { transform: translateX(-1000px); } 100% { transform: translateX(0px); transform: rotate(0deg); } } footer { background-color: black; } .modal-dialog { padding-top: 50%; } .html { background-color: red; border-color: crimson; } .scratch { background-color: orange; border-color: darkorange; } .python { background-color: green; border-color: darkgreen; } .kodu { background-color: turquoise; border-color: darkseagreen; } .mswlogo { background-color: white; border-color: red; } .esafety { background-color: yellow; border-color: blue; } .biggest { width: 100%; } #comingSoon { top: 100px; } #how { top: 100px; } .center { text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; } .box { border-radius: 5px; border-style: solid; border-width: thick; height: 390px; } .box:hover { box-shadow: 10px 10px 5px #888888; cursor: pointer; } .full { height: 200px; } body { font: 400 15px'Raleway', sans-serif; line-height: 1.8; color: #818181; } h2 { font-size: 24px; text-transform: uppercase; color: #303030; font-weight: 600; margin-bottom: 30px; } h4 { font-size: 19px; line-height: 1.375em; color: #303030; font-weight: 400; margin-bottom: 30px; } .jumbotron { background-color: #3399ff; color: #fff; padding: 100px 25px; font-family: 'Dosis', sans-serif; } .container-fluid { padding: 60px 50px; } .bg-grey { background-color: #f6f6f6; } .logo-small { color: #3399ff; font-size: 50px; } .logo { color: #3399ff; font-size: 200px; } .thumbnail { padding: 0 0 15px 0; border: none; border-radius: 0; } .thumbnail img { width: 100%; height: 100%; margin-bottom: 10px; } .carousel-control.right, .carousel-control.left { background-image: none; color: #3399ff; } .carousel-indicators li { border-color: #3399ff; } .carousel-indicators li.active { background-color: #3399ff; } .item h4 { font-size: 19px; line-height: 1.375em; font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; margin: 70px 0; } .item span { font-style: normal; } .panel { border: #3399ff solid 1px; border-radius: 0 !important; transition: box-shadow 0.5s; } .panel:hover { box-shadow: 5px 0 40px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); } .panel-footer .btn:hover { border: #3399ff solid 1px; background-color: #fff !important; color: #3399ff; } .panel-heading { color: #fff !important; background-color: #3399ff !important; padding: 25px; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; border-top-left-radius: 0; border-top-right-radius: 0; border-bottom-left-radius: 0; border-bottom-right-radius: 0; } .panel-footer { background-color: white !important; } .panel-footer h3 { font-size: 32px; } .panel-footer h4 { color: #aaa; font-size: 14px; } .panel-footer .btn { margin: 15px 0; background-color: #3399ff; color: #fff; } .navbar { margin-bottom: 0; background-color: #3399ff; z-index: 9999; border: 0; font-size: 12px !important; line-height: 1.42857143 !important; letter-spacing: 4px; border-radius: 0; font-family: 'Montserrat', sans-serif; text-align: center; } .navbar li a, .navbar .navbar-brand { color: #fff !important; } .navbar-nav li a:hover, .navbar-nav li.active a { color: #3399ff !important; background-color: #fff !important; } .navbar-default .navbar-toggle { border-color: transparent; color: #fff !important; } .navbar-brand { margin-top: 2px; margin-bottom: 0; padding-top: 0; padding-bottom: 0; margin-left: 2px; padding-left: 0; } .navbar-nav li a { line-height: 34px; vertical-align: middle; } footer .glyphicon { font-size: 20px; margin-bottom: 20px; color: #3399ff; } .slideanim { visibility: hidden; } .slide { animation-name: slide; animation-duration: 1s; visibility: visible; } @keyframes slide { 0% { opacity: 0; } 100% { opacity: 1; } } @media screen and (max-width: 768px) { .col-sm-4 { text-align: center; margin: 25px 0; } .btn-lg { width: 100%; margin-bottom: 35px; } } @media screen and (max-width: 480px) { .logo { font-size: 150px; } } 

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