How to change active bootstrap tab with javascript

Question

I have tried to change the active tab and failed to use the javascript onclick element correctly. Here's the code:

<ul class="nav nav-tabs" style="text-align: left;">
    <li class="active"><a href="#first" data-toggle="tab">First</a></li>
    <li><a href="#second" data-toggle="tab">Second</a></li>
    <li><a href="#third" data-toggle="tab">Third</a></li>
</ul>

<div class=“tab-content">

<div id="first" class="tab-pane fade in active">
Text

<a href="#second" class="btn btn-primary btn-lg" onclick="CHANGE ACTIVE TAB TO SECOND" data-toggle="tab">Second</a>

<a href="#third" class="btn btn-primary btn-lg" onclick="CHANGE ACTIVE TAB TO THIRD" data-toggle="tab">Third</a>

</div>


<div id="second" class="tab-pane fade in">
Text
</div>


<div id="third" class="tab-pane fade in">
Text
</div>


</div>

How could I be able to use the buttons to change the active tab to their associated id? Please advise.

Have a great day!

Answer 1

you may also use .tab('show') for more flexibility

https://codepen.io/jacobgoh101/pen/ALELNr

<button class="btn btn-primary" onclick="menu3()">go to menu 3</button>

javascript:

function menu3(){
  $('[href="#menu3"]').tab('show');
}

Bootstrap documentation: https://getbootstrap.com/javascript/#tabs

Answer 2

You can trigger click on tab you want when click on your buttons

<ul class="nav nav-tabs" style="text-align: left;">
    <li class="active"><a href="#first" data-toggle="tab" id="first_tab">First</a></li>
    <li><a href="#second" data-toggle="tab" id="second_tab">Second</a></li>
    <li><a href="#third" data-toggle="tab" id="third_tab">Third</a></li>
</ul>

<div class="tab-content">        
    <div id="first" class="tab-pane fade in active">
        Text        
        <a class="btn btn-primary btn-lg" onclick="$('#second_tab').trigger('click')">Second</a>        
        <a class="btn btn-primary btn-lg" onclick="$('#third_tab').trigger('click')">Third</a>        
    </div>
    ....
</div>

here is a Demo

Answer 3

I recommend the data attribute approach, is a clean solution and separate View from Controller code

<a href="#btn-next"data-next="#tab1" class="btn btn-primary">go to menu 1</a>
<a href="#btn-next"data-next="#tab2" class="btn btn-primary">go to menu 2</a>

javascript:

$('a[href="#btn-next"]').on('click', function(event){
  event.preventDefault();
  var tab = $(this).data('next'); 
  $(tab).tab('show');
})

Answer 4

Updated on bootstrap5

<div class="tab-control" data-role="tab-control">
    <ul>
        <li><a href="#tab1">Tab 1</a></li>
        <li><a href="#tab2">Tab 2</a></li>
    </ul>
    <div class="frames">
        <div class="frame" id="tab1">
            //Content tab 1
        </div>
        <div class="frame" id="tab2">
            //Content tab 2
        </div>
    </div>
</div>



var someTabTriggerEl = document.querySelector('#tab1');
    var tab = new bootstrap.Tab(someTabTriggerEl);
    tab.show();

Answer 5

Here is your js

$('#submit').click(function (e) {
    $('#myTab a[href=#tabs3-2k_tab2]').tab('show')
    e.preventDefault()
});

Answer 6

Working example

 jQuery(document).ready(function ($) { $('#tabs').tab(); }); $('button').addClass('btn-primary').text('Switch to Orange Tab'); $('button').click(function(){ $('#tabs a[href=#orange]').tab('show'); });

 <link href="//netdna.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.0.0/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet"> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.7/jquery.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//netdna.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.0.0/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script> <div class="container"> <center><h6>Switching Among the Tabs</h6></center> <div id="content"> <ul id="tabs" class="nav nav-tabs" data-tabs="tabs"> <li class="active"><a href="#red" data-toggle="tab">Red</a> </li> <li><a href="#orange" data-toggle="tab">Orange</a></li> <li><a href="#yellow" data-toggle="tab">Yellow</a></li> <li><a href="#green" data-toggle="tab">Green</a></li> <li><a href="#blue" data-toggle="tab">Blue</a></li> </ul> <div id="my-tab-content" class="tab-content"> <div class="tab-pane active" id="red"> <h1>Red</h1> <p>red red red red red red</p> <button>Blue</button> </div> <div class="tab-pane" id="orange"> <h1>Orange</h1> <p>orange orange orange orange orange</p> <button>Blue</button> </div> <div class="tab-pane" id="yellow"> <h1>Yellow</h1> <p>yellow yellow yellow yellow yellow</p> <button>Blue</button> </div> <div class="tab-pane" id="green"> <h1>Green</h1> <p>green green green green green</p> <button>Blue</button> </div> <div class="tab-pane" id="blue"> <h1>Blue</h1> <p>blue blue blue blue blue</p> <button>Blue</button> </div> </div> </div> </div>

Answer 7

This is simple and works.

function do_something () {

   $('#profile-tab').click();

}

Answer 8

If you are using Scala, refer to https://www.tutorialspoint.com/ngx_bootstrap/ngx_bootstrap_tabs.htm , namely:

    <tabset>
       <tab heading="View">
       <tab heading="Configuration" (selectTab)="showConfig()==true" [active]="showConfig()">`  
    </tabset>

(you need both selectTab and active)...

The click() solutions suggested by others are working, but are generating exception "Expression has changed after it was checked." so it seams a bad habit, even if the exception is not raised in production mode.

    //bad code!
    ngAfterViewInit()  {
      if (thisCreation){ 
        document.getElementById("tabConfig-link").click();
      }
   }

Answer 9

I recommended this codes.

<div class="tab-control" data-role="tab-control">
    <ul>
        <li><a href="#tab1">Tab 1</a></li>
        <li><a href="#tab2">Tab 2</a></li>
    </ul>
    <div class="frames">
        <div class="frame" id="tab1">
            //Content tab 1
        </div>
        <div class="frame" id="tab2">
            //Content tab 2
        </div>
    </div>
</div>

Add effects that you want in class attribute.