Bootstrap 5 Navs and tabs-ApiDemos™

Bootstrap 5 Navs and tabs, If you want to create a simple horizontal navigation bar, you can add a .nav class to the <ul> element, a .nav-item class to each <li> option, and a .nav-link class to each link:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
  <title>Bootstrap5 demos</title>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <link href="https://cdn.staticfile.org/twitter-bootstrap/5.1.1/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet">
  <script src="https://cdn.staticfile.org/twitter-bootstrap/5.1.1/js/bootstrap.bundle.min.js"></script>
</head>
<body>

<div class="container mt-3">
  <h2>Navs</h2>
  <p>Simple horizontal navigation:(apidemos.com)</p>
  <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>
</div>

</body>
</html>

Output:

Navigation alignment

The .justify-content-center class sets the navigation to be centered, and the .justify-content-end class sets the navigation to be right-aligned.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
  <title>Bootstrap5 demos</title>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <link href="https://cdn.staticfile.org/twitter-bootstrap/5.1.1/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet">
  <script src="https://cdn.staticfile.org/twitter-bootstrap/5.1.1/js/bootstrap.bundle.min.js"></script>
</head>
<body>

<div class="container mt-3">
  <h2>Navs(apidemos.com)</h2>
  <p>Left-aligned navigation (default):</p>
  <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>

  <p class="text-center">Center-aligned navigation:</p>
  <ul class="nav justify-content-center">
    <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>

  <p class="text-end">Right-aligned navigation:</p>
  <ul class="nav justify-content-end">
    <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>
</div>

</body>
</html>

Output:

Vertical Navigation

The .flex-column class is used to create vertical navigation.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
  <title>Bootstrap5 demos</title>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <link href="https://cdn.staticfile.org/twitter-bootstrap/5.1.1/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet">
  <script src="https://cdn.staticfile.org/twitter-bootstrap/5.1.1/js/bootstrap.bundle.min.js"></script>
</head>
<body>

<div class="container mt-3">
  <h2>Vertical Navigation(apidemos.com)</h2>
  <p>The .flex-column class is used to create vertical navigation:</p>
  <ul class="nav flex-column">
    <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>
</div>

</body>
</html>

Output:

Tabs

Use the .nav-tabs class to convert the navigation into tabs. Then use the .active class to mark the selected options.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
  <title>Bootstrap5 demos</title>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <link href="https://cdn.staticfile.org/twitter-bootstrap/5.1.1/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet">
  <script src="https://cdn.staticfile.org/twitter-bootstrap/5.1.1/js/bootstrap.bundle.min.js"></script>
</head>
<body>

<div class="container mt-3">
  <h2>Tabs(apidemos.com)</h2>
  <p>Tab navigation:</p>
  <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>
</div>

</body>
</html>

Output:

Pill Navigation

The .nav-pills class allows you to set navigation items to a capsule shape.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
  <title>Bootstrap5 demos</title>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <link href="https://cdn.staticfile.org/twitter-bootstrap/5.1.1/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet">
  <script src="https://cdn.staticfile.org/twitter-bootstrap/5.1.1/js/bootstrap.bundle.min.js"></script>
</head>
<body>

<div class="container mt-3">
  <h2>Pill(apidemos.com)</h2>
  <p>Pill navigation:</p>
  <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>
</div>

</body>
</html>

Output:

Navigation equal width

The .nav-justified class allows you to set the navigation items to be displayed flush and equal in width.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
  <title>Bootstrap5 demos</title>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <link href="https://cdn.staticfile.org/twitter-bootstrap/5.1.1/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet">
  <script src="https://cdn.staticfile.org/twitter-bootstrap/5.1.1/js/bootstrap.bundle.min.js"></script>
</head>
<body>

<div class="container mt-3">
  <h2>Navigation equal width(apidemos.com)</h2>
  <p>The .nav-justified class allows you to set the navigation items to be displayed flush and equal in width.</p>
  <ul class="nav nav-pills nav-justified">
    <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><br>

  <p>Justified tabs:</p>
  <ul class="nav nav-tabs nav-justified">
    <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>
</div>

</body>
</html>

Output:

Pill drop-down menu

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
  <title>Bootstrap5 demos</title>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <link href="https://cdn.staticfile.org/twitter-bootstrap/5.1.1/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet">
  <script src="https://cdn.staticfile.org/twitter-bootstrap/5.1.1/js/bootstrap.bundle.min.js"></script>
</head>
<body>

<div class="container mt-3">
  <h2>Pill navigation with drop-down menu(apidemos.com)</h2>
  <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-bs-toggle="dropdown" href="#">Dropdown</a>
      <ul class="dropdown-menu">
        <li><a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Link 1</a></li>
        <li><a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Link 2</a></li>
        <li><a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Link 3</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="#">Disabled</a>
    </li>
  </ul>
</div>

</body>
</html>

Output:

Tab drop-down menu

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
  <title>Bootstrap5 demos</title>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <link href="https://cdn.staticfile.org/twitter-bootstrap/5.1.1/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet">
  <script src="https://cdn.staticfile.org/twitter-bootstrap/5.1.1/js/bootstrap.bundle.min.js"></script>
</head>
<body>

<div class="container mt-3">
  <h2>Tab drop-down menu</h2>
  <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-bs-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>
</div>

</body>
</html>

Output:

Dynamic tabs

If you want to set the tabs to be dynamically switchable, The data-bs-toggle="tab" attribute can be added to each link.

Then add the .tab-pane class to the content of each option, and use the .tab-content class for the <div> tag corresponding to the content of the tab.

If you want a fade effect you can add the .fade class after the .tab-pane:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
  <title>Bootstrap5 demos</title>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <link href="https://cdn.staticfile.org/twitter-bootstrap/5.1.1/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet">
  <script src="https://cdn.staticfile.org/twitter-bootstrap/5.1.1/js/bootstrap.bundle.min.js"></script>
</head>
<body>

<div class="container mt-3">
  <h2>Tab Switching(apidemos.com)</h2>
  <br>
  <!-- Nav tabs -->
  <ul class="nav nav-tabs" role="tablist">
    <li class="nav-item">
      <a class="nav-link active" data-bs-toggle="tab" href="#home">Home</a>
    </li>
    <li class="nav-item">
      <a class="nav-link" data-bs-toggle="tab" href="#menu1">Menu 1</a>
    </li>
    <li class="nav-item">
      <a class="nav-link" data-bs-toggle="tab" href="#menu2">Menu 2</a>
    </li>
  </ul>

  <!-- Tab panes -->
  <div class="tab-content">
    <div id="home" class="container tab-pane active"><br>
      <h3>HOME</h3>
      <p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua.</p>
    </div>
    <div id="menu1" class="container tab-pane fade"><br>
      <h3>Menu 1</h3>
      <p>Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat.</p>
    </div>
    <div id="menu2" class="container tab-pane fade"><br>
      <h3>Menu 2</h3>
      <p>Sed ut perspiciatis unde omnis iste natus error sit voluptatem accusantium doloremque laudantium, totam rem aperiam.</p>
    </div>
  </div>
</div>

</body>
</html>

Output:

Pill-like dynamic tab

Pill-like dynamic tabs just need to set the data-bs-toggle property in the code of the above example to data-bs-toggle="pill" :

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
  <title>Bootstrap5 demos</title>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <link href="https://cdn.staticfile.org/twitter-bootstrap/5.1.1/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet">
  <script src="https://cdn.staticfile.org/twitter-bootstrap/5.1.1/js/bootstrap.bundle.min.js"></script>
</head>
<body>

<div class="container mt-3">
  <h2>Pill tab switch(apidemos.com)</h2>
  <br>
  <!-- Nav pills -->
  <ul class="nav nav-pills" role="tablist">
    <li class="nav-item">
      <a class="nav-link active" data-bs-toggle="pill" href="#home">Home</a>
    </li>
    <li class="nav-item">
      <a class="nav-link" data-bs-toggle="pill" href="#menu1">Menu 1</a>
    </li>
    <li class="nav-item">
      <a class="nav-link" data-bs-toggle="pill" href="#menu2">Menu 2</a>
    </li>
  </ul>

  <!-- Tab panes -->
  <div class="tab-content">
    <div id="home" class="container tab-pane active"><br>
      <h3>HOME</h3>
      <p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua.</p>
    </div>
    <div id="menu1" class="container tab-pane fade"><br>
      <h3>Menu 1</h3>
      <p>Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat.</p>
    </div>
    <div id="menu2" class="container tab-pane fade"><br>
      <h3>Menu 2</h3>
      <p>Sed ut perspiciatis unde omnis iste natus error sit voluptatem accusantium doloremque laudantium, totam rem aperiam.</p>
    </div>
  </div>
</div>

</body>
</html>

Output:

Bootstrap 5 Navs and tabs

Navigation alignment

Vertical Navigation

Tabs

Pill Navigation

Navigation equal width

Pill drop-down menu

Tab drop-down menu

Dynamic tabs

Pill-like dynamic tab

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