Documentation and examples for how to use Bootstrap’s included navigation components.
<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" aria-disabled="true">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" aria-disabled="true">Disabled</a>
</nav>
Change the style of .navs component with modifiers and utilities. Mix and match as needed,
or build your own.
Change the horizontal alignment of your nav with flexbox utilities. By default, navs are left-aligned, but you can easily change them to center or right aligned.
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" aria-disabled="true">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" aria-disabled="true">Disabled</a>
</li>
</ul>
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" aria-disabled="true">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" aria-disabled="true">Disabled</a>
</nav>
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" aria-disabled="true">Disabled</a>
</li>
</ul>
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" aria-disabled="true">Disabled</a>
</li>
</ul>
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" aria-disabled="true">Disabled</a>
</li>
</ul>
Add dropdown menus with a little extra HTML and the dropdowns 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 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" aria-disabled="true">Disabled</a>
</li>
</ul>
<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" aria-disabled="true">Disabled</a>
</li>
</ul>
<ul class="nav nav-tabs" id="myTab" role="tablist">
<li class="nav-item" role="presentation">
<a class="nav-link active" id="home-tab" data-bs-toggle="tab" href="#home" role="tab" aria-controls="home" aria-selected="true">Home</a>
</li>
<li class="nav-item" role="presentation">
<a class="nav-link" id="profile-tab" data-bs-toggle="tab" href="#profile" role="tab" aria-controls="profile" aria-selected="false">Profile</a>
</li>
<li class="nav-item" role="presentation">
<a class="nav-link" id="contact-tab" data-bs-toggle="tab" href="#contact" role="tab" aria-controls="contact" aria-selected="false">Contact</a>
</li>
</ul>
<div class="tab-content" id="myTabContent">
<div class="tab-pane fade show active" id="home" role="tabpanel" aria-labelledby="home-tab">...</div>
<div class="tab-pane fade" id="profile" role="tabpanel" aria-labelledby="profile-tab">...</div>
<div class="tab-pane fade" id="contact" role="tabpanel" aria-labelledby="contact-tab">...</div>
</div>
The tabs plugin also works with pills.
<ul class="nav nav-tabs" id="myTab" role="tablist"><li class="nav-item" role="presentation"><a class="nav-link active" id="home-tab" data-bs-toggle="tab" href="#home" role="tab" aria-controls="home" aria-selected="true">Home</a></li><li class="nav-item" role="presentation"><a class="nav-link" id="profile-tab" data-bs-toggle="tab" href="#profile" role="tab" aria-controls="profile" aria-selected="false">Profile</a></li><li class="nav-item" role="presentation"><a class="nav-link" id="contact-tab" data-bs-toggle="tab" href="#contact" role="tab" aria-controls="contact" aria-selected="false">Contact</a></li></ul><div class="tab-content" id="myTabContent"><div class="tab-pane fade show active" id="home" role="tabpanel" aria-labelledby="home-tab">...</div><div class="tab-pane fade" id="profile" role="tabpanel" aria-labelledby="profile-tab">...</div><div class="tab-pane fade" id="contact" role="tabpanel" aria-labelledby="contact-tab">...</div></div>And with vertical pills.
<div class="d-flex align-items-start"><div class="nav flex-column nav-pills me-3" id="v-pills-tab" role="tablist" aria-orientation="vertical"><a class="nav-link active" id="v-pills-home-tab" data-bs-toggle="pill" href="#v-pills-home" role="tab" aria-controls="v-pills-home" aria-selected="true">Home</a><a class="nav-link" id="v-pills-profile-tab" data-bs-toggle="pill" href="#v-pills-profile" role="tab" aria-controls="v-pills-profile" aria-selected="false">Profile</a><a class="nav-link" id="v-pills-messages-tab" data-bs-toggle="pill" href="#v-pills-messages" role="tab" aria-controls="v-pills-messages" aria-selected="false">Messages</a><a class="nav-link" id="v-pills-settings-tab" data-bs-toggle="pill" href="#v-pills-settings" role="tab" aria-controls="v-pills-settings" aria-selected="false">Settings</a></div><div class="tab-content" id="v-pills-tabContent"><div class="tab-pane fade show active" id="v-pills-home" role="tabpanel" aria-labelledby="v-pills-home-tab">...</div><div class="tab-pane fade" id="v-pills-profile" role="tabpanel" aria-labelledby="v-pills-profile-tab">...</div><div class="tab-pane fade" id="v-pills-messages" role="tabpanel" aria-labelledby="v-pills-messages-tab">...</div><div class="tab-pane fade" id="v-pills-settings" role="tabpanel" aria-labelledby="v-pills-settings-tab">...</div></div></div>