Enable tabbable tabs via JavaScript (each tab needs to be activated individually):
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-$('#myTab a').on('click', function (e) {
- e.preventDefault()
- $(this).tab('show')
+var triggerTabList = [].slice.call(document.querySelectorAll('#myTab a'))
+triggerTabList.forEach(function (triggerEl) {
+ var tabTrigger = new bootstrap.Tab(triggerEl)
+
+ triggerEl.addEventListener('click', function (e) {
+ e.preventDefault()
+ tabTrigger.show()
+ })
})
{{< /highlight >}}
You can activate individual tabs in several ways:
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-$('#myTab a[href="#profile"]').tab('show') // Select tab by name
-$('#myTab li:first-child a').tab('show') // Select first tab
-$('#myTab li:last-child a').tab('show') // Select last tab
-$('#myTab li:nth-child(3) a').tab('show') // Select third tab
+var triggerEl = document.querySelector('#myTab a[href="#profile"]')
+bootstrap.Tab.getInstance(triggerEl).show() // Select tab by name
+
+var triggerFirstTabEl = document.querySelector('#myTab li:first-child a')
+bootstrap.Tab.getInstance(triggerFirstTabEl).show() // Select first tab
{{< /highlight >}}
### Fade effect
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-#### $().tab
+#### constructor
Activates a tab element and content container. Tab should have either a `data-target` or an `href` targeting a container node in the DOM.
</div>
<script>
- $(function () {
- $('#myTab li:last-child a').tab('show')
- })
+ var firstTabEl = document.querySelector('#myTab li:last-child a')
+ var firstTab = new bootstrap.Tab(firstTabEl)
+
+ firstTab.show()
</script>
{{< /highlight >}}
-#### .tab('show')
+#### show
Selects the given tab and shows its associated pane. Any other tab that was previously selected becomes unselected and its associated pane is hidden. **Returns to the caller before the tab pane has actually been shown** (i.e. before the `shown.bs.tab` event occurs).
{{< highlight js >}}
-$('#someTab').tab('show')
+ var someTabTriggerEl = document.querySelector('#someTabTrigger')
+ var tab = new bootstrap.Tab(someTabTriggerEl)
+
+ tab.show()
{{< /highlight >}}
-#### .tab('dispose')
+#### dispose
Destroys an element's tab.
+#### getInstance
+
+*Static* method which allows you to get the tab instance associated with a DOM element
+
+{{< highlight js >}}
+var triggerEl = document.querySelector('#trigger')
+var tab = bootstrap.Tab.getInstance(triggerEl) // Returns a Bootstrap tab instance
+{{< /highlight >}}
+
### Events
When showing a new tab, the events fire in the following order:
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-$('a[data-toggle="tab"]').on('shown.bs.tab', function (e) {
+var tabEl = document.querySelector('a[data-toggle="tab"]')
+tabEl.addEventListener('shown.bs.tab', function (e) {
e.target // newly activated tab
e.relatedTarget // previous active tab
})