Bootstrap dropdown closing when clicked

Question

I put a form inside a bootstrap dropdown, but when I click any of the fields in the form, the dropdown goes away. I have this piece of code but I don\'t know where to put it

Answer 1

You need to stop event from bubbling up the DOM tree:

$('.dropdown-menu').click(function(e) {
    e.stopPropagation();
});

event.stopPropagation prevents event from reaching the node where it's eventually handled by Bootstrap hiding menu.

Answer 2

This works for my (lateral sidebar opening a simple link with bootstrap toggle)

$('.dropdown').find("a").not('.dropdown-toggle').on("click",function(e){
    e.stopImmediatePropagation();
});

Answer 3

Put

<script type="text/javascript">
    $('.dropdown-menu').click(function(e) {
          e.stopPropagation();
    });
</script>

on the original answer, remove all the classes, and just put the ".dropdown-menu" class, it worked for me. i have an input field inside the dropdown menu.

Answer 4

Simply use this example.This solution works for me.

<script type="text/javascript">
window.addEvent('domready',function() {    
   Element.prototype.hide = function() {
      $(function () { 
        // replace your tab id with myTab
        //<ul id="myTab" class="nav nav-tabs">
        $('#myTab li:eq(1) a').tab('show');
      });      
   };
});
</script>

Hope it'll help. Thanks.

Answer 5

Time passed since answer had been accepted, but if you want to keep the dropdown opened, if it acts like a kind of dialog, the best way i think is:

$('.dropdown').dropdown().on("hide.bs.dropdown", function(e) {
            if ($.contains(dropdown, e.target)) {
                e.preventDefault();
            //or return false;
            }
        });

Answer 6

If you want to stop closing only some of dropdown menu, not all of them, then just add an additional class to your ul block:

<ul class="dropdown-menu keep-open-on-click">

And use this code:

$(document).on('click', '.dropdown-menu', function(e) {
    if ($(this).hasClass('keep-open-on-click')) { e.stopPropagation(); }
});