How to open specific tab of bootstrap nav tabs on click of a particuler link using jQuery?

Question

I am new to jquery and bootstrap,so please consider my mistakes.I have created a bootstrap modal for login and registration. It contains two nav-tabs called as login and reg

Answer 1

Hi Try this one folks!

$('a[data-toggle="tab"]').on('shown.bs.tab', function(e) {
  // save current clicked tab in local storage does not work in Stacksnippets
  // localStorage.setItem('lastActiveTab', $(this).attr('href'));
});
//get last active tab from local storage
var lastTab = "#profile"; // localStorage.getItem('lastActiveTab');
console.log(lastTab + "tab was last active")
if (lastTab) {
  $('[href="' + lastTab + '"]').tab('show');
}

<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.5/css/bootstrap.min.css">
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.3/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.5/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>

<div class="container">
  <div>
    <!-- Nav tabs -->
    <ul class="nav nav-tabs" role="tablist">
      <li role="presentation" class="active"><a href="#home" aria-controls="home" role="tab" data-toggle="tab">Home</a></li>
      <li role="presentation"><a href="#profile" aria-controls="profile" role="tab" data-toggle="tab">Profile</a></li>
      <li role="presentation"><a href="#messages" aria-controls="messages" role="tab" data-toggle="tab">Messages</a></li>
      <li role="presentation"><a href="#settings" aria-controls="settings" role="tab" data-toggle="tab">Settings</a></li>
    </ul>

    <!-- Tab panes -->
    <div class="tab-content">
      <div role="tabpanel" class="tab-pane active" id="home">Home</div>
      <div role="tabpanel" class="tab-pane" id="profile">Profile</div>
      <div role="tabpanel" class="tab-pane" id="messages">Message</div>
      <div role="tabpanel" class="tab-pane" id="settings">Settings</div>
    </div>

  </div>
</div>

Answer 2

Not sure if I understood correctly but here is snippet that I use to open links from Bootstrap tab menu:

HTML

<ul class="nav nav-tabs">
  <li class="active"><a href="#foo" data-toggle="tab">Foo</a></li>
  <li><a href="#bar" data-toggle="tab">Bar</a></li>
  <li><a href="baz.html" class="external">Baz</a></li>
</ul>

<div class="tab-content">
  <div class="tab-pane active" id="foo">Foo</div>
  <div class="tab-pane" id="bar">Bar</div>
</div>

Javascript

$('.nav a:not(".external")').click(function (e) {
  e.preventDefault()
  $(this).tab('show')
})

Answer 3

Thanks for above answer , here is my jQuery code that is working now:

      $(".header-login-li").click(function(){
        activaTab('pane_login');                
      });

      $(".header-register-li").click(function(){
        activaTab('pane_reg');
        $("#reg_log_modal_header_text").css()
      });

      function activaTab(tab){
        $('.nav-tabs a[href="#' + tab + '"]').tab('show');
      };

Answer 4

    function updateURL(url_params) {
        if (history.pushState) {
        var newurl = window.location.protocol + "//" + window.location.host + window.location.pathname + '?' + url_params;
        window.history.replaceState({path:newurl},'',newurl);
        }
    }

    function setActiveTab(tab) {
        $('.nav-tabs li').removeClass('active');
        $('.tab-content .tab-pane').removeClass('active');

        $('a[href="#tab-' + tab + '"]').closest('li').addClass('active');
        $('#tab-' + tab).addClass('active');
    }

    // Set active tab
    $url_params = new URLSearchParams(window.location.search);


    // Get active tab and remember it
    $('a[data-toggle="tab"]')
        .on('click', function() {
        $href = $(this).attr('href')
        $active_tab = $href.replace('#tab-', '');

        $url_params.set('tab', $active_tab);
        updateURL($url_params.toString());
    });

    if ($url_params.has('tab')) {
        $tab = $url_params.get('tab');
        $tab = '#tab-' + $tab;
        $myTab = JSON.stringify($tab);
        $thisTab = $('.nav-tabs a[href=' + $myTab  +']');
        $('.nav-tabs a[href=' + $myTab  +']').tab('show');
    }

Answer 5

May I suggest a php+css solution I used on my site? It's simple and no js problems :)

url to page: <a href="page.php?tab=menu1">link to menu1</a>

<?
$tab = $_GET['tab'];
?>
<ul class="nav nav-tabs">
  <li class="<? if ($tab=='menu1' OR $tab=='menu2') 
{
echo "";
} 
else {
echo "active";
}
?>"><a data-toggle="tab" href="#home">Prodotti</a></li>
  <li class="<? if ($tab=='menu1') 
{
echo "active";
} 
?>"><a data-toggle="tab" href="#menu1">News</a></li>
  <li class="<? if ($tab=='menu2') 
{
echo "active";
} 
?>"><a data-toggle="tab" href="#menu2">Gallery</a></li>
</ul>

<div class="tab-content">
  <div id="home" class="tab-pane fade <? if ($tab=='menu1' OR $tab=='menu2') 
{
echo "";
} 
else {
echo "in active";
}
?>
">
    <h3>Prodotti</h3>
    <p>Contenuto della pagina, zona prodotti</p>
  </div>
  <div id="menu1" class="tab-pane fade <? if ($tab=='menu1') 
{
echo "in active";
} 
?>">
    <h3>News</h3>
    <p>Qui ci saranno le news.</p>
  </div>
  <div id="menu2" class="tab-pane fade <? if ($tab=='menu2') 
{
echo "in active";
} 
?>">
    <h3>Gallery</h3>
    <p>Qui ci sarà la gallery</p>
  </div>
</div>

Answer 6

Applying a selector from the .nav-tabs seems to be working

HTML is

<ul class="nav nav-tabs">
    <li><a href="#aaa" data-toggle="tab">AAA</a></li>
    <li><a href="#bbb" data-toggle="tab">BBB</a></li>
    <li><a href="#ccc" data-toggle="tab">CCC</a></li>
</ul>
<div class="tab-content" id="tabs">
    <div class="tab-pane" id="aaa">...Content...</div>
    <div class="tab-pane" id="bbb">...Content...</div>
    <div class="tab-pane" id="ccc">...Content...</div>
</div>

Script is

$(document).ready(function(){
  activaTab('aaa');
});

function activaTab(tab){
  $('.nav-tabs a[href="#' + tab + '"]').tab('show');
};

http://jsfiddle.net/pThn6/80/