Bootstrap 3 - Navbar active class

twitter-bootstrap twitter-bootstrap-3 navbar

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Solution 1

Gotcha,

You are missing navbar theme class on .navbar div. Add class .navbar-default to .navbar and all done.

Updated HTML

<section class="navbar navbar-default">
                <ul class="nav navbar-nav">
                    <li><a href="index.php">New Listings</a>
                    </li>
                    <li><a href="homes.php">Houses</a>
                    </li>
                    <li><a href="land.php">Land</a>
                    </li>
                    <li><a href="mortgagecalc.php">Mortgage Calculator</a>
                    </li>
                    <li class="dropdown">   <a href="#" class="dropdown-toggle" data-toggle="dropdown">For Pros<span class="caret"></span></a>

                        <ul class="dropdown-menu" role="menu" aria-labelledby="dropdownMenu">
                            <li> <a tabindex="-1" href="#">Register for Caraga Homes</a>
                            </li>
                            <li class="divider"></li>
                            <li> <a tabindex="-1" href="#">Post a listing for free</a>
                            </li>
                        </ul>
                        <!-- drop down Menu -->
                    </li>
                </ul>
            </section>

And all done. Demo: http://jsfiddle.net/shekhardesigner/r2qaZ/

Solution 2

<script type="text/javascript">
    jQuery(document).ready(function($){
        var url = window.location.href;
        $('.nav a[href="'+url+'"]').parent().addClass('active');
    });
</script>

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Author by

user2831179

Updated on July 09, 2022

Comments

user2831179 almost 2 years
```
$("#houses a:contains('Houses')").parent().addClass('active');
```
```
<body id="houses">
  <li><a href="houses.php">Houses</a></li> 
</body>
```
When I click on the nav(houses), at the inspect element it adds the class active but it doesn't change the color of the nav. adds class but no effect.

I have been trying to follow a tutorial. It seems to work fine there, just not for me.