Navs

Documentation and examples for how to use navigation components.

Bootstrap Documentation

Basic

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<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.

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<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>

Available styles

Change the style of .navs component with modifiers and utilities. Mix and match as needed, or build your own.

Horizontal alignment

Centered with .justify-content-center:

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<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:

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<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>

Vertical

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).

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<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> too.

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<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>

Types

Tabs

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.

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<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>

Pills

Take that same HTML, but use .nav-pills instead:

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<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>

Fill and justify

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.

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<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>

When using a <nav>-based navigation, be sure to include .nav-item on the anchors.

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<nav class="nav nav-pills nav-fill">
    <a class="nav-link active" aria-current="page" href="#">Active</a>
    <a class="nav-link" href="#">Much longer nav link</a>
    <a class="nav-link" href="#">Link</a>
    <a class="nav-link disabled" href="#" tabindex="-1" aria-disabled="true">Disabled</a>
</nav>

For equal-width elements, use .nav-justified. All horizontal space will be occupied by nav links, but unlike the .nav-fill above, every nav item will be the same width.

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<ul class="nav nav-pills nav-justified">
    <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>

Similar to the .nav-fill example using a <nav>-based navigation, be sure to include .nav-item on the anchors.

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<nav class="nav nav-pills nav-justified">
    <a class="nav-link active" aria-current="page" href="#">Active</a>
    <a class="nav-link" href="#">Much longer nav link</a>
    <a class="nav-link" href="#">Link</a>
    <a class="nav-link disabled" href="#" tabindex="-1" aria-disabled="true">Disabled</a>
</nav>