I've created this collapsable navbar using Bootstrap 4 that works nicely, but I would like it to close when the user clicks on a link. Any way to do this? Thanks
html navbar:
<nav class="navbar navbar-toggleable-md fixed-top">
<button id="nav-btn"class="navbar-toggler navbar-toggler-right" type="button" data-toggle="collapse" data-target="#navbarDiv" aria-expanded="false" aria-label="Toggle navigation">
<span class="icon-bar"></span>
<span class="icon-bar"></span>
<span class="icon-bar"></span>
</button>
<div class="container">
<a class="navbar-brand" href="#"><img src="Images/logo.png" width="60px"></a>
<div class="collapse navbar-collapse" id="navbarDiv">
<ul class="navbar-nav mr-auto">
<li class="nav-item active">
<a class="nav-link" href="#home">Home <span class="sr-only">(current)</span></a>
</li>
<li class="nav-item">
<a class="nav-link" href="#about-us">About</a>
</li>
<li class="nav-item">
<a class="nav-link" href="#pricing">Pricing</a>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
</nav>
css for .icon-bar, since Bootstrap 4 doesn't use the icon-bar class.
.navbar-toggler .icon-bar {
margin: 7px;
display: block;
width: 22px;
height: 1px;
background-color: #cccccc;
border-radius: 1px;
}
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You can add the collapse
component to the links like this..
<ul class="navbar-nav mr-auto">
<li class="nav-item active">
<a class="nav-link" href="#home" data-toggle="collapse" data-target=".navbar-collapse.show">Home <span class="sr-only">(current)</span></a>
</li>
<li class="nav-item">
<a class="nav-link" href="#about-us" data-toggle="collapse" data-target=".navbar-collapse.show">About</a>
</li>
<li class="nav-item">
<a class="nav-link" href="#pricing" data-toggle="collapse" data-target=".navbar-collapse.show">Pricing</a>
</li>
</ul>
BS3 demo using 'data-toggle' method
Or, (perhaps a better way) use jQuery like this..
$('.navbar-nav>li>a').on('click', function(){
$('.navbar-collapse').collapse('hide');
});
Update 2019 - Bootstrap 4
The navbar has changed, but the "close after click" method is still the same:
BS4 demo jQuery method
BS4 demo data-toggle
method
Update 2021 - Bootstrap 5 (beta)
Use javascript to add a click event listener on the menu items to close the Collapse navbar..
const navLinks = document.querySelectorAll('.nav-item')
const menuToggle = document.getElementById('navbarSupportedContent')
const bsCollapse = new bootstrap.Collapse(menuToggle)
navLinks.forEach((l) => {
l.addEventListener('click', () => { bsCollapse.toggle() })
})
Or, Use the data-bs-toggle
and data-bs-target
data attributes in the markup on each link to toggle the Collapse navbar...
<nav class="navbar navbar-expand-lg navbar-light bg-light">
<div class="container">
<a class="navbar-brand" href="#">Navbar</a>
<button class="navbar-toggler" type="button" data-bs-toggle="collapse" data-bs-target="#navbarSupportedContent" aria-controls="navbarSupportedContent" aria-expanded="false" aria-label="Toggle navigation">
<span class="navbar-toggler-icon"></span>
</button>
<div class="collapse navbar-collapse" id="navbarSupportedContent">
<ul class="navbar-nav me-auto">
<li class="nav-item active">
<a class="nav-link" href="#" data-bs-toggle="collapse" data-bs-target=".navbar-collapse.show">Home</a>
</li>
<li class="nav-item">
<a class="nav-link" href="#" data-bs-toggle="collapse" data-bs-target=".navbar-collapse.show">Link</a>
</li>
<li class="nav-item">
<a class="nav-link disabled" href="#" data-bs-toggle="collapse" data-bs-target=".navbar-collapse.show">Disabled</a>
</li>
</ul>
<form class="d-flex my-2 my-lg-0">
<input class="form-control me-sm-2" type="search" placeholder="Search" aria-label="Search">
<button class="btn btn-outline-success my-2 my-sm-0" type="submit">Search</button>
</form>
</div>
</div>
</nav>
This code simulates a click on the burguer button to close the navbar by clicking on a link in the menu, keeping the fade out effect. Solution with typescript for angular 7. Avoid routerLink problems.
ToggleNavBar () {
let element: HTMLElement = document.getElementsByClassName( 'navbar-toggler' )[ 0 ] as HTMLElement;
if ( element.getAttribute( 'aria-expanded' ) == 'true' ) {
element.click();
}
}
<li class="nav-item" [routerLinkActive]="['active']">
<a class="nav-link" [routerLink]="['link1']" title="link1" (click)="ToggleNavBar()">link1</a>
</li>
With trying out above solutions, I was missing a solution for Dropdown toggles, so here you go! Also opens submenu items.
Maybe you have to tweak it a bit if your toggle class is different.
$('.navbar-nav li a').on('click', function(){
if(!$( this ).hasClass('dropdown-toggle')){
$('.navbar-collapse').collapse('hide');
}
});
You can use a simply bind on click and close, like this: (click)="drawer.close()
<a class="nav-link" [routerLink]="navItem.link" routerLinkActive="selected" (click)="drawer.close()">
You can call $.collapse('hide');
with an event handler on the links.
$('.nav-link').on('click',function() {_x000D_
$('.navbar-collapse').collapse('hide');_x000D_
});
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.navbar-toggler .icon-bar {_x000D_
margin: 7px;_x000D_
display: block;_x000D_
width: 22px;_x000D_
height: 1px;_x000D_
background-color: #cccccc;_x000D_
border-radius: 1px;_x000D_
}
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<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>_x000D_
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/twitter-bootstrap/4.0.0-alpha.6/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>_x000D_
<link href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/twitter-bootstrap/4.0.0-alpha.6/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet"/>_x000D_
<nav class="navbar navbar-toggleable-md fixed-top">_x000D_
<button id="nav-btn" class="navbar-toggler navbar-toggler-right" type="button" data-toggle="collapse" data-target="#navbarDiv" aria-expanded="false" aria-label="Toggle navigation">_x000D_
<span class="icon-bar"></span>_x000D_
<span class="icon-bar"></span>_x000D_
<span class="icon-bar"></span>_x000D_
</button>_x000D_
<div class="container">_x000D_
<a class="navbar-brand" href="#"><img src="Images/logo.png" width="60px"></a>_x000D_
<div class="collapse navbar-collapse" id="navbarDiv">_x000D_
<ul class="navbar-nav mr-auto">_x000D_
<li class="nav-item active">_x000D_
<a class="nav-link" href="#home">Home <span class="sr-only">(current)</span></a>_x000D_
</li>_x000D_
<li class="nav-item">_x000D_
<a class="nav-link" href="#about-us">About</a>_x000D_
</li>_x000D_
<li class="nav-item">_x000D_
<a class="nav-link" href="#pricing">Pricing</a>_x000D_
</li>_x000D_
</ul>_x000D_
</div>_x000D_
</div>_x000D_
</nav>
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this is the solution to close menu when click on anchor then apply this line in list item
data-target="#sidenav-collapse-main" data-toggle="collapse"
the real example that work for me is below
<li class="nav-item" data-target="#sidenav-collapse-main" data-
toggle="collapse" >
<a class="nav-link" routerLinkActive="active" routerLink="/admin/users">
<i class="ni ni-single-02 text-orange"></i> Users
</a>
</li>
add below code in your < a > TAG
data-toggle="collapse" data-target=".navbar-collapse.show"
as shows below in every TAG
<li class="nav-item">
<a class="nav-link" href="#about-us" data-toggle="collapse" data-target=".navbar-collapse.show">About</a>
</li>
I am using Angular 5 with Boostrap 4. It works for me in this way.
$(document).on('click', '.navbar-nav>li>a, .navbar-brand, .dropdown-menu>a', function (e) {_x000D_
if ( $(e.target).is('a') && $(e.target).attr('class') != 'nav-link dropdown-toggle' ) {_x000D_
$('.navbar-collapse').collapse('hide');_x000D_
}_x000D_
});_x000D_
}
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<nav class="navbar navbar-expand-lg navbar-dark bg-primary">_x000D_
<a class="navbar-brand" [routerLink]="['/home']">FbShareTool</a>_x000D_
<button class="navbar-toggler" type="button" data-toggle="collapse" data-target="#navbarColor01" aria-controls="navbarColor01" aria-expanded="false" aria-label="Toggle navigation" style="">_x000D_
<span class="navbar-toggler-icon"></span>_x000D_
</button>_x000D_
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<div class="collapse navbar-collapse" id="navbarColor01">_x000D_
<ul class="navbar-nav mr-auto">_x000D_
<li class="nav-item active" *ngIf="_myAuthService.isAuthenticated()">_x000D_
<a class="nav-link" [routerLink]="['/dashboard']">Dashboard <span class="sr-only">(current)</span></a>_x000D_
</li>_x000D_
<li class="nav-item dropdown" *ngIf="_myAuthService.isAuthenticated()">_x000D_
<a class="nav-link dropdown-toggle" href="#" id="navbarDropdown" role="button" data-toggle="dropdown" aria-haspopup="true" aria-expanded="false">_x000D_
Manage_x000D_
</a>_x000D_
<div class="dropdown-menu" aria-labelledby="navbarDropdown">_x000D_
<a class="dropdown-item" [routerLink]="['/fbgroup']">Facebook Group</a>_x000D_
<div class="dropdown-divider"></div>_x000D_
<a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Fetch Data</a>_x000D_
</div>_x000D_
</li>_x000D_
</ul>_x000D_
_x000D_
<ul class="navbar-nav navbar-right navbar-right-link">_x000D_
<li class="nav-item" *ngIf="!_myAuthService.isAuthenticated()" >_x000D_
<a class="nav-link" (click)="logIn()">Login</a>_x000D_
</li>_x000D_
<li class="nav-item" *ngIf="_myAuthService.isAuthenticated()">_x000D_
<a class="nav-link">{{ _myAuthService.userDetails.displayName }}</a>_x000D_
</li>_x000D_
<li class="nav-item" *ngIf="_myAuthService.isAuthenticated() && _myAuthService.userDetails.photoURL">_x000D_
<a>_x000D_
<img [src]="_myAuthService.userDetails.photoURL" alt="profile-photo" class="img-fluid rounded" width="40px;">_x000D_
</a>_x000D_
</li>_x000D_
<li class="nav-item" *ngIf="_myAuthService.isAuthenticated()">_x000D_
<a class="nav-link" (click)="logOut()">Logout</a>_x000D_
</li>_x000D_
</ul>_x000D_
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</div>_x000D_
</nav>
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I am using ANGULAR and since it gave me problems the routerLink just add the data-toggle and target in the li tag.... or use jquery like "ZimSystem"
<div class="collapse navbar-collapse" id="navbarSupportedContent">_x000D_
<ul class="navbar-nav mr-auto">_x000D_
<li class="nav-item" data-toggle="collapse" data-target=".navbar-collapse.show">_x000D_
<a class="nav-link" routerLink="/inicio" routerLinkActive="active" >Inicio</a>_x000D_
</li>_x000D_
</ul>_x000D_
</div>
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The easiest way to do it using only Angular 2/4 template with no coding:
<nav class="navbar navbar-default" aria-expanded="false">
<div class="container-wrapper">
<div class="navbar-header">
<button type="button" class="navbar-toggle collapsed" (click)="isCollapsed = !isCollapsed">
<span class="icon-bar"></span>
<span class="icon-bar"></span>
<span class="icon-bar"></span>
</button>
</div>
<div class="navbar-collapse collapse no-transition" [attr.aria-expanded]="!isCollapsed" [ngClass]="{collapse: isCollapsed}">
<ul class="nav navbar-nav" (click)="isCollapsed = !isCollapsed">
<li [routerLinkActive]="['active']" [routerLinkActiveOptions]="{exact: true}"><a routerLink="/">Home</a></li>
<li [routerLinkActive]="['active']"><a routerLink="/about">About</a></li>
<li [routerLinkActive]="['active']"><a routerLink="/portfolio">Portfolio</a></li>
<li [routerLinkActive]="['active']"><a routerLink="/contacts">Contacts</a></li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
</nav>
Source: Stackoverflow.com