Bootstrap

Javascript for Bootstrap

Bring Bootstrap's components to life — now with 12 custom jQuery plugins.

Using javascript with Bootstrap An index of plugins to get you started

Getting started

Integrating javascript with the Bootstrap library is super easy. Here we go over the basics and provide you with some awesome plugins to get you started!

What's included

Bring some of Bootstrap's primary components to life with custom jQuery plugins. We encourage you to extend and modify them to fit your specific development needs.

File Description
bootstrap-transition.js The transition plugin is required for adding animation to other bootstrap plugins. Include this plugin (only once) when sliding in modals or fading out alerts.
bootstrap-modal.js Our Modal plugin is a super slim take on the traditional modal js plugin! We took special care to include only the bare functionality that we require here at twitter.
bootstrap-dropdown.js This plugin is for adding generic dropdown interactions to things like navigation top bars and tabs.
bootstrap-scrollspy.js The ScrollSpy plugin is for automatically updating nav targets based on scroll position.
bootstrap-tab.js This plugin adds quick, dynamic tab and pill functionality for transitioning through local content.
bootstrap-twipsy.js Inspired by the excellent jQuery.tipsy plugin written by Jason Frame; twipsy is an updated version, which doesn't rely on images, uses css3 for animations, data-attributes for local title storage, and now jquery 1.7's new event api!
bootstrap-popover.js The popover plugin provides a simple interface for adding popovers to your application. It extends the bootstrap-twipsy.js plugin, so be sure to grab that file as well when including popovers in your project!
bootstrap-alert.js The alert plugin is a tiny class for adding close functionality to alerts.
bootstrap-button.js This plugin offers additional functionality for managing button state in single buttons and button sets.
bootstrap-collapse.js The collapse plugin offers simple, generic collapsible element support for making accordions and other collapsible ui components.
bootstrap-carousel.js A plugin for rotating through elements. A merry-go-round.

Is javascript necessary?

Nope! Bootstrap is designed first and foremost to be a CSS library. This javascript provides a basic interactive layer on top of the included styles.

However, for those who do need javascript, we've provided the plugins above to help you understand how to integrate Bootstrap with javascript and to give you a quick, lightweight option for the basic functionality right away.

ScrollSpy bootstrap-scrollspy.js

The ScrollSpy plugin is for automatically updating nav targets based on scroll position.

Download

Using bootstrap-scrollspy.js

$('#navbar').dropdown()

Markup

To easily add scrollspy behavior to your topbar navigation, just add data-spy="scroll" to the element you want to spy on (most typically this would be the body). 

<body data-spy="scroll" >...</body>

Notice Navbar anchor tags must have resolvable id targets. For example, a <a href="#home">home</a> must correspond to something in the dom like <div id="home"></div>.

Demo

Scroll the area below and watch the navigation update. The dropdown sub items will be highlighted as well. Try it!

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Tab bootstrap-tab.js

This plugin adds quick, dynamic tab and pill functionality for transitioning through local content.

Download

Using bootstrap-tab.js

$('#myTab').tab('show')

Markup

You can activate a tab or pill navigation without writing any javascript by simply specifying data-toggle="tab" or data-toggle="pill" on an element.

<ul class="tabs">
  <li><a href="#home" data-toggle="tab">Home</a></li>
  <li><a href="#profile" data-toggle="tab">Profile</a></li>
  <li><a href="http://twitter.com/fat">twitter</a></li>
</ul>

Methods

$().tab

Activates a tab element and content container. Tab should have either a `data-target` or an `href` targeting a container node in the dom. 

<ul class="tabs">
  <li class="active"><a href="#home">Home</a></li>
  <li><a href="#profile">Profile</a></li>
  <li><a href="#messages">Messages</a></li>
  <li><a href="#settings">Settings</a></li>
</ul>

<div class="pill-content">
  <div class="active" id="home">...</div>
  <div id="profile">...</div>
  <div id="messages">...</div>
  <div id="settings">...</div>
</div>

<script>
  $(function () {
    $('.tabs a:last').tab('show')
  })
</script>

Events

Event Description
show This event fires on tab show, but before the new tab has been shown. Use event.target and event.relatedTarget to target the active tab and the previous active tab (if available) respectively.
shown This event fires on tab show after a tab has been shown. Use event.target and event.relatedTarget to target the active tab and the previous active tab (if available) respectively. 
$('a[data-toggle="tab"]').on('shown', function (e) {
  e.target // activated tab
  e.relatedTarget // previous tab
})

Demo

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Twipsy bootstrap-twipsy.js

Inspired by the excellent jQuery.tipsy plugin written by Jason Frame; twipsy is an updated version, which doesn't rely on images, uses css3 for animations, data-attributes for local title storage, and now jquery 1.7's new event api!

Download

Using bootstrap-twipsy.js

$('#example').twipsy(options)

Options

Name type default description
animation boolean true apply a css fade transition to the tooltip
placement string 'top' how to position the tooltip - top | bottom | left | right
selector string false If a selector is provided, twipsy objects will be delegated to the specified targets.
title string | function '' default title value if `title` tag isn't present
trigger string 'hover' how tooltip is triggered - hover | focus | manual
delay number | object 0

delay showing/hiding the tooltip (ms)

If a number is supplied, delay is applied to both hide/show

Object structure is: delay: { show: 500, hide: 100 }

Notice Individual twipsy instance options can alternatively be specified through the use of data attributes.

Markup

For performance reasons, the Twipsy and Popover data-apis are opt in. If you would like to use them just specify a selector option.

Methods

$().twipsy(options)

Attaches a twipsy handler to an element collection.

.twipsy('show')

Reveals an elements twipsy.

$('#element').twipsy('show')

.twipsy('hide')

Hides an elements twipsy.

$('#element').twipsy('hide')

Demo

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Popovers bootstrap-popover.js

The popover plugin provides a simple interface for adding popovers to your application. It extends the bootstrap-twipsy.js plugin, so be sure to grab that file as well when including popovers in your project!

Download

Using bootstrap-popover.js

$('#example').popover(options)

Options

Name type default description
animation boolean true apply a css fade transition to the tooltip
placement string 'right' how to position the popover - top | bottom | left | right
selector string false if a selector is provided, twipsy objects will be delegated to the specified targets
trigger string 'hover' how tooltip is triggered - hover | focus | manual
title string | function '' default title value if `title` attribute isn't present
content string | function '' default content value if `data-content` attribute isn't present
delay number | object 0

delay showing/hiding the popover (ms)

If a number is supplied, delay is applied to both hide/show

Object structure is: delay: { show: 500, hide: 100 }

Notice Individual popover instance options can alternatively be specified through the use of data attributes.

Markup

For performance reasons, the Twipsy and Popover data-apis are opt in. If you would like to use them just specify a the selector option.

Methods

$().popover(options)

Initializes popovers for an element collection.

.popover('show')

Reveals an elements popover.

$('#element').popover('show')

.popover('hide')

Hides an elements popover.

$('#element').popover('hide')

Demo

hover for popover

Alert bootstrap-alert.js

The alert plugin is a super tiny class for adding close functionality to alerts.

Download

Using bootstrap-alerts.js

$(".alert-message").alert()

Markup

Just add data-dismiss="alert" to your close button to automatically give an alert close functionality.

<a class="close" data-dismiss="alert" href="#">&times;</a>

Methods

$().alert()

Wraps all alerts with close functionality. To have your alerts animate out when closed, make sure they have the .fade and .in class already applied to them.

.alert('close')

Closes an alert.

$(".alert-message").alert('close')

Events

Bootstrap's alert class exposes a few events for hooking into alert functionality.

Event Description
close This event fires immediately when the close instance method is called.
closed This event is fired when the alert has been closed (will wait for css transitions to complete). 
$('#my-alert').bind('closed', function () {
  // do something ...
})

Demo

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Button bootstrap-button.js

This plugin offers additional functionality for managing button state.

Download

Using bootstrap-button.js

$('.tabs').button()

Markup

Data attributes are integral to the button plugin. Check out the example code below for the various markup types.

<!-- Add data-toggle="button" to activate toggling on a single button -->
<button class="btn" data-toggle="button">Single Toggle</button>

<!-- Add data-toggle="buttons-checkbox" for checkbox style toggling on btn-group -->
<div class="btn-group" data-toggle="buttons-checkbox">
  <button class="btn">Left</button>
  <button class="btn">Middle</button>
  <button class="btn">Right</button>
</div>

<!-- Add data-toggle="buttons-radio" for radio style toggling on btn-group -->
<div class="btn-group" data-toggle="buttons-radio">
  <button class="btn">Left</button>
  <button class="btn">Middle</button>
  <button class="btn">Right</button>
</div>

Methods

$().button('toggle')

Toggles push state. Gives btn the look that it's been activated.

Notice You can enable auto toggling of a button by using the data-toggle attribute.

<button class="btn" data-toggle="button" >...</button>

$().button('loading')

Sets button state to loading - disables button and swaps text to loading text. Loading text should be defined on the button element using the data attribute data-loading-text. 

<button class="btn" data-loading-text="loading stuff..." >...</button>

$().button('reset')

Resets button state - swaps text to original text.

$().button(string)

Resets button state - swaps text to any data defined text state.

<button class="btn" data-complete-text="finished!" >...</button>
<script>
  $('.btn').button('complete')
</script>

Demo

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Single Toggle
Checkbox
Radio

collapse bootstrap-collapse.js

The collapse plugin offers simple, flexible collapsible element support for making accordions and other collapsible ui components.

Download

Using bootstrap-collapse.js

$(".collapse").collapse()

Options

Name type default description
parent selector false If selector then all collapsible elements under the specified parent will be closed when this collasabile item is shown. (similar to traditional accordion behavior)
toggle boolean true Toggles the collapsible element on invocation

Markup

Just add data-toggle="collapse" and a data-target to element to automatically assign control of a collapsible element. The data-target attribute accepts a css selector to apply the collapse to. Be sure to add the class collapse to the collapsible element. If you'd like it to default open, add the additional class in.

<button class="btn danger" data-toggle="collapse" data-target="#demo">
  simple collapsible
</button>

<div id="demo" class="collapse in"> … </div>

Notice To add accordion like group management to a collapsible control just add the additional data attribute data-parent="#selector". Refer to the demo below to see this in action.

Methods

.collapse(options)

Activates your content as a collapsible element. Accepts an optional options object. 

$('#myCollapsible').collapse({
  toggle: false
})

.collapse('toggle')

Toggles a collapsible element to shown or hidden.

.collapse('show')

Shows a collapsible element.

.collapse('hide')

Hides a collapsible element.

Events

Bootstrap's collapse class exposes a few events for hooking into collapse functionality.

Event Description
show This event fires immediately when the show instance method is called.
shown This event is fired when a collapse element has been made visible to the user (will wait for css transitions to complete).
hide This event is fired immediately when the hide method has been called.
hidden This event is fired when a collapse element has been hidden from the user (will wait for css transitions to complete). 
$('#myCollapsible').on('hidden', function () {
  // do something ...
})

Demo

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