Any ideas why this Twitter Bootstrap dropdown isn't working?
Javascript in head:
<script src="/assets/js/bootstrap.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
Menu HTML:
<li class="dropdown">
<a data-target="#" data-toggle="dropdown" class="dropdown-toggle" href="#">Dropdown menu here...
<b class="caret"></b>
</a>
<ul class="dropdown-menu">
<li><a href="/app/1">Item A</a></li>
<li><a href="/app/2">Item B</a></li>
<li><a href="/app/3">Item C</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
Any ideas why this Twitter Bootstrap dropdown isn't working?
Javascript in head:
<script src="/assets/js/bootstrap.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
Menu HTML:
<li class="dropdown">
<a data-target="#" data-toggle="dropdown" class="dropdown-toggle" href="#">Dropdown menu here...
<b class="caret"></b>
</a>
<ul class="dropdown-menu">
<li><a href="/app/1">Item A</a></li>
<li><a href="/app/2">Item B</a></li>
<li><a href="/app/3">Item C</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
- 3 In what order is your js loaded in? jQuery goes first as always, bootstrap second. – Andres I Perez Commented Sep 21, 2012 at 19:58
- If you have bootstrap.js (not bootstrap.min.js), you should not also add bootstrap-dropdown.js. That did the trick for me. – Fahrenheit Commented Jan 22, 2013 at 1:00
- 1 Try add to dom-ready: $('.dropdown-toggle').dropdown(); – user956584 Commented Jan 29, 2013 at 16:48
- You don't need to tie it to the document ready function. It works without any JavaScript. – Graham Commented Jun 17, 2013 at 14:09
3 Answers
Reset to default 7Put the dropdown class on a div that is wrapping the li rather than on the li itself. Like this...
<div class="dropdown">
<a class="dropdown-toggle" data-toggle="dropdown" href="#">Dropdown trigger</a>
<ul class="dropdown-menu" role="menu" aria-labelledby="dLabel">
...
</ul>
</div>
That example is from the bootstrap site
Your code should look like this...
<!DOCTYPE html >
<head>
<script src="//ajax.googleapis./ajax/libs/jquery/1.8.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="../plugins/js/bootstrap-dropdown.js"></script>
<link href="../theme/bootstrap.css" rel=stylesheet type="text/css">
</head>
<div class="dropdown">
<ul class="dropdown">
<a data-target="#" data-toggle="dropdown" class="dropdown-toggle" href="#">Dropdown menu here...
<b class="caret"></b>
</a>
<ul class="dropdown-menu">
<li><a href="/app/1">Item A</a></li>
<li><a href="/app/2">Item B</a></li>
<li><a href="/app/3">Item C</a></li>
</ul>
</ul>
</div>
I tried making a nested list, but it didn't work with bootstrap. I think it gets the two dropdowns confused.
Make sure you are using the latest version of JQuery
This is easily solved. The element wrapping your code is a li, but it needs to be a div. This works for me:
<div class="dropdown">
<a data-target="#" data-toggle="dropdown" class="dropdown-toggle" href="#">Dropdown menu here...
<b class="caret"></b>
</a>
<ul class="dropdown-menu">
<li><a href="/app/1">Item A</a></li>
<li><a href="/app/2">Item B</a></li>
<li><a href="/app/3">Item C</a></li>
</ul>
</div>
If you want it to look like a button, just add "btn" to the class list like this:
<a data-target="#" data-toggle="dropdown" class="dropdown-toggle btn" href="#">
My header section looks like this:
<link rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' href='css/bootstrap.min.css'>
<link rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' href='css/bootstrap-responsive.min.css'>
<script src='js/jquery-2.0.0.min.js' type='text/javascript'>
<script src='js/bootstrap.min.js' type='text/javascript'>
You may want to leave out the responsive css if you're not doing anything for mobile devices.