Bootstrap active class dynamic navigation

Question

I am loading nav bar from a HTML file using the load() method. I want the active class for each <li> to change dynamically. I tried many options, but it is not working.

Here is the nav bar code which I saved as navigation.html:

<nav class="navbar navbar-default navbar-fixed-top" role="navigation">
  <div class="navbar-header">
    <a class="navbar-brand" href="#">Theatre Count</a>
  </div>
  <div>
    <ul class="nav nav-pills pull-left" id="nav">
      <li><a href="home.html"><span class="glyphicon glyphicon-home"></span>&nbsp;Home</a></li>
      <li class="active"><a href="status.html"><span class="glyphicon glyphicon-flag"></span>&nbsp;Status</a></li>
      <li><a href="#"><span class="glyphicon glyphicon-picture"></span>&nbsp;Live Images</a></li>
      <li><a href="reports.html"><span class="glyphicon glyphicon-stats"></span>&nbsp;Reports</a></li>
      <li><a href="#"><span class="glyphicon glyphicon-briefcase"></span>&nbsp;Archive</a></li>
    </ul>
  </div>
  <button type="button" class="btn btn-primary pull-right logout"><span class="glyphicon glyphicon-log-out"></span>&nbsp;Log Out</button>
</nav>

Here is my status.html page code:

<body>    
  <script>
    $(document).ready(function(){
        $('#navigation').load('navigation.html');
    });
  </script> 
  <script> 
    $("#nav li a").on("click", function(){    
        $("#nav li").removeClass("active"); //Remove any previously "active" li
        $(this).closest("li").addClass("active"); //Set click li as active
    });         
  </script>    
  <div id="navigation"></div>
</body>

Here my active class script is not working.

there it is working.but it is not working for me.when i click report it goes to report.html page but still the status is active — Premkumar

Samda Samda · Accepted Answer · 2015-03-10T11:53:59

Please see the example below. hope it useful for you.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>

<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <link href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.2/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet" />
</head>

<body>
  <div id="navbar" class="navbar-collapse collapse">
    <ul class="nav navbar-nav">
      <li class="active"><a href="#">Home</a>
      </li>
      <li><a href="#about">About</a>
      </li>
      <li><a href="#contact">Contact</a>
      </li>
    </ul>
  </div>

  <script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
  <script src="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.2/js/bootstrap.min.js">
  </script>
  <script>
       //Click on any li in ul with class 'navbar-nav'
      $('ul.navbar-nav li').click(function(e) {
        var $this = $(this); // declare variable for current li that we click
        $('ul.navbar-nav').find('li.active').last().removeClass('active') //find all li that class class active and remove
        $this.addClass('active'); //add 'active' class to current li.
      });
    </script>
</body>

</html>

Bootstrap active class dynamic navigation

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