Bootstrap dropdown closing when clicked

Solution 1:

You can omit the dropdown call all together, the bootstrap dropdown works without it. Make sure you're wrapping your script properly, you can include it on the header or body of your page, although personally i prefer placing it on the body of your page.

JS

<script type="text/javascript">
    $('.dropdown-menu input, .dropdown-menu label').click(function(e) {
        e.stopPropagation();
    });
</script>

Solution 2:

If you want to stop closing only some of dropdown menu, not all of them, then just add an additional class to your ul block:

<ul class="dropdown-menu keep-open-on-click">

And use this code:

$(document).on('click', '.dropdown-menu', function(e) {
    if ($(this).hasClass('keep-open-on-click')) { e.stopPropagation(); }
});

Solution 3:

Time passed since answer had been accepted, but if you want to keep the dropdown opened, if it acts like a kind of dialog, the best way i think is:

$('.dropdown').dropdown().on("hide.bs.dropdown", function(e) {
            if ($.contains(dropdown, e.target)) {
                e.preventDefault();
            //or return false;
            }
        });