Bootstrap tab activation with JQuery

I have the following code:

<ul class="nav nav-tabs">
    <li><a href="#aaa" data-toggle="tab">AAA</a></li>
    <li><a href="#bbb" data-toggle="tab">BBB</a></li>
    <li><a href="#ccc" data-toggle="tab">CCC</a></li>
</ul>
<div class="tab-content" id="tabs">
    <div class="tab-pane" id="aaa">...Content...</div>
    <div class="tab-pane" id="bbb">...Content...</div>
    <div class="tab-pane" id="ccc">...Content...</div>
</div>

And the following script:

$(document).ready(function(){
    activaTab('aaa');
});

function activaTab(tab){
    $('.tab-pane a[href="#' + tab + '"]').tab('show');
};

In this case when the page is ready, the second tab will be activated but I always get a JavaScript error in the line $('.tab-pane a[href="#' + tab + '"]').tab();

Can anyone help me, please?

Applying a selector from the .nav-tabs seems to be working: See this demo.

$(document).ready(function(){
    activaTab('aaa');
});

function activaTab(tab){
    $('.nav-tabs a[href="#' + tab + '"]').tab('show');
};

I would prefer @codedme's answer, since if you know which tab you want prior to page load, you should probably change the page html and not use JS for this particular task.

I tweaked the demo for his answer, as well.

(If this is not working for you, please specify your setting - browser, environment, etc.)

Perform a click on the link to the tab anchor whenever the page is ready i.e.

$('a[href="' + window.location.hash + '"]').trigger('click');

Or in vanilla JavaScript

document.querySelector('a[href="' + window.location.hash + '"]').click();

This one is quite straightforward from w3schools: https://www.w3schools.com/bootstrap/bootstrap_ref_js_tab.asp

// Select tab by name
$('.nav-tabs a[href="#home"]').tab('show')

// Select first tab
$('.nav-tabs a:first').tab('show') 

// Select last tab
$('.nav-tabs a:last').tab('show') 

// Select fourth tab (zero-based)
$('.nav-tabs li:eq(3) a').tab('show')

<div class="tabbable">
<ul class="nav nav-tabs">
    <li class="active"><a href="#aaa" data-toggle="tab">AAA</a></li>
    <li><a href="#bbb" data-toggle="tab">BBB</a></li>
    <li><a href="#ccc" data-toggle="tab">CCC</a></li>
</ul>
<div class="tab-content" id="tabs">
    <div class="tab-pane fade active in" id="aaa">...Content...</div>
    <div class="tab-pane" id="bbb">...Content...</div>
    <div class="tab-pane" id="ccc">...Content...</div>
</div>
</div>

Add active class to any li element you want to be active after page load. And also adding active class to content div is needed ,fade in classes are useful for a smooth transition.

Add an id attribute to a html tag

<ul class="nav nav-tabs">
    <li><a href="#aaa" data-toggle="tab" id="tab_aaa">AAA</a></li>
    <li><a href="#bbb" data-toggle="tab" id="tab_bbb">BBB</a></li>
    <li><a href="#ccc" data-toggle="tab" id="tab_ccc">CCC</a></li>
</ul>
<div class="tab-content" id="tabs">
    <div class="tab-pane" id="aaa">...Content...</div>
    <div class="tab-pane" id="bbb">...Content...</div>
    <div class="tab-pane" id="ccc">...Content...</div>
</div>

Then using JQuery

$("#tab_aaa").tab('show');

Bootstrap tab activation with JQuery

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