How to use AJAX loading with Bootstrap tabs? - ajax

Question

I used bootstrap-tabs.js and it has worked perfectly.
But I didn't find information about how to load content through AJAX request.
So, how to use AJAX loading with bootstrap-tabs.js?

Answer 1

In Bootstrap 2.0 and up you have to bind to the 'show' event instead.
Here's an example HTML and JavaScript:
<div class="tabbable">
<ul class="nav nav-tabs" id="myTabs">
<li>Home</li>
<li>Foo</li>
<li><a href="#bar" data-toggle="tab">Bar</li>
</ul>
<div>
<div class="tab-pane active" id="home"></div>
<div class="tab-pane" id="foo"></div>
<div class="tab-pane" id="bar"></div>
</div>
</div>
JavaScript:
$(function() {
var baseURL = 'http://yourdomain.com/ajax/';
//load content for first tab and initialize
$('#home').load(baseURL+'home', function() {
$('#myTab').tab(); //initialize tabs
});
$('#myTab').bind('show', function(e) {
var pattern=/#.+/gi //use regex to get anchor(==selector)
var contentID = e.target.toString().match(pattern)[0]; //get anchor
//load content for selected tab
$(contentID).load(baseURL+contentID.replace('#',''), function(){
$('#myTab').tab(); //reinitialize tabs
});
});
});
I wrote a post about it here: http://www.mightywebdeveloper.com/coding/bootstrap-2-tabs-jquery-ajax-load-content/

Answer 2

You can listen the change event and ajax load content in the event handler
$('.tabs').bind('change', function (e) {
var now_tab = e.target // activated tab
// get the div's id
var divid = $(now_tab).attr('href').substr(1);
$.getJSON('xxx.php').success(function(data){
$("#"+divid).text(data.msg);
});
})

Answer 3

I wanted to load fully dynamic php pages into the tabs through Ajax.
For example, I wanted to have $_GET values in the links, based on which tab it was - this is useful if your tabs are dynamic, based on database data for example.
Couldn't find anything that worked with it but I did manage to write some jQuery that actually works and does what I'm looking for.
I'm a complete jQuery noob but here's how I did it.
I created a new 'data-toggle' option called tabajax (instead of just tab), this allows me to seperate what's ajax and what's static content.
I created a jQuery snippet that runs based on that data-toggle, it doesn't mess with the original code.
I can now load say url.php?value=x into my Bootstrap Tabs.
Feel free to use it if you want to, code is below
jQuery code:
$('[data-toggle="tabajax"]').click(function(e) {
e.preventDefault()
var loadurl = $(this).attr('href')
var targ = $(this).attr('data-target')
$.get(loadurl, function(data) {
$(targ).html(data)
});
$(this).tab('show')
});
HTML:
<li>Val 1</li>
So here you can see that I've changed the way bootstrap loads thing, I use the href for the dynamic ajaxlink and then add a 'data-target' value to the link instead, that should be your target div (tab-content).
So in your tab content section, you should then create an empty div called val1 for this example.
Empty Div (target):
<div class='tab-pane' id='val1'><!-- Ajax content will be loaded here--></div>
Hope this is useful to someone :)

Answer 4

I suggest to put the uri into the tab-pane elements, it allows to take advantage of web frameworks reverse url fonctionnalities. It also allows to depend exclusively on the markup
<ul class="nav nav-tabs" id="ajax_tabs">
<li class="active"><a data-toggle="tab" href="#ajax_login">Login</a></li>
<li><a data-toggle="tab" href="#ajax_registration">Registration</a></li>
</ul>
<div class="tab-content">
<div class="tab-pane active" id="ajax_login"
data-target="{% url common.views.ajax_login %}"></div>
<div class="tab-pane" id="ajax_registration"
data-target="{% url common.views.ajax_registration %}"></div>
</div>
And here is the javascript
function show_tab(tab) {
if (!tab.html()) {
tab.load(tab.attr('data-target'));
}
}
function init_tabs() {
show_tab($('.tab-pane.active'));
$('a[data-toggle="tab"]').on('show', function(e) {
tab = $('#' + $(e.target).attr('href').substr(1));
show_tab(tab);
});
}
$(function () {
init_tabs();
});
I loads the active tab, and loads a tab only if it is not already loaded

Answer 5

There is an error in your code user1177811.
It has to be $('[data-toggle="tabajax"]').
Also there is room for improvement. The .load() method, unlike $.get(), allows us to specify a portion of the remote document to be inserted. So i added #content to load the content div of the remote page.
$this.tab('show'); is now only called, when response was a success.
Here is the code
$('[data-toggle="tabajax"]').click(function(e) {
e.preventDefault();
$this = $(this);
var loadurl = $(this).attr('href');
var targ = $(this).attr('data-target');
$(targ).load(loadurl+'?ajax=true #content', function(){
$this.tab('show');
});
});

Answer 6

Here is how I do it. I utilize an attribute data-href which holds the url I want to load on show. This will not reload data that is already loaded unless you set $('#tab').data('loaded'); to 0 or remove it. It also handles relative vs. absolute urls by detecting the location of the first slash. I am not sure of the compatibility with all browsers but it works in our situation and allows for the functionality we are looking for.
Javascript:
//Ajax tabs
$('.nav-tabs a[data-href][data-toggle="tab"]').on('show', function(e) {
var $this = $(this);
if ($this.data('loaded') != 1)
{
var firstSlash = $this.attr('data-href').indexOf('/');
var url = '';
if (firstSlash !== 0)
url = window.location.href + '/' + $this.attr('data-href');
else
url = $this.attr('data-href');
//Load the page
$($this.attr('href')).load(url, function(data) {
$this.data('loaded', 1);
});
}
});
HTML:
<div class="tabbable">
<ul class="nav nav-tabs">
<li class="active">
Tab 1
</li>
</ul>
<div class="tab-content">
<div class="tab-pane active" id="js-tab1">
<p>
This content isn't used, but instead replaced with contents of tab1.php.
</p>
<p>
You can put a loader image in here if you want
</p>
</div>
</div>
</div>

Answer 7

Here is a solution I have found - and modified to suit my needs:
$("#tabletabs").tab(); // initialize tabs
$("#tabletabs").bind("show", function(e) {
var contentID = $(e.target).attr("data-target");
var contentURL = $(e.target).attr("href");
if (typeof(contentURL) != 'undefined') { // Check if URL exists
$(contentID).load(contentURL, function(){
$("#tabletabs").tab(); // reinitialize tabs
});
} else {
$(contentID).tab('show');
}
});
$('#tabletabs a:first').tab("show"); // Load and display content for first tab
});

Answer 8

This is an MVC example using Razor. It will interact with two partial views named: _SearchTab.cshtml and _SubmissionTab.cshtml
Notice that I am naming the id of the tabs the same as the partials.
Markup:
<!-- Nav tabs -->
<ul id="tabstrip" class="nav nav-tabs" role="tablist">
<li class="active">Submission</li>
<li>Search</li>
</ul>
<!-- Tab panes -->
<div class="tab-content">
<div class="tab-pane fade in active" id="_SubmissionTab">#Html.Partial("_SubmissionTab")</div>
<div class="tab-pane fade" id="_SearchTab"></div>
</div>
The #Html.Partial will request the page on the active tab on page load
Script:
<script>
$('#tabstrip a').click(function (e) {
e.preventDefault()
var tabID = $(this).attr("href").substr(1);
$("#" + tabID).load("/#ViewContext.RouteData.Values["controller"]/" + tabID)
$(this).tab('show')
})
</script>
The load function will perform an ajax request as each tab is clicked. As for what path is requested you will notice a #ViewContext.RouteData.Values["controller"] call. It simply gets the controller of the current view assuming the partial views are located there.
Controller:
public ActionResult _SubmissionTab()
{
return PartialView();
}
public ActionResult _SearchTab()
{
return PartialView();
}
The controller is needed to relay the load request to the proper partial view.

Answer 9

Here is the Bootstrap tab Ajax example, you can use it...
<ul class="nav nav-tabs tabs-up" id="friends">
<li> Contacts </li>
<li> Friends list</li>
<li>Awaiting request</li>
</ul>
<div class="tab-content">
<div class="tab-pane active" id="contacts">
</div>
<div class="tab-pane" id="friends_list">
</div>
<div class="tab-pane urlbox span8" id="awaiting_request">
</div>
</div>
and here is the AJAX call
$('[data-toggle="tabajax"]').click(function(e) {
var $this = $(this),
loadurl = $this.attr('href'),
targ = $this.attr('data-target');
$.get(loadurl, function(data) {
$(targ).html(data);
});
$this.tab('show');
return false;
});

Answer 10

I use this function and it's really nice because she prevent's you from load ajax again when going back to that tab.
Tip: on tab href, just put the destination. Add this to footer:
$("#templates_tabs").tabs({
beforeLoad: function( event, ui ) {
if (ui.tab.data("loaded")) {
event.preventDefault();
return;
}
ui.ajaxSettings.cache = false,
ui.jqXHR.success(function() {
ui.tab.data( "loaded", true );
}),
ui.jqXHR.error(function () {
ui.panel.html(
"Not possible to load. Are you connected?");
});
}
});