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CSS Framework Basics Prototyping with Bootstrap Adding a Dropdown Menu and Glyphicons

Posted by Allison Walker
Allison Walker
17,137 Points

Data-target vs href in Bootstrap dropdown menus?

Instead of using "href", for a sister-page, Guil uses "data-target" for the dropdown. Is this a best practice ONLY in Bootstrap dropdown menus, or is this something that we should use elsewhere?

2 Answers

Craig Watson
Craig Watson
27,930 Points
Craig Watson
Craig Watson
27,930 Points

Hi Alison :)

The "data-target" attribute is a custom HTML data attribute used by bootstrap, it can help take the use of specific classes and ID's away from your JS.

I had a read of this a while back when I first came across them myself :) here is the link

They are really handy and pretty damn robust to!

Hope this helps Craig

Allison Walker
Allison Walker
17,137 Points

So, it's really only to be used when using Bootstrap?

Thanks, I'll take a look at the info.

Leigh Maher
Leigh Maher
21,830 Points
Leigh Maher
Leigh Maher
21,830 Points

When I remove the href from this link, and you rollover the link, the hand icon disappears and you can only see the crosshair. Should we keep the href in here?