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CSS Bootstrap 4 Basics (Retired) Using Bootstrap Components Displaying a Modal Window

Posted by Kristian Woods
Kristian Woods
23,414 Points

I'm unsure about the Bootstrap data-toggle and data-target attributes

I can't find good documentation regarding the data-toggle and data-target attributes. From my findings, I'm GUESSING that data-toggle is a class of some sort for a particular element. For example data-toggle="modal" data-target="#myModal" - this will trigger a modal with the ID of "myModal".

However, I found a few more:

data-toggle="modal" data-toggle="collapse" data-toggle="dropdown" data-toggle="tab"

I'm, again, guessing, that theses different values for the attributes are for different types of elements. For example, "collapse" might be used for a navigation menu? Is that correct?

Thanks

1 Answer

Wilson Usman
Wilson Usman
35,206 Points
Wilson Usman
Wilson Usman
35,206 Points

Kristian,

You might want to go through this page http://getbootstrap.com/javascript/

It helped me understand it a lot better. You're on the right track though.

Take a look at this sample code for better understanding.

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.6/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
<link href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.6/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet"/>

<div class="dropdown">
  <a class="dropdown-toggle" data-toggle="dropdown" href="#">Dropdown trigger</a>
  <ul class="dropdown-menu" role="menu" aria-labelledby="dLabel">
    <li><a href="#">Item</a></li>
  </ul>
</div>