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CSS Framework Basics Prototyping with Bootstrap Build a Dropdown Menu

Pauline Orr
Pauline Orr
15,321 Points
Posted by Pauline Orr
Pauline Orr
15,321 Points

What am I missing in line 25 for the attributes?

What am I missing with this code? Its asking: "Next, give the a element on line 25 Bootstrap's data attribute for toggling a drop down nav"

Not sure what else it could be looking for.

index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <title>Ribbit - A Treehouse Project</title>
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
    <link href="css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet" media="screen">
    <link href="css/bootstrap-theme.min.css" rel="stylesheet" media="screen">
  </head>
  <body>

    <!-- Navbar -->
    <div class="navbar navbar-inverse navbar-fixed-top">
      <div class="container">
        <button type="button" class="navbar-toggle" data-toggle="collapse" data-target=".navbar-collapse">
          <span class="icon-bar"></span>
          <span class="icon-bar"></span>
          <span class="icon-bar"></span>
        </button>
        <a class="navbar-brand text-muted" href="#">Ribbit</a>
        <div class="collapse navbar-collapse">
           <ul class="nav navbar-nav navbar-right">
            <li class="active"><a href="#">Home</a></li>
            <li><a href="#">About Ribbit</a></li>
            <li class="dropdown"> </li>
              <a data-toggle="dropdown" data-target="#">Treehouse<b class="caret"></b></a>
              <ul>
                <li><a href="#">About Treehouse</a></li>
                <li><a href="#">Video Library</a></li>
                <li><a href="#">Learning Adventures</a></li>
                <li><a href="#">Plans &amp; Pricing</a></li>
              </ul>
            </li>
          </ul>
        </div>
      </div>
    </div><!-- End navbar -->

    <script src="js/jquery.min.js"></script>
    <script src="js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
  </body>
</html>

3 Answers

Robert Araujo
Robert Araujo
Courses Plus Student 2,222 Points

This did it for me,

 <li><a href="#">About Ribbit</a></li>
        <li class="dropdown">
          <a data-target="#">Treehouse<b class="caret"></b></a>
Nijesh Nj
Nijesh Nj
18,232 Points

This code won't work! All you want to do is, add a attribute 'data-toggle' and then set it's value to 'dropdown'.

<a data-toggle="dropdown" data-target="#">Treehouse<b class="caret"></b></a>
Pauline Orr
Pauline Orr
15,321 Points
Pauline Orr
Pauline Orr
15,321 Points

Tried that, still no go for me...

Robert Araujo
Robert Araujo
Courses Plus Student 2,222 Points

Might be an issue with Workspaces :/

Pauline Orr
Pauline Orr
15,321 Points
Pauline Orr
Pauline Orr
15,321 Points

Finally got it to work- I used your code and added exactly what I have been adding and it worked. Thanks!

Robert Araujo
Robert Araujo
Courses Plus Student 2,222 Points

Haha Science!