Add a gray background color to the active link in a default Bootstrap navbar

To add gray background color to the active link, use the .active class in Bootstrap.

You can try to run the following code to implement .active class −

Example

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
   <head>
      <title>Bootstrap Example</title>
      <link href = "/bootstrap/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel = "stylesheet">
      <script src = "/scripts/jquery.min.js"></script>
      <script src = "/bootstrap/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
   </head>
   <body>
      <nav class = "navbar navbar-default">
         <div class = "container-fluid">
            <div class = "navbar-header">
               <a class = "navbar-brand" href = "#">Website</a>
            </div>
            <ul class = "nav navbar-nav">
               <li class = "active"><a href = "#">Home</a></li>
               <li><a href = "#">Tutorials</a></li>
               <li><a href = "#">Quiz</a></li>
            </ul>
         </div>
      </nav>
      <div class = "container">
         <h3>Demo</h3>
         <p>This is demo text.</p>
      </div>
   </body>
</html>

Krantik Chavan

Updated on: 15-Jun-2020

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