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Add a background color to the active list item in a Bootstrap list group

Bootstrap Web Development CSS Framework

Use the .active class to add gray background color to the active list item in a list group in Bootstrap.

You can try to run the following code to add background color to the active list item −

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>
      <div class = "container">
         <h2>Features of Java</h2>
         <div class = "list-group">
            <a href = "#" class="list-group-item active">Interface</a>
            <a href = "#" class="list-group-item">Multi-threading</a>
            <a href = "#" class="list-group-item">Packages</a>
            <a href = "#" class="list-group-item">Collection</a>
            <a href = "#" class="list-group-item">Serialization</a>
         </div>
      </div>
   </body>
</html>
Updated on: 2026-03-11T22:50:42+05:30

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