$('a[data-toggle="tab"]').on('shown.bs.tab', function (e) {
console.log($(e.target).parent().index());
})
body {
margin: 5px;
background: #A6A6A6
}
/* Tab Navigation */
.nav-tabs {
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
border: 0;
}
.nav-tabs > li > a {
background: #DADADA;
border-radius: 0;
box-shadow: inset 0 -8px 7px -9px rgba(0,0,0,.4),-2px -2px 5px -2px rgba(0,0,0,.4);
}
.nav-tabs > li.active > a,
.nav-tabs > li.active > a:hover {
background: #F5F5F5;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,.4),-2px -3px 5px -2px rgba(0,0,0,.4);
}
/* Tab Content */
.tab-pane {
background: #F5F5F5;
box-shadow: 0 0 4px rgba(0,0,0,.4);
border-radius: 0;
text-align: center;
padding: 10px;
}
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<link href="http://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/font-awesome/4.1.0/css/font-awesome.min.css" rel="stylesheet"/>
<script src="http://getbootstrap.com/dist/js/bootstrap.js"></script>
<link href="http://getbootstrap.com/dist/css/bootstrap.css" rel="stylesheet"/>
<div class="container">
<!-- Nav tabs -->
<ul class="nav nav-tabs" role="tablist">
<li class="active">
<a href="#home" role="tab" data-toggle="tab">
<icon class="fa fa-home"></icon> Home
</a>
</li>
<li><a href="#profile" role="tab" data-toggle="tab">
<i class="fa fa-user"></i> Profile
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="#messages" role="tab" data-toggle="tab">
<i class="fa fa-envelope"></i> Messages
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="#settings" role="tab" data-toggle="tab">
<i class="fa fa-cog"></i> Settings
</a>
</li>
</ul>
<!-- Tab panes -->
<div class="tab-content">
<div class="tab-pane fade active in" id="home">
<h2>Home Content Goes Here</h2>
<img src="http://lorempixel.com/400/400/cats/1" alt="Cats"/>
</div>
<div class="tab-pane fade" id="profile">
<h2>Profile Content Goes Here</h2>
<img src="http://lorempixel.com/400/400/cats/2" alt="Cats"/>
</div>
<div class="tab-pane fade" id="messages">
<h2>Messages Content Goes Here</h2>
<img src="http://lorempixel.com/400/400/cats/3" alt="Cats"/>
</div>
<div class="tab-pane fade" id="settings">
<h2>Settings Content Goes Here</h2>
<img src="http://lorempixel.com/400/400/cats/4" alt="Cats"/>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<!-- Post Info -->
<div style='position:fixed;bottom:0;left:0;
background:lightgray;width:100%;'>
About this SO Question: <a href='http://stackoverflow.com/q/24553105/1366033'>How to create Tabbed Panel in Bootstrap</a><br/>
Fork This Skeleton Here: <a href='http://jsfiddle.net/KyleMit/kcpma/'>Bootstrap 3.0 Skeleton</a><br/>
Styled after this (better) template: <a href='http://wrapbootstrap.com/preview/WB066F8J6'>Responsive Tabbed Form</a><br/>
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