Linking to a Bootstrap Tab from outside - how to set the tab to “active”?

Question

I have a Bootstrap \"tab\" navigation with 3 different content tabs. It works perfectly except that I want to link to one of the tabs from OUTSIDE the tab navigation. Meanin

Answer 1

Probably need to just add/subtract classes when you add an external link. It not really bound to the tab at all.

$(".outside-link").click(function() {
    $(".nav li").removeClass("active");
    $($(this).attr("data-toggle-tab")).parent("li").addClass("active");
});

Working Fiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/Bp2jm/