Bootstrap Close Responsive Menu "On Click"

Bootstrap close responsive menu on click

I've got it to work with animation!

Menu in html:

<div id="nav-main" class="nav-collapse collapse">
     <ul class="nav">
         <li>
             <a href='#somewhere'>Somewhere</a>
         </li>
     </ul>
 </div>

Binding click event on all a elements in navigation to collapse menu (Bootstrap collapse plugin):

 $(function(){ 
     var navMain = $("#nav-main");
     navMain.on("click", "a", null, function () {
         navMain.collapse('hide');
     });
 });

EDIT
To make it more generic we can use following code snippet

 $(function(){ 
     var navMain = $(".navbar-collapse"); // avoid dependency on #id
     // "a:not([data-toggle])" - to avoid issues caused
     // when you have dropdown inside navbar
     navMain.on("click", "a:not([data-toggle])", null, function () {
         navMain.collapse('hide');
     });
 });

How to hide collapsible Bootstrap navbar on click

Update 2021 - Bootstrap 5 (beta)

Use javascript to add a click event listener on the menu items to close the Collapse navbar..

const navLinks = document.querySelectorAll('.nav-item')
const menuToggle = document.getElementById('navbarSupportedContent')
const bsCollapse = new bootstrap.Collapse(menuToggle)
navLinks.forEach((l) => {
    l.addEventListener('click', () => { bsCollapse.toggle() })
})

BS5 demo javascript method

Or, Use the data-bs-toggle and data-bs-target data attributes in the markup on each link to toggle the Collapse navbar...

<nav class="navbar navbar-expand-lg navbar-light bg-light">
    <div class="container">
        <a class="navbar-brand" href="#">Navbar</a>
        <button class="navbar-toggler" type="button" data-bs-toggle="collapse" data-bs-target="#navbarSupportedContent" aria-controls="navbarSupportedContent" aria-expanded="false" aria-label="Toggle navigation">
            <span class="navbar-toggler-icon"></span>
        </button>
        <div class="collapse navbar-collapse" id="navbarSupportedContent">
            <ul class="navbar-nav me-auto">
                <li class="nav-item active">
                    <a class="nav-link" href="#" data-bs-toggle="collapse" data-bs-target=".navbar-collapse.show">Home</a>
                </li>
                <li class="nav-item">
                    <a class="nav-link" href="#" data-bs-toggle="collapse" data-bs-target=".navbar-collapse.show">Link</a>
                </li>
                <li class="nav-item">
                    <a class="nav-link disabled" href="#" data-bs-toggle="collapse" data-bs-target=".navbar-collapse.show">Disabled</a>
                </li>
            </ul>
            <form class="d-flex my-2 my-lg-0">
                <input class="form-control me-sm-2" type="search" placeholder="Search" aria-label="Search">
                <button class="btn btn-outline-success my-2 my-sm-0" type="submit">Search</button>
            </form>
        </div>
    </div>
</nav>

BS5 demo data-attributes method

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Update 2019 - Bootstrap 4

The navbar has changed, but the "close after click" method is still the same:

BS4 demo jQuery method

BS4 demo data-toggle method

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Bootstrap 3 (original answer)

You can add the collapse component to the links like this..

<ul class="navbar-nav mr-auto">
     <li class="nav-item active">
         <a class="nav-link" href="#home" data-toggle="collapse" data-target=".navbar-collapse.show">Home <span class="sr-only">(current)</span></a>
     </li>
     <li class="nav-item">
         <a class="nav-link" href="#about-us" data-toggle="collapse" data-target=".navbar-collapse.show">About</a>
     </li>
     <li class="nav-item">
         <a class="nav-link" href="#pricing" data-toggle="collapse" data-target=".navbar-collapse.show">Pricing</a>
     </li>
 </ul>

BS3 demo using 'data-toggle' method

Or, (perhaps a better way) use jQuery like this..

$('.navbar-nav>li>a').on('click', function(){
    $('.navbar-collapse').collapse('hide');
});

BS3 demo using jQuery method

Auto close Navbar when click on link (responsive mode)

UPDATE:

You can Add ".single" class to every element which does not have any dropdown items then whenever someone clicks on the ".single" class you hide the menu.
And whenever someone clicks on the ".dorpdown-item" you hide the menu again.

Use following code:

   $( document ).ready(function() {
   
    $('.dropdown-item').click(function(){
     $('.navbar div').removeClass('show');
  });  
  $('.single').click(function(){
         $('.navbar div').removeClass('show');
  });
 
   });   

See this working fiddle https://jsfiddle.net/mayureshpitale/4udmxpth/18/

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