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<div class="container"><h1>Bootstrap tab panel example (using nav-pills) </h1></div>
<div id="exTab1" class="container">
<ul class="nav nav-pills">
<li class="active">
<a href="#1a" data-toggle="tab">Overview</a>
</li>
<li><a href="#2a" data-toggle="tab">Using nav-pills</a>
</li>
<li><a href="#3a" data-toggle="tab">Applying clearfix</a>
</li>
<li><a href="#4a" data-toggle="tab">Background color</a>
</li>
</ul>
<div class="tab-content clearfix">
<div class="tab-pane active" id="1a">
<h3>Content's background color is the same for the tab</h3>
</div>
<div class="tab-pane" id="2a">
<h3>We use the class nav-pills instead of nav-tabs which automatically creates a background color for the tab</h3>
</div>
<div class="tab-pane" id="3a">
<h3>We applied clearfix to the tab-content to rid of the gap between the tab and the content</h3>
</div>
<div class="tab-pane" id="4a">
<h3>We use css to change the background color of the content to be equal to the tab</h3>
</div>
</div>
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