<link href="//maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.0/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet" id="bootstrap-css"> <script src="//maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.0/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script> <script src="//code.jquery.com/jquery-1.11.1.min.js"></script> <!------ Include the above in your HEAD tag ----------> <div class="col-md-12"> <div class="btn-pref btn-group btn-group-justified btn-group-lg" role="group" aria-label="..."> <div class="btn-group" role="group"> <button type="button" id="following" class="btn btn-default" href="#tab3" data-toggle="tab"> <a href="https://placeholder.com"><img src="http://via.placeholder.com/50x50"></a> Tarjeta de credito </button> </div> <div class="btn-group" role="group"> <button type="button" id="favorites" class="btn btn-default" href="#tab2" data-toggle="tab"> <a href="https://placeholder.com"><img src="http://via.placeholder.com/50x50"></a> Tarjeta de debito </button> </div> <div class="btn-group" role="group"> <button type="button" id="following" class="btn btn-default" href="#tab3" data-toggle="tab"> <a href="https://placeholder.com"><img src="http://via.placeholder.com/50x50"></a> Sucursal Booktravel </button> </div> <div class="btn-group" role="group"> <button type="button" id="following" class="btn btn-default" href="#tab4" data-toggle="tab"> <a href="https://placeholder.com"><img src="http://via.placeholder.com/50x50"></a> Tiendas Oxxo </button> </div> </div> <div class="well"> <div class="tab-content"> <div class="tab-pane fade in active" id="tab1"> <h3>This is tab 1</h3> </div> <div class="tab-pane fade in" id="tab2"> <h3>This is tab 2</h3> </div> <div class="tab-pane fade in" id="tab3"> <h3>This is tab 3</h3> </div> <div class="tab-pane fade in" id="tab4"> <h3>This is tab 4</h3> </div> </div> </div> </div>

$(document).ready(function() { $(".btn-pref .btn").click(function () { $(".btn-pref .btn").removeClass("btn-primary").addClass("btn-default"); // $(".tab").addClass("active"); // instead of this do the below $(this).removeClass("btn-default").addClass("btn-primary"); }); });