How to hide collapsible Bootstrap navbar on click

Question

I've created this collapsable navbar using Bootstrap 4 that works nicely, but I would like it to close when the user clicks on a link. Any way to do this? Thanks

html navbar:

<nav class="navbar navbar-toggleable-md fixed-top">

<button id="nav-btn"class="navbar-toggler navbar-toggler-right" type="button" data-toggle="collapse" data-target="#navbarDiv"  aria-expanded="false" aria-label="Toggle navigation">
        <span class="icon-bar"></span>
        <span class="icon-bar"></span>
        <span class="icon-bar"></span>
 </button>

            <div class="container">

                <a class="navbar-brand" href="#"><img src="Images/logo.png" width="60px"></a>

                    <div class="collapse navbar-collapse" id="navbarDiv">

                        <ul class="navbar-nav mr-auto">

                            <li class="nav-item active">

                                <a class="nav-link" href="#home">Home <span class="sr-only">(current)</span></a>

                            </li>

                            <li class="nav-item">

                                <a class="nav-link" href="#about-us">About</a>

                            </li>

                            <li class="nav-item">

                                <a class="nav-link" href="#pricing">Pricing</a>

                            </li>

                        </ul>

                    </div>

            </div>

        </nav>

css for .icon-bar, since Bootstrap 4 doesn't use the icon-bar class.

.navbar-toggler .icon-bar {
  margin: 7px;
  display: block;
  width: 22px;
  height: 1px;
  background-color: #cccccc;
  border-radius: 1px;
}

Answer 1

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 = bootstrap.Collapse.getOrCreateInstance(menuToggle, {toggle: false})
navLinks.forEach((l) => {
    if (menuToggle.classList.contains('show')) {  // only fire on mobile
        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" data-toggle="collapse" data-target=".navbar-collapse.show">
         <a class="nav-link" href="#home">Home <span class="sr-only">(current)</span></a>
     </li>
     <li class="nav-item" data-toggle="collapse" data-target=".navbar-collapse.show">
         <a class="nav-link" href="#about-us">About</a>
     </li>
     <li class="nav-item" data-toggle="collapse" data-target=".navbar-collapse.show">
         <a class="nav-link" href="#pricing">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