Create Bootstrap Pills
Pills
Take same HTML, use .nav-pills:
<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
<head>
<link href="http://java2s.com/style/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet">
<!--from w w w.j a v a2 s .c o m-->
<script src="http://java2s.com/style/jquery-1.8.0.min.js"></script>
<script src="http://java2s.com/style/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
</head>
<body style='margin:20px;'>
<ul class="nav nav-pills">
<li class="active"><a href="#">Home</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Profile</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Messages</a></li>
</ul>
</body>
</html>
Vertical Pills
Pills are also vertically stackable. Just add .nav-stacked.
<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
<head>
<link href="http://java2s.com/style/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet">
<!--from w w w. ja va 2 s. c o m-->
<script src="http://java2s.com/style/jquery-1.8.0.min.js"></script>
<script src="http://java2s.com/style/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
</head>
<body style='margin:20px;'>
<ul class="nav nav-pills nav-stacked">
<li class="active"><a href="#">Home</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Profile</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Messages</a></li>
</ul>
</body>
</html>
Justified Pill
<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
<head>
<link href="http://java2s.com/style/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet">
<!-- w w w . j av a2 s . co m-->
<script src="http://java2s.com/style/jquery-1.8.0.min.js"></script>
<script src="http://java2s.com/style/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
</head>
<body style='margin: 20px;'>
<ul class="nav nav-pills nav-justified">
<li class="active"><a href="#">Home</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Profile</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Messages</a></li>
</ul>
</body>
</html>
Disabled state
For any nav component (tabs, pills, or list),
add .disabled for gray links and no hover effects.
<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
<head>
<link href="http://java2s.com/style/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet">
<!--from w w w .jav a 2 s . c om-->
<script src="http://java2s.com/style/jquery-1.8.0.min.js"></script>
<script src="http://java2s.com/style/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
</head>
<body style='margin: 20px;'>
<ul class="nav nav-pills">
<li><a href="#">Clickable link</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Clickable link</a></li>
<li class="disabled"><a href="#">Disabled link</a></li>
</ul>
</body>
</html>