Latest Update:
Version 1 (No Routing) Check out the Plunker Demo
If you are using the #/jobs syntax, it will redirect to a new view. Here is a complete working solution without routes:
Your code on plunker works because ngRoute was not included in your code.
View the demo on plunker
app.js
$scope.tabs = [
{ id : 'jobs', label : 'Jobs', templateUrl:'jobs-partial.html' },
{ id : 'invoices', label : 'Invoices',templateUrl: 'invoices-partial.html' },
{ id : 'payments', label : 'Payments',templateUrl: 'payments-partial.html' }
];
$scope.activeTab = $scope.tabs[0];
$scope.changeActiveTab = function (tab) {
$scope.activeTab = tab;
};
$scope.isActiveTab = function (tabId) {
return tabId === $scope.activeTab;
}
Within index.html
<body ng-controller="TabsCtrl">
<ul class="nav nav-tabs" >
<li ng-class="{active: isActiveTab(tab.id)}" ng-repeat="tab in tabs">
<a href="" ng-click="changeActiveTab(tab.id)" data-toggle="tab">{{tab.label}} </a>
</li>
</ul>
<div class="tab-content">
<div class="tab-pane fade" ng-class="{'in active': isActiveTab(tab.id)}" ng-repeat="tab in tabs"
ng-include="tab.templateUrl">
</div>
</div>
</body>
Version 2 (With Routing) See the Plunker Demo Here
index.html
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html ng-app="plunkerApp">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8" />
<title>AngularJS Plunker</title>
<script>document.write('<base href="' + document.location + '" />');</script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css" />
<link href="//netdna.bootstrapcdn.com/twitter-bootstrap/2.3.2/css/bootstrap-combined.min.css" rel="stylesheet">
<script src="https://code.angularjs.org/1.4.8/angular.js"></script>
<script src="https://code.angularjs.org/1.4.8/angular-route.js"></script>
<script src="app.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<div ng-view></div>
</body>
</html>
app.js
angular
.module('untitled4App', [
'ngRoute'
])
.config(['$routeProvider', '$locationProvider', function ($routeProvider, $locationProvider) {
$routeProvider.when('/jobs', {
templateUrl: '/views/jobs-partial.html',
controller: 'JobsCtrl'
}).when('/invoices', {
templateUrl: '/views/invoices-partial.html',
controller: 'InvoicesCtrl'
}).when('/payments', {
templateUrl: '/views/payments-partial.html',
controller: 'PaymentsCtrl'
});
// making this demo work in plunker
$locationProvider.html5Mode(false);
}])
.factory('tabsService', function () {
return {
tabs: function () {
return [
{id: 'jobs', label: 'Jobs'},
{id: 'invoices', label: 'Invoices'},
{id: 'payments', label: 'Payments'}
]
},
activeTab: '',
isActiveTab: function (tabId) {
return tabId === this.activeTab;
}
}
})
.controller('JobsCtrl', ['$scope', 'tabsService', function ($scope, tabsService) {
$scope.tabs = tabsService.tabs();
$scope.tabsService = tabsService;
tabsService.activeTab = $scope.tabs[0].id;
}])
.controller('InvoicesCtrl', ['$scope', 'tabsService', function ($scope, tabsService) {
$scope.tabs = tabsService.tabs();
$scope.tabsService = tabsService;
tabsService.activeTab = $scope.tabs[1].id;
}])
.controller('PaymentsCtrl', ['$scope', 'tabsService', function ($scope, tabsService) {
$scope.tabs = tabsService.tabs();
$scope.tabsService = tabsService;
tabsService.activeTab = $scope.tabs[2].id;
}]);
jobs.partial.html
<ul class="nav nav-tabs">
<li ng-class="{active: tabsService.isActiveTab(tab.id)}" ng-repeat="tab in tabs">
<a href="#/{{tab.id}}">{{tab.label}} </a>
</li>
</ul>
<div class="tab-content">
<div class="tab-pane fade in active">
Jobs
</div>
</div>
invoices-partial.html
<ul class="nav nav-tabs">
<li ng-class="{active: tabsService.isActiveTab(tab.id)}" ng-repeat="tab in tabs">
<a href="#/{{tab.id}}">{{tab.label}} </a>
</li>
</ul>
<div class="tab-content">
<div class="tab-pane fade in active">
Invoices
</div>
</div>
payments-partial.html
<ul class="nav nav-tabs">
<li ng-class="{active: tabsService.isActiveTab(tab.id)}" ng-repeat="tab in tabs">
<a href="#/{{tab.id}}">{{tab.label}} </a>
</li>
</ul>
<div class="tab-content">
<div class="tab-pane fade in active">
Payments
</div>
</div>