I am trying to (eventually) split a form over several Bootstrap 3.x tabs, but I am having trouble with the previous and next buttons. Only the first next button functions and sometimes the tab content doesn't change at all between tabs when the tabs are manually clicked OR using the buttons.
<ul class="nav nav-tabs">
<li class="active"><a href="#tab1" data-toggle="tab">Shipping</a></li>
<li><a href="#tab2" data-toggle="tab">Quantities</a></li>
<li><a href="#tab3" data-toggle="tab">Summary</a></li>
</ul>
<div class="tab-content">
<div class="tab-pane active" id="tab1">
<a class="btn btn-primary" id="btnNext">Next</a>
</div>
<div class="tab-pane" id="tab2">
<a class="btn btn-primary" id="btnNext">Next</a>
<a class="btn btn-primary" id="btnPrevious">Previous</a>
</div>
<div class="tab-pane" id="tab2">
<a class="btn btn-primary" id="btnPrevious">Previous</a>
</div>
</div>
<script>
$('#btnNext').click(function(){
$('.nav-tabs > .active').next('li').find('a').trigger('click');
});
$('#btnPrevious').click(function(){
$('.nav-tabs > .active').prev('li').find('a').trigger('click');
});
</script>
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