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HTML
<link rel="stylesheet" href="//netdna.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.1.1/css/bootstrap.min.css">
<script src="//netdna.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.1.1/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
<div class="navbar navbar-default navbar-fixed-top" role="navigation">
<div class="container">
<div>
<ul class="nav navbar-nav">
<li class="dropdown"> <a href="#" class="dropdown-toggle" data-toggle="dropdown">Settings<span class="caret"></span></a>
<ul class="dropdown-menu" role="menu">
<li><a href="#">Edit</a>
</li>
<li><a href="#">Delete</a>
</li>
<li class="dropdown"> <a href="#" class="dropdown-toggle" data-toggle="dropdown">Visible by friends<span class="caret"></span></a>
<ul class="dropdown-menu" role="menu">
<li><a href="#">Visible by friends</a>
</li>
<li><a href="#">Visible by me only</a>
</li>
<li><a href="#">Visible by anyone</a>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
</div>
CSS
.dropdown-submenu {
position:relative;
}
.dropdown-submenu>.dropdown-menu {
top:0;
left:100%;
margin-top:-6px;
margin-left:-1px;
-webkit-border-radius:0 6px 6px 6px;
-moz-border-radius:0 6px 6px 6px;
border-radius:0 6px 6px 6px;
}
.dropdown-submenu:hover>.dropdown-menu {
display:block;
}
.dropdown-submenu>a:after {
display:block;
content:" ";
float:right;
width:0;
height:0;
border-color:transparent;
border-style:solid;
border-width:5px 0 5px 5px;
border-left-color:#cccccc;
margin-top:5px;
margin-right:-10px;
}
.dropdown-submenu:hover>a:after {
border-left-color:#ffffff;
}
.dropdown-submenu.pull-left {
float:none;
}
.dropdown-submenu.pull-left>.dropdown-menu {
left:-100%;
margin-left:10px;
-webkit-border-radius:6px 0 6px 6px;
-moz-border-radius:6px 0 6px 6px;
border-radius:6px 0 6px 6px;
}
JavaScript
$('ul.dropdown-menu [data-toggle=dropdown]').on('click', function(event) {
// Avoid following the href location when clicking
event.preventDefault();
// Avoid having the menu to close when clicking
event.stopPropagation();
// If a menu is already open we close it
$('ul.dropdown-menu [data-toggle=dropdown]').parent().removeClass('open');
// opening the one you clicked on
$(this).parent().addClass('open');
});