Bootstrap .tab('show') not working for my code
From Bootstrap#tabs, what the target to trigger is the tab that we clicked to show the contents, not the content itself.
You should give the second tab that links to the passive_order_categories an id, or use ul.nav-tabs li:eq(1)
to get the second li in the list.
Or use a[href="#passive_order_categories"] to get the anchor related to that content page.
Then apply the .tab('show') on it, not on $('#passive_order_categories')
$('button').click(function() {
// Find the target tab li (or anchor) that links to the content you want to show.
$('a[href="#passive_order_categories"]').tab('show');
//$('ul.nav-tabs li:eq(1)').tab('show');
});<script type="text/javascript" src="//code.jquery.com/jquery-2.1.0.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="//maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.2.0/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="//maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.2.0/css/bootstrap.min.css">
<button>Click</button>
<div class="tabs-container">
<ul class="nav nav-tabs">
<li class="active"><a data-toggle="tab" href="#active_order_categories" aria-expanded="true">Active</a>
</li>
<li class=""><a data-toggle="tab" href="#passive_order_categories" aria-expanded="false">Passive</a>
</li>
</ul>
<div class="tab-content">
<div id="active_order_categories" class="tab-pane active">
<div class="panel-body"></div>
</div>
<div id="passive_order_categories" class="tab-pane">
<div class="panel-body"></div>
</div>
</div>
</div>