Restore commented out dropdown styles, get open dropdown state working again

less/dropdowns.less

@@ -2,10 +2,6 @@
 // Dropdown menus
 // --------------------------------------------------
 
-// Remove the outline when :focus is triggered
-.open > a {
-  outline: 0;
-}
 
 // Dropdown arrow/caret
 // --------------------
@@ -107,9 +103,15 @@
 // Open state for the dropdown
 // ---------------------------
 .open {
-  & > .dropdown-menu {
+  // Show the menu
+  > .dropdown-menu {
     display: block;
   }
+
+  // Remove the outline when :focus is triggered
+  > a {
+    outline: 0;
+  }
 }
 
 // Right aligned dropdowns

less/navs.less

@@ -28,17 +28,10 @@
       }
     }
 
-    // Nav states and addons
-    // --------------------------------------------------
-
-    // Disabled state
-    // -------------------------
-
-    // Gray out text
+    // Disabled state sets text to gray and nukes hover/tab effects
     &.disabled > a {
       color: @gray-light;
     }
-    // Nuke hover effects
     &.disabled > a:hover,
     &.disabled > a:focus {
       color: @gray-light;
@@ -46,10 +39,19 @@
       background-color: transparent;
       cursor: default;
     }
+
     // Space the headers out when they follow another list item (link)
     + .nav-header {
       margin-top: 9px;
     }
+
+    // Open dropdowns
+    &.open > a,
+    &.open > a:hover,
+    &.open > a:focus {
+      background-color: @link-color;
+      border-color: @link-color;
+    }
   }
 
   // Redeclare pull classes because of specifity
@@ -222,11 +224,69 @@
 // -------------------------
 
 .nav-tabs .dropdown-menu {
+  // make dropdown border overlap tab border
+  margin-top: -1px;
   // Remove the top rounded corners here since there is a hard edge above the menu
   .border-top-radius(0);
 }
 
 
+
+
+
+
+  // Make dropdown carets use link color in navs
+  .nav .caret {
+    border-top-color: @link-color;
+    border-bottom-color: @link-color;
+  }
+  .nav a:hover .caret {
+    border-top-color: @link-hover-color;
+    border-bottom-color: @link-hover-color;
+  }
+
+
+
+// Active dropdown links
+// -------------------------
+.nav .active .caret {
+  border-top-color: #fff;
+  border-bottom-color: #fff;
+}
+.nav-tabs .active .caret {
+  border-top-color: @gray;
+  border-bottom-color: @gray;
+}
+
+// Active:hover dropdown links
+// -------------------------
+.nav > .dropdown.active > a:hover {
+  cursor: pointer;
+}
+
+// Open dropdowns
+// -------------------------
+.nav-tabs .open > a,
+.nav-pills .open > a,
+.nav > li.dropdown.open.active > a:hover {
+  color: #fff;
+  background-color: @gray-light;
+  border-color: @gray-light;
+}
+.nav li.dropdown.open .caret,
+.nav li.dropdown.open.active .caret,
+.nav li.dropdown.open > a:hover .caret {
+  border-top-color: #fff;
+  border-bottom-color: #fff;
+  .opacity(1);
+}
+
+// Dropdowns in stacked tabs
+.tabs-stacked .open > a:hover {
+  border-color: @gray-light;
+}
+
+
 /*
 // Prevent IE8 from misplacing imgs
 // See https://github.com/h5bp/html5-boilerplate/issues/984#issuecomment-3985989