Centering the navbar content in Bootstrap 4 (alpha 5)
Centering Navbar items is simpler in Bootstrap 4, and doesn't require additional markup.
<nav class="navbar navbar-expand-md navbar-light bg-faded">
<ul class="navbar-nav mx-auto">
<li class="nav-item active text-center">
<a class="nav-link" href="#">Home <span class="sr-only">(current)</span></a>
</li>
<li class="nav-item text-center">
<a class="nav-link" href="#">Features</a>
</li>
<li class="nav-item text-center">
<a class="nav-link" href="#">Pricing</a>
</li>
<li class="nav-item dropdown text-center">
<a class="nav-link dropdown-toggle" href="http://example.com" id="navbarDropdownMenuLink" data-toggle="dropdown" aria-haspopup="true" aria-expanded="false">
Dropdown link
</a>
<div class="dropdown-menu" aria-labelledby="navbarDropdownMenuLink">
<a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Action</a>
<a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Another action</a>
<a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Something else here</a>
</div>
</li>
</ul>
</nav>
Bootstrap 4 Center Navbar Demo (updated for v4.0.0)
If you need to center only specific elements, such as the Brand or Links, see this answer
Bootstrap 4 centered navbar
try this code. it works with bootstrap 4. I just added d-flex justify-content-center to navbar-collapse.
<nav class="navbar navbar-expand-md navbar-light fixed-top"> <a class="navbar-brand" href="/"> <img src="/img/frontpage/logotest.png">logo </a> <button class="navbar-toggler" type="button" data-toggle="collapse" data-target="#navbarsExampleDefault" aria-controls="navbarsExampleDefault" aria-expanded="false" aria-label="Toggle navigation"> <span class="navbar-toggler-icon"></span> </button> <div class="collapse navbar-collapse d-flex justify-content-center" id="navbarsExampleDefault"> <ul class="navbar-nav "> <li class="nav-item "><a class="nav-link" href="/">Home</a></li> </ul> </div></nav>Center an element in Bootstrap Navbar
In Bootstrap 4, there is a new utility known as .mx-auto. You just need to specify the width of the centered element.
Ref: http://v4-alpha.getbootstrap.com/utilities/spacing/#horizontal-centering
Diffferent from Bass Jobsen's answer, which is a relative center to the elements on both ends, the following example is absolute centered.
Here's the HTML:
<nav class="navbar bg-faded">
<div class="container">
<ul class="nav navbar-nav pull-sm-left">
<li class="nav-item">
<a class="nav-link" href="#">Link 1</a>
</li>
<li class="nav-item">
<a class="nav-link" href="#">Link 2</a>
</li>
<li class="nav-item">
<a class="nav-link" href="#">Link 3</a>
</li>
<li class="nav-item">
<a class="nav-link" href="#">Link 4</a>
</li>
</ul>
<ul class="nav navbar-nav navbar-logo mx-auto">
<li class="nav-item">
<a class="nav-link" href="#">Brand</a>
</li>
</ul>
<ul class="nav navbar-nav pull-sm-right">
<li class="nav-item">
<a class="nav-link" href="#">Link 5</a>
</li>
<li class="nav-item">
<a class="nav-link" href="#">Link 6</a>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</nav>
And CSS:
.navbar-logo {
width: 90px;
}
How to center nav-items in Bootstrap?
Use the flexbox and margin utils responsively...
Bootstrap 4 alpha 6
http://codeply.com/go/YvzHvQQRAs (center brand & links)
<nav class="navbar navbar-toggleable-md navbar-light bg-faded">
<button class="navbar-toggler navbar-toggler-right" type="button" data-toggle="collapse" data-target="#navbarNavAltMarkup" aria-controls="navbarNavAltMarkup" aria-expanded="false" aria-label="Toggle navigation">
<span class="navbar-toggler-icon"></span>
</button>
<div class="d-md-flex d-block flex-row mx-md-auto mx-0">
<a class="navbar-brand" href="#">Navbar</a>
<div class="collapse navbar-collapse mr-auto" id="navbarNavAltMarkup">
<div class="navbar-nav">
<a class="nav-item nav-link active" href="#">Home <span class="sr-only">(current)</span></a>
<a class="nav-item nav-link" href="#">Features</a>
<a class="nav-item nav-link" href="#">Pricing</a>
<a class="nav-item nav-link disabled" href="#">Disabled</a>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</nav>
Bootstrap 4.1
https://www.codeply.com/go/sTJUthyswN (center brand, align left on mobile)
EDIT..
The answer is still basically the same. Use mx-auto to center.
http://codeply.com/go/mycC5z8lpJ (center links, brand left)
<nav class="navbar navbar-toggleable-md navbar-light bg-faded">
<button class="navbar-toggler navbar-toggler-right" type="button" data-toggle="collapse" data-target="#navbarNavAltMarkup" aria-controls="navbarNavAltMarkup" aria-expanded="false" aria-label="Toggle navigation">
<span class="navbar-toggler-icon"></span>
</button>
<a class="navbar-brand" href="#">Navbar</a>
<div class="collapse navbar-collapse" id="navbarNavAltMarkup">
<div class="navbar-nav mx-auto">
<a class="nav-link active" href="#">Home <span class="sr-only">(current)</span></a>
<a class="nav-link" href="#">Features</a>
<a class="nav-link" href="#">Pricing</a>
<a class="nav-link disabled" href="#">Disabled</a>
</div>
</div>
</nav>
If you want the links exactly centered in the viewport, see the 2nd example here: http://www.codeply.com/go/RCBftzZCD8
Other Bootstrap 4 Navbar alignment examples
Also see...
Center an element in Bootstrap 4 Navbar
Center Navbar links without brand pushing it to the right in Bootstrap 4?
How to center navbar in Bootstrap 4 using Flexbox
How to position navbar contents in Bootstrap 4
Bootstrap 4 Navbar align logo center and toggle icon on the left
How to center the components inside navbar
Just change margin of ul from ml-auto to mx-auto
code here:
<ul class="navbar-nav mx-auto">
Center content in responsive bootstrap navbar
I think this is what you are looking for. You need to remove the float: left from the inner nav to center it and make it a inline-block.
.navbar .navbar-nav {
display: inline-block;
float: none;
vertical-align: top;
}
.navbar .navbar-collapse {
text-align: center;
}
http://jsfiddle.net/bdd9U/2/
Edit: if you only want this effect to happen when the nav isn't collapsed surround it in the appropriate media query.
@media (min-width: 768px) {
.navbar .navbar-nav {
display: inline-block;
float: none;
vertical-align: top;
}
.navbar .navbar-collapse {
text-align: center;
}
}
http://jsfiddle.net/bdd9U/3/
Bootstrap 4 navbar with brand center and links on the left, center and right
This is my idea of how to implement a menu like the one you wanted. Note that border classes are just added for visual testing, they can be deleted. I hope this helps you.
<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.3.1.slim.min.js" integrity="sha384-q8i/X+965DzO0rT7abK41JStQIAqVgRVzpbzo5smXKp4YfRvH+8abtTE1Pi6jizo" crossorigin="anonymous"></script><script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/popper.js/1.14.3/umd/popper.min.js" integrity="sha384-ZMP7rVo3mIykV+2+9J3UJ46jBk0WLaUAdn689aCwoqbBJiSnjAK/l8WvCWPIPm49" crossorigin="anonymous"></script><link rel="stylesheet" href="https://stackpath.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.1.3/css/bootstrap.min.css" integrity="sha384-MCw98/SFnGE8fJT3GXwEOngsV7Zt27NXFoaoApmYm81iuXoPkFOJwJ8ERdknLPMO" crossorigin="anonymous"><script src="https://stackpath.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.1.3/js/bootstrap.min.js" integrity="sha384-ChfqqxuZUCnJSK3+MXmPNIyE6ZbWh2IMqE241rYiqJxyMiZ6OW/JmZQ5stwEULTy" crossorigin="anonymous"></script>
<nav class="navbar navbar-dark navbar-expand-md bg-success">
<button class="navbar-toggler" type="button" data-toggle="collapse" data-target=".dual-nav"> <span class="navbar-toggler-icon"></span> </button>
<div class="navbar-collapse collapse dual-nav order-1 order-md-0"> <ul class="navbar-nav border border-primary"> <li class="nav-item"> <a class="nav-link" href="#">Left Link</a> </li> <li class="nav-item"> <a class="nav-link" href="#">Left Link</a> </li> </ul> </div>
<div class="navbar-collapse collapse dual-nav order-2 order-md-1 justify-content-end"> <ul class="navbar-nav border border-danger"> <li class="nav-item"> <a class="nav-link" href="#">Center Link</a> </li> <li class="nav-item"> <a class="nav-link" href="#">Center Link</a> </li> </ul> </div>
<a href="/" class="navbar-brand mx-auto order-0 order-md-2 p-2">Brand</a>
<div class="navbar-collapse collapse dual-nav order-3 order-md-3"> <ul class="navbar-nav border border-danger"> <li class="nav-item"> <a class="nav-link" href="#">Center Link</a> </li> <li class="nav-item"> <a class="nav-link" href="#">Center Link</a> </li> </ul> </div>
<div class="navbar-collapse collapse dual-nav order-4 order-md-4 justify-content-end"> <ul class="navbar-nav border border-primary"> <li class="nav-item"> <a class="nav-link" href="#">Right Link</a> </li> <li class="nav-item"> <a class="nav-link" href="#">Right Link</a> </li> </ul> </div>
</nav>Bootstrap align navbar items to the right
Bootstrap 5 (update 2021)
In Bootstrap 5 (see this question), ml-auto has been replaced with ms-auto to represent start instead of left. Since the Navbar is still based on flexbox, auto margins OR flexbox utility classes are still used to align Navbar content.
For example, use me-auto...
<nav class="navbar navbar-expand-lg navbar-light bg-light">
<div class="container-fluid">
<a class="navbar-brand" href="#">Brand</a>
<button class="navbar-toggler" type="button" data-bs-toggle="collapse" data-bs-target="#navbarContent" aria-controls="navbarSupportedContent" aria-expanded="false" aria-label="Toggle navigation">
<span class="navbar-toggler-icon"></span>
</button>
<div class="collapse navbar-collapse" id="navbarContent">
<ul class="navbar-nav me-auto mb-2 mb-lg-0">
<li class="nav-item">
<a class="nav-link active" href="#">Home</a>
</li>
<li class="nav-item">
<a class="nav-link" href="#">Link</a>
</li>
</ul>
<ul class="navbar-nav">
<li class="nav-item dropdown">
<a class="nav-link dropdown-toggle" href="#" id="navbarDropdown" role="button" data-bs-toggle="dropdown" aria-expanded="false"> Menu </a>
<ul class="dropdown-menu dropdown-menu-end" aria-labelledby="navbarDropdown">
<li><a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Action</a></li>
<li><a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Another action</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
</nav>
Bootstrap 5 right align Navbar content
Bootstrap 4 (original answer)
Bootstrap has many different ways to align navbar items. float-right won't work because the navbar is now flexbox.
You can use mr-auto for auto right margin on the 1st (left) navbar-nav.
Alternatively, ml-auto could be used on the 2nd (right) navbar-nav , or if you just have a single navbar-nav.
<nav class="navbar navbar-expand-md navbar-light bg-light">
<a class="navbar-brand" href="#">Navbar</a>
<button class="navbar-toggler" type="button" data-toggle="collapse" data-target="#navbarNav">
<span class="navbar-toggler-icon"></span>
</button>
<div class="collapse navbar-collapse" id="navbarNav">
<ul class="navbar-nav mr-auto">
<li class="nav-item active">
<a class="nav-link" href="#">Home <span class="sr-only">(current)</span></a>
</li>
<li class="nav-item">
<a class="nav-link" href="#">Features</a>
</li>
<li class="nav-item">
<a class="nav-link" href="#">Pricing</a>
</li>
</ul>
<ul class="navbar-nav">
<li class="nav-item">
<a class="nav-link" href="#">Login</a>
</li>
<li class="nav-item">
<a class="nav-link" href="#">Register</a>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</nav>
https://codeply.com/go/P0G393rzfm
There are also flexbox utils. For example use justify-content-end on the collapse menu:
<nav class="navbar navbar-expand-lg navbar-dark bg-dark">
<div class="container-fluid">
<a class="navbar-brand" href="#">Brand</a>
<button class="navbar-toggler" type="button" data-bs-toggle="collapse" data-bs-target="#navbarNav">
<span class="navbar-toggler-icon"></span>
</button>
<div class="collapse navbar-collapse justify-content-end" id="navbarNav">
<ul class="navbar-nav">
<li class="nav-item">
<a class="nav-link active" aria-current="page" href="#">Contact</a>
</li>
<li class="nav-item">
<a class="nav-link" href="#">Pricing</a>
</li>
<li class="nav-item">
<a class="nav-link" href="#">Download</a>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
</nav>
Or when you have 2 navbar-navs, use justify-content-between in navbar-collapse would work to even the space between the navbar-navs:
<div class="navbar-collapse collapse justify-content-between">
<ul class="navbar-nav mr-auto">
..
</ul>
<ul class="navbar-nav">
..
</ul>
</div>
Update for Bootstrap 4.0 and newer
As of Bootstrap 4 beta, ml-auto will still work to push items to the right. Just be aware the the navbar-toggleable- classes have changed to navbar-expand-*
Updated navbar right for Bootstrap 4
Another frequent Bootstrap 4 Navbar right alignment scenario includes a button on the right that remains outside the mobile collapse nav so that it is always shown at all widths.
Right align button that is always visible
Related: Bootstrap NavBar with left, center or right aligned items
Centering navbar links in bootstrap
You can achieve it using flexbox.
Here's a working pen I created: http://codepen.io/anon/pen/bwbpNx
CSS
.navbar-nav {
display: flex;
align-items: center;
justify-content: center;
}
I think this is one of the proper way to do it. So that, if you add another link. It will remain at center. Hope it helps. Cheers!
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