How to Shift the Text in Twitter Bootstrap Navbar to Center

How do i shift the text in twitter bootstrap navbar to center?

Depending on where you want the Brand link to appear, here are two possiblities
http://jsfiddle.net/panchroma/cW9sA/

or

http://jsfiddle.net/panchroma/GWMnF/

EDIT: A third variation where the iPolice brand link is always centered, even at narrow viewports

http://jsfiddle.net/panchroma/F5x5Z/

Note that in the second example I've added a copy of the brand link into the main menu, and used the utility classes of .hidden-desktop and .visible-desktop to fine tune how this is displayed at different viewports

Important CSS is

#twitterbootstrap .navbar .nav,
#twitterbootstrap .navbar .nav > li {
float:none;
display:inline-block;
*display:inline; /* ie7 fix */
*zoom:1; /* hasLayout ie7 trigger */
vertical-align: top;
}  

#twitterbootstrap .navbar-inner {
text-align:center;
}

Some of this CSS is based on an answer from Andres Ilich

Good luck!

Centering my text in Bootstrap navbar

add text-center class to
<div class="container-fluid-nav text-center">

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/

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 can I center Twitter-Bootstrap 3 navbar links?

Bootstrap 3 has a nav-justified class that can be used on nav. No extra CSS required:

<div class="container">
  <h3 class="text-muted">Project name</h3>
  <ul class="nav nav-justified">
    <li class="active"><a href="#">Home</a></li>
    <li><a href="#">Projects</a></li>
    <li><a href="#">Services</a></li>
    <li><a href="#">Downloads</a></li>
    <li><a href="#">About</a></li>
    <li><a href="#">Contact</a></li>
  </ul>
</div>

Demo: http://bootply.com/72519

Based on the comments, to have full-width centered links using the navbar-nav class, use flexbox...

.navbar-center {
    width:100%;
    display: flex;
}
.navbar-center>li {
    flex:1 1 auto;
}

<div class="navbar navbar-default">
    <div class="container">
        <ul class="nav navbar-nav navbar-center text-center">
            <li class="active"><a href="#">Home</a></li>
            <li><a href="#">Link</a></li>
            <li><a href="#">Link</a></li>
            <li><a href="#">More</a></li>
            <li><a href="#">Options</a></li>
        </ul>
    </div>
</div>

https://www.codeply.com/go/6ZE3obnpuP

Also see
Bootstrap NavBar with left, center or right aligned items

Center Navbar in Bootstrap

Text can't center in Bootstrap navbar-toggle

Try it without Float:

.navbar-nav {
    margin:0 auto;
    display: block;
    text-align: center;
}

Bootstrap navbar-brand causing navbar-nav items to shift right from centered position in nav bar?

There are a few different ways to do this, and I guess it depends on what you are going to do further down the track, but the easiest thing is probably to take the .navbar-brand out of the document flow, so that the .navbar-nav ignores it when centering.

You can do this quite easily by adding something like this:

.navbar-brand {
  position: absolute;
}

You can check it out over here: http://codepen.io/anon/pen/PNMBQx

Hope that helps, and good luck!