Center Navbar links without brand pushing it to the right in Bootstrap 4?
This happens because of the way adjacent flexbox items position relative to each other.
One option is to use the flexbox utils, and a full width placeholder element on right. The navbar-brand is also set to full-width using w-100 util class.
<nav class="navbar navbar-toggleable navbar-inverse bg-primary justify-content-center">
<button class="navbar-toggler navbar-toggler-right" type="button" data-toggle="collapse" data-target="#navbarCenter">
<span class="navbar-toggler-icon"></span>
</button>
<a href class="navbar-brand d-flex w-100 mr-0">Brand is Wider Name</a>
<div class="navbar-collapse collapse" id="navbarCenter">
<ul class="navbar-nav mx-auto text-center">
<li class="nav-item">
<a class="nav-link" href="#">Link</a>
</li>
<li class="nav-item">
<a class="nav-link" href="#">Center</a>
</li>
<li class="nav-item">
<a class="nav-link" href="#">Link</a>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
<div class="d-flex w-100"> </div>
</nav>
http://www.codeply.com/go/N7veP8FMqg
Another option is to absolute position the .navbar-nav..
@media (min-width: 567px) {
.abs-center-x {
position: absolute;
top: 5px;
left: 50%;
transform: translateX(-50%);
}
}
https://www.codeply.com/go/RCBftzZCD8
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Bootstrap 4 menu toggle button to left and right, with brand in center
How the LOGO could be CENTERED and Not collapsing and toggle icon should appear on left in the Navbar?
In Bootstrap 4, is it possible to center the navbar brand and align some text to the left of brand?
In Bootstrap 4 navbar is using flexbox. It helps in centering the barnd name or any name that you need to get centered. so the it can be centered using mx-auto. Then left right menus will not need floats.
<nav class="navbar navbar-expand-md navbar-fixed-top navbar-dark bg-dark main-nav">
<div class="container">
<ul class="nav navbar-nav">
<li class="nav-item active">
<a class="nav-link" href="#">Home</a>
</li>
<li class="nav-item">
<a class="nav-link" href="#">products</a>
</li>
<li class="nav-item">
<a class="nav-link" href="#">Hair products</a>
</li>
</ul>
<ul class="nav navbar-nav mx-auto">
<li class="nav-item"><a class="nav-link" href="#">VIRTUAL BEAUTY</a></li>
</ul>
<ul class="nav navbar-nav">
<li class="nav-item">
<a class="nav-link" href="#">Services</a>
</li>
<li class="nav-item">
<a class="nav-link" href="#">Blog</a>
</li>
<li class="nav-item">
<a class="nav-link" href="#">Contact Us</a>
</li>
</ul>
</div> </nav>
This will give you a nav bar like the image below.
Reference image from: Center an element in Bootstrap 4 Navbar
Here you can see the actual viewport center is different from the center that brand name is located at. Thats because it takes center in respective to the left and right ends of navigation bar.
The following code can be used to overcome this issue. BY using position absolute.
.abs-center-x {
position: absolute;
left: 50%;
transform: translateX(-50%); }
Hope this helps.
Follow this link It much clearly illustrates the way to do your work.
mx-auto to center navbar- https://www.codeply.com/go/J9rL11Tf7h
Navbar center and absolute position- https://www.codeply.com/go/BC2gFdZ9fb
Trying to center navbar links bootstrap 4
If you are trying to center the .nav-item links horizontally, then add the bootstrap class justify-content-center to the ul tag with class navbar-nav
<ul class="navbar-nav justify-content-center">
<li class="nav-item active">
<a class="nav-link text-white" href="playaround.php"><i class="fas fa-home"></i></a>
</li>
<li class="nav-item">
<a class="nav-link text-white" href="nyheter.php">Nyheter</a>
</li>
<li class="nav-item">
<a class="nav-link text-white" href="information.php">Infomartion</a>
</li>
</ul>
Example
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<link href="https://stackpath.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.3.1/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet" />
<script src="https://stackpath.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.3.1/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
<div class="container-fluid p-5 bg-success header-body text-center">
<h1 id="high-credit-top-text">
<a class="text-white" style="font-family: 'Lexend Deca', sans-serif;" href="hogkostnadskredit.php">Playaround.se</a>
</h1>
</div>
<nav class="navbar navbar-expand-lg navbar-light bg-success">
<button class="navbar-toggler" type="button" data-toggle="collapse" data-target="#navbarNav" aria-controls="navbarNav" aria-expanded="false" aria-label="Toggle navigation">
<span class="navbar-toggler-icon"></span>
</button>
<div class="collapse navbar-collapse" id="navbarNav">
<div class="container justify-content-center">
<ul class="navbar-nav justify-content-center">
<li class="nav-item active">
<a class="nav-link text-white" href="playaround.php"><i class="fas fa-home"></i></a>
</li>
<li class="nav-item">
<a class="nav-link text-white" href="nyheter.php">Nyheter</a>
</li>
<li class="nav-item">
<a class="nav-link text-white" href="information.php">Infomartion</a>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
</nav>Centering a Navbar: Bootstrap 4
Remove the ml-auto CSS class from the ul tag.
Add this in CSS
.navbar-brand {
position: absolute !important;
}
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
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
How do I center a Bootstrap nav bar with a brand image inbetween nav links?
To center the floated navbar-nav you can use relative position and negative left, right values on the navbar-nav itself and on the list items or child elements.
To make sure that the logo is always centered you may think about not using a nav-justified but a regular navbar-nav with a fixed value for left and right padding on the anchor tags, but with individual values for different screens.
To get the vertical alignment working just add the appropriate line-height to the anchor tags.
I have decided to hide the actual navbar-brand and only show it on sx breakpoint.
For the centered logo it is the other way around, so we do not have the logo inside the collapsed nav. Just look at the example and i am sure you will get the idea.
Here is the example.
@import url("https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.5/css/bootstrap.min.css");
.navbar {
background-color: #231f20;
min-height: auto;
position: relative;
top: 0px;
font-size: 13px;
width: auto;
border-bottom: none;
margin-bottom: 0px;
padding: 40px 0px;
}
.navbar-brand {
padding: 0 15px;
height: 96px;
}
@media (min-width: 768px) {
.navbar-nav {
position: relative;
right: -50%;
}
.navbar-nav > li {
position: relative;
left: -50%;
}
.navbar-nav > li a {
line-height: 126px;
vertical-align: middle;
padding: 0 24px;
}
}
@media (min-width: 992px) {
.navbar-nav > li a {
padding: 0 48px;
}
}
@media (min-width: 1200px) {
.navbar-nav > li a {
padding: 0 68px;
}
}<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.0/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.5/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
<nav class="navbar navbar-default">
<div class="container-fluid">
<div class="navbar-header">
<button type="button" class="navbar-toggle" data-toggle="collapse" data-target=".navbar-collapse">
<span class="sr-only">Toggle navigation</span>
<span class="icon-bar"></span>
<span class="icon-bar"></span>
<span class="icon-bar"></span>
</button>
<a class="navbar-brand hidden-sm hidden-md hidden-lg" href="#"><img src="http://i.imgur.com/SC9LKtA.png" alt="Brand" width="180" /></a>
</div>
<div class="collapse navbar-collapse">
<ul class="nav navbar-nav">
<li><a href="#">Who We Are</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Our Food</a></li>
<li class="hidden-xs"><a href="#"><img src="http://i.imgur.com/SC9LKtA.png" alt="Brand" width="180" /></a></li>
<li><a href="#">Book a Table</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Promotions</a></li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
</nav>Bootstrap 4 Navbar align logo center and toggle icon on the left
The Bootstrap 4 Navbar uses flexbox, so it's possible to achieve this without extra CSS. You will need an empty spacer div to keep the logo centered.
<nav class="navbar navbar-expand-lg navbar-light bg-light">
<div class="collapse navbar-collapse w-100 order-1 order-lg-0" id="navbarNav">
<ul class="navbar-nav">
<li class="nav-item active">
<a class="nav-link" href="#">Home</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>
<li class="nav-item">
<a class="nav-link disabled" href="#">Disabled</a>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
<div class="d-flex w-100 order-0">
<div class="w-100">
<button class="navbar-toggler" type="button" data-toggle="collapse" data-target="#navbarNav">
<span class="navbar-toggler-icon"></span>
</button>
</div>
<a class="navbar-brand text-center w-100" href="#">Navbar</a>
<span class="w-100"></span>
</div>
<span class="w-100"></span>
</nav>
Toggler left, brand center:
https://www.codeply.com/go/VfuMAtIoXi
Related:
How to center nav-items in Bootstrap?
Bootstrap NavBar with left, center or right aligned items
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