Bootstrap Center Navbar Items

Question

I know I can push navbar items to the left and right, but how would I center them?

text-align:center;

doesn\'t work nor any of the other th

Answer 1

I had similar problem. What worked for me is adding rule 'justify-content' like this:

CSS:

.navbar-expand-lg .navbar-collapse {
display: flex!important;
justify-content: space-around;
flex-basis: auto;
}

HTML:

<nav id="hamburger" class="navbar sticky-top navbar-expand-lg navbar-light">
  <button class="navbar-toggler" 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="collapse navbar-collapse" id="navbarNavAltMarkup">
    <div class="navbar-nav center">
        <div><a class="nav-item nav-link active" href="#">
          Start <span class="sr-only">(current)</span></a>
        </div>
        <div><a class="nav-item nav-link" href="#">Portfolio</a></div>
        <div><a class="nav-item nav-link" href="#">Blog</a></div>
        <div><a class="nav-item nav-link" href="#">O mnie</a></div>
        <div><a class="nav-item nav-link" href="#">Kontakt</a></div>
    </div>
  </div>
</nav>

Answer 2

Use text-center or mx-auto or container-fluid or use flexbox technique, flex justify-center

1. You could use this hack text-center (this does not only apply for text)

2. Or use the exact boostrap class mx-auto

example class="text-center" or class="mx-auto"

in context

<div class="btn-group text-center"> or <div class="btn-group mx-auto">

TRY NOT TO USE inline styles (bad practice)

<div class="btn-group" style="margin:0 auto">

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References here:

text-center => https://getbootstrap.com/docs/4.0/utilities/text/

mx-auto => https://getbootstrap.com/docs/4.0/utilities/spacing/#horizontal-centering

Answer 3

You will need to modify some CSS rules for Navbar component. So add a class center to nav.navbar and the following rules:

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

.navbar.center .navbar-inner .nav {
    display:inline-block;
    float: none;
}

Working demo (Bootstrap 3.3.7)

Answer 4

To extend upon the selected answer, adding vertical align top will prevent the space from appearing under the nav items.

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

.navbar.center .navbar-inner .nav {
    display:inline-block;
    float: none;
    vertical-align: top;
}

Demo

Answer 5

You can use

text-align:center;

to a wrapper element to center its childs, but only if the childs have

display: inline;
/* or */
display: inline-block;

Another option, if you know the width of the element you want to center, is

display: block;
width: /* something */;
margin: 0 auto;