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Posted by David Reid
David Reid
19,691 Points

Centre Nav Bar

Hi! I am embarking on my first project as a freelancer and I am creating a store on wordpress and woocomerce. I am using a starter theme called _tk

I just can't seem to be able to centre the nav bar in the middle. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks

The website is http://exhibit.brightideadesign.net/

David Reid
David Reid
19,691 Points 
<div class="container">
    <div class="row">
        <div class="col-sm-12 col-md-12 text-center" id="logo"> <!-- logo-->
            <a id="brand" href="/">EXHIBIT<img id="logo" src=""></a>
        </div>
    </div>
</div>


<nav class="site-navigation">
<?php // substitute the class "container-fluid" below if you want a wider content area ?>
    <div class="container">
        <div class="row">
            <div class="site-navigation-inner col-sm-12">
                <div class="navbar navbar-default">
                    <div class="navbar-header">
                        <!-- .navbar-toggle is used as the toggle for collapsed navbar content -->
                        <button type="button" class="navbar-toggle" data-toggle="collapse" data-target="#navbar-collapse">
                            <span class="sr-only"><?php _e('Toggle navigation','_tk') ?> </span>
                            <span class="icon-bar"></span>
                            <span class="icon-bar"></span>
                            <span class="icon-bar"></span>
                        </button>

                        <!-- Your site title as branding in the menu -->
                        <!--<a class="navbar-brand" href="<?php echo esc_url( home_url( '/' ) ); ?>" title="<?php echo esc_attr( get_bloginfo( 'name', 'display' ) ); ?>" rel="home"><?php bloginfo( 'name' ); ?></a>-->
                    </div>

                    <!-- The WordPress Menu goes here -->
                    <?php wp_nav_menu(
                        array(
                            'theme_location'    => 'primary',
                            'depth'             => 2,
                            'container'         => 'div',
                            'container_id'      => 'navbar-collapse',
                            'container_class'   => 'collapse navbar-collapse',
                            'menu_class'        => 'nav navbar-nav',
                            'fallback_cb'       => 'wp_bootstrap_navwalker::fallback',
                            'menu_id'           => 'main-menu',
                            'walker'            => new wp_bootstrap_navwalker()
                        )
                    ); ?>

                </div><!-- .navbar -->
            </div>
        </div>
    </div><!-- .container -->
</nav><!-- .site-navigation -->

this is the css I tried

@media (min-width: 768px) {
     .navbar .navbar-nav {
         display: inline-block;
         float: none;
         vertical-align: top;
     }

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

1 Answer

Mark Truitt
Mark Truitt
17,230 Points
Mark Truitt
Mark Truitt
17,230 Points

Hi David,

On the ul id main-menu remove the float left and add display block and margin: 0 auto. Then on the li's remove the float left and make them inline-block.

David Reid
David Reid
19,691 Points 
#main-menu {
  float: none;
  display: block;
  margin: 0 auto;
}


#main-menu > li {
  float: none;
  display: inline-block;


}

is this the idea Mark? Can't seem to work it out. Thanks for the help

Mark Truitt
Mark Truitt
17,230 Points

Sorry about that David. Text align center on the #main-menu and it needs to be block. It is currently set as inline-block. Margin: 0 auto isn't really required but would center the UL if something else forced a width change. You can remove that if there are no chances it will change.

David Reid
David Reid
19,691 Points

Thank so much mark! Appreciate it!