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CSS Bootstrap Basics Using Bootstrap Components Building a Navbar

Sathvik Reddy
Sathvik Reddy
6,223 Points
Posted by Sathvik Reddy
Sathvik Reddy
6,223 Points

How do I center nav bar over the whole page?

Contrary to what Guill did in the video, how do I horizontally center the nav?

Thanks!

2 Answers

Axel Perossa
Axel Perossa
13,930 Points
Axel Perossa
Axel Perossa
13,930 Points

I'm not sure I understand what you want, but anyway:

-If you don't want the navbar itself to stretch all across the browser window, you can place it in a container like this, and perhaps even customize its width

-If you just want to center its content, it'd be similar to what Guil did.

Alex Davis
Alex Davis
35,050 Points
Alex Davis
Alex Davis
35,050 Points

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.nav{ border:1px solid #ccc; border-width:1px 0; list-style:none; margin:0; padding:0; text-align:center; } .nav li{ display:inline; } .nav a{ display:inline-block; padding:10px; }

I took this off a website by googling your problem. You mostly want to focus on the CSS and that'll tell you how to center your nav.

Alex Davis
Alex Davis
35,050 Points

you can try text-align: center or you could try displaying as inline.