Navbar Bootstrap

Example

Immediate children elements in .navbar use flex layout and will default to justify-content: space-between. Use additional flex utilities as needed to adjust this behavior.

<nav class="navbar navbar-expand-lg navbar-dark bg-dark">
    <a class="navbar-brand" href="#"><img src="..."></a>
    
    <button class="btn btn-aspect btn-secondary-alt rounded-circle navbar-toggler" type="button" data-toggle="collapse" data-target="#test1">
        <i class="fas fa-chevron-down"></i>
    </button>
    
    <div class="collapse navbar-collapse" id="test1">
        <ul class="navbar-nav mr-auto">
            <li class="nav-item active">
                <a class="nav-link" href="#">Home</a>
            </li>
            <li class="nav-item">
                <a class="nav-link" href="#">Link</a>
            </li>
            <li class="nav-item dropdown">
                <a class="nav-link dropdown-toggle" href="#" id="navbarDropdown" role="button" data-toggle="dropdown">
                    Dropdown
                </a>
                <div class="dropdown-menu">
                    <a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Action</a>
                    <a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Another action</a>
                    <div class="dropdown-divider"></div>
                    <a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Something else here</a>
                </div>
            </li>
            <li class="nav-item">
                <a class="nav-link disabled" href="#" tabindex="-1">Disabled</a>
            </li>
        </ul>
        <form class="form-inline my-2 my-lg-0">
            <input class="form-control border-0 mr-sm-2" type="search" placeholder="Search">
            <button class="btn btn-outline-success my-2 my-sm-0" type="submit">Search</button>
        </form>
    </div>
</nav>

Styles

.navbar-dark

.navbar-light

Use the .navbar-dark or .navbar-light classes to define the navbar as dark or light. This will not effet the navbar color, but its contents will adapt light colors to fit a dark background.

Use the .bg-* class to set the background color for the navbar.

<nav class="navbar navbar-dark bg-dark">
    ...
</nav>

<nav class="navbar navbar-light bg-light">
    ...
</nav>

<nav class="navbar navbar-light bg-white">
    ...
</nav>

<nav class="navbar navbar-dark bg-info">
    ...
</nav>

Nav

The .navbar-nav components can be both an unordered list or anchors.

<!-- Whit ul list -->
<nav class="navbar navbar-expand-lg navbar-light bg-light mb-3">
    <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">
            <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="#" tabindex="-1">Disabled</a>
            </li>
        </ul>
    </div>
</nav>

<!-- With anchors -->
<nav class="navbar navbar-expand-lg 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">
        <div class="navbar-nav">
            <a class="nav-item nav-link active" href="#">Home</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="#" tabindex="-1">Disabled</a>
        </div>
    </div>
</nav>

Dropdown

Dropdown menus require a wrapping element for positioning, so be sure to use separate and nested elements for .nav-item and .nav-links as shown below.

<nav class="navbar navbar-expand-lg navbar-light bg-light">
    <a class="navbar-brand" href="#">Navbar</a>
    <button class="navbar-toggler" type="button" data-toggle="collapse" data-target="#navbarNavDropdown">
        <span class="navbar-toggler-icon"></span>
    </button>
    <div class="collapse navbar-collapse" id="navbarNavDropdown">
        <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 dropdown">
                <a class="nav-link dropdown-toggle" href="#" id="navbarDropdownMenuLink" role="button" data-toggle="dropdown">
                    Dropdown link
                </a>
                <div class="dropdown-menu">
                    <a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Action</a>
                    <a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Another action</a>
                    <a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Something else here</a>
                </div>
            </li>
        </ul>
    </div>
</nav>

Buttons

.navbar-btn

line-height: initial;
font-size: $font-size-base; (1rem)

Buttons within the .nav can have the text sized like the rest of the navbar contents with the .navbar-btn tag. Affected css properties are line-height and font-size.

Regular button

<a class="btn btn-primary" href="#">Regular button</a>
<a class="btn btn-primary navbar-btn" href="#">Navbar button</a>

Forms

Place a form in the navbar using the .form-inline class.

<nav class="navbar navbar-light bg-light">
    <form class="form-inline">
        <input class="form-control mr-sm-2" type="search" placeholder="Search">
        <button class="btn btn-outline-success my-2 my-sm-0" type="submit">Search</button>
    </form>
</nav>

Text

<nav class="navbar navbar-light bg-light">
    <span class="navbar-text">
        Navbar text with an inline element
    </span>
</nav>

Responsive behaviors

Navbars can utilize .navbar-toggler, .navbar-collapse, and .navbar-expand{-sm|-md|-lg|-xl} classes to change when their content collapses behind a button. In combination with other utilities, you can easily choose when to show or hide particular elements.

For navbars that never collapse, add the .navbar-expand class on the navbar. For navbars that always collapse, don’t add any .navbar-expand class.

For examples of how the toggler can be placed, see the Bootstrap documentation.