Creating a full width navbar in Bootstrap 4 while containing the content within a specific container (similar to the Navbar on Stack Overflow)

Currently, I am working with Bootstrap 4 and trying to create a navbar similar to the one found on Stack Overflow.

The challenge is to align the content like a "container" while maintaining the width of a "container-fluid" in Bootstrap 4.

I aim to achieve the width provided by the "fixed-top" navbar setting without actually fixing it to the top of the page and keeping the navbar content within a "container".

Unfortunately, I cannot provide an example at this moment as I am focused on replicating the navbar layout seen at the top of this website.

Answer №1

I managed to achieve a full-width menu layout

<ul class="navbar-nav nav-fill w-100">
  <li class="nav-item">
    <a href="#" class="nav-link">Home</a>
  </li>
  <li class="nav-item">
    <a href="#" class="nav-link">Contact</a>
  </li>
  <li class="nav-item">
    <a href="#" class="nav-link">About</a>
  </li>
</ul>

implemented the use of nav-fill w-100 in conjunction with Bootstrap 4

Answer №2

Place a wrapping element around the .container element.

@import url( 'https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.0.0-alpha.6/css/bootstrap.min.css' );

#primary-nav {
  background-color: skyblue;
}
<div id="primary-nav">

  <div class="container">
  
    <ul class="nav">
      <li class="nav-item">
        <a href="#" class="nav-link">Home</a>
      </li>
      <li class="nav-item">
        <a href="#" class="nav-link">Contact</a>
      </li>
      <li class="nav-item">
        <a href="#" class="nav-link">About</a>
      </li>
    </ul>    
    
  </div>
  
</div>

Answer №3

Encountered the same problem myself, but managed to resolve it by moving the <nav>...</nav> outside of both the

<div class='container'>...</div>
and the
<div class='container-fluid'>...</div>
.

Answer №4

I attempted the solution provided by @ravi.ram, but unfortunately, it did not work for me. Here is a snippet of how my code begins. Please note that the navigation bar is positioned outside the container. The fix has been included below the code snippet.

<nav class="navbar navbar-expand-lg">
        <div class="container">
            <a class="navbar-brand" href="index.html">
              <img src="images/logo.jpg">
            </a>

            <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">
                <ul class="navbar-nav ml-auto mr-auto">

Here are a few alternative solutions:

  1. To maintain the container style while achieving full width, you can add inline styling like this:

    <div class="container" style="max-width:100%;">
    . This adjustment is necessary because the default max-width of the container class is set to 1140px.

  2. Instead of using container, try utilizing container-fluid for a full width layout.

  3. If neither option suits your needs, consider eliminating the container altogether by removing the div element.

For further reference, check out this example on CodePen

Answer №5

For a wider navbar, simply adjust the nav class to

class="navbar navbar-expand-md navbar-light fixed-top"
.

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