I've looked through numerous discussions on center aligning elements within a navbar, but I haven't found a solution yet.
My struggle is with center aligning a search bar in my navbar, outside of the collapsible button. Despite trying various methods, I can't seem to get the search box centered; it stubbornly stays to the left.
An interesting observation is that when I resize the viewport and the links on the right disappear into the collapsible button, the search box magically aligns itself to the center. Here is the code snippet for my Navbar:
<header>
<nav class="navbar navbar-expand-md navbar-dark fixed-top bg-dark">
<a class="navbar-brand" href="#">Carousel</a>
<form class="form-inline justify-content-center" style="text-align: center;">
<input class="form-control mr-sm-2"type="text" placeholder="Search" aria-label="Search">
<button class="btn btn-outline-success my-2 my-sm-0" type="submit">Search</button>
</form>
<button class="navbar-toggler" type="button" data-toggle="collapse" data-target="#navbarCollapse" aria-controls="navbarCollapse" aria-expanded="false" aria-label="Toggle navigation">
<span class="navbar-toggler-icon"></span>
</button>
<div class="collapse navbar-collapse" id="navbarCollapse">
<ul class="navbar-nav ml-auto ">
<li class="nav-item active">
<a class="nav-link" href="#">Home <span class="sr-only">(current)</span></a>
</li>
<li class="nav-item">
<a class="nav-link" href="#">Log in</a>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</nav>
</header>
I'm aiming to have the search box positioned outside the collapsible button while being perfectly centered. I've experimented with mx-auto alongside width adjustments, but nothing seems to work. Despite going through multiple Stack Overflow threads, no solution has panned out so far.
For further clarity, I've included screenshots: https://i.sstatic.net/UPI4J.png The search bar doesn't align to the center at full width
https://i.sstatic.net/VOoNR.png Once the collapsible button appears, everything falls into place.
How can I achieve perfect center alignment for the search box?
Additionally, are there any techniques to increase the search box's width without disrupting responsiveness through explicit CSS styling?