Bootstrap 3: How to make a centered navbar

css, twitter-bootstrap, twitter-bootstrap-3

Solution

This should be exactly what you are looking for.

Here is a jsFiddle Demo

If you want this as a fixed-footer, just add `navbar-fixed-bottom` class to the `<nav class="navbar navbar-default" role="navigation">` element.

HTML

<nav class="navbar navbar-default" role="navigation">
   <div class="navbar-header">
      <button type="button" class="navbar-toggle" data-toggle="collapse" data-target=".navbar-ex1-collapse">
         <span class="sr-only">Toggle navigation</span>
         <span class="icon-bar"></span>
         <span class="icon-bar"></span>
         <span class="icon-bar"></span>
      </button>
   </div>

   <div class="collapse navbar-collapse  navbar-ex1-collapse">
      <ul class="nav navbar-nav">
         <li class="active"><a href="#">Link</a></li>
         <li><a href="#">Link</a></li>
         <li><a href="#">Link</a></li>
      </ul>
  </div>
</nav>

CSS

@media (min-width: 768px){
    .navbar-nav{
        float:none;
        margin: 0 auto;
        display: table;
        table-layout: fixed;
    }
}

Problem

I've seen some hacks for Bootstrap <=2 but I'm using v3 and I want to make a horizontal row of links that are centered within the row/container. Here's my markup: ``` <div class="footer row"> <div class="col-12"> <ul id="menu-main" class="nav navbar-nav"> <li class="text-center"> <%= link_to "Home", root_path %> </li> <li class="text-center"> <%= link_to "About", root_path %> </li> <li class="text-center"> <%= link_to "Help", root_path %> </li> </ul> </div> </div> ```

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