Mysterious space after navigation

Question

I made this navigation bar using flexbox, but I want the right side buttons to be on the extreme right. Here's my code : https://codepen.io/mayankkamboj/pen/XKbdOY

HTML:

<link href='https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto:300,400' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'>
<nav>
  <div class='container'>
    <div class='nav-btn hoverback'>
      <img src='https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/69/Airbnb_Logo_B%C3%A9lo.svg' />
    </div>
    <div class='nav-btn no-border'>
      <i class="fa fa-search fa-2x" aria-hidden="true"></i>
      <input type='text' placeholder='Where to ?' class='search'/>
    </div>
  </div>
  <div class='container'>
    <div class='nav-btn hoverback'>
      <div class='btn b-a-host'>Become a Host</div>
    </div>
    <div class='nav-btn hoverback'>
      Help
    </div>
    <div class='nav-btn hoverback'>
      Sign Up
    </div>
    <div class='nav-btn hoverback'>
      Log In
    </div>
  </div>
</nav>

CSS:

*{
  box-sizing:border-box;
}
body{
  padding:0;
  margin:0;
}
nav{
  border-bottom:1px solid #ddd;
  font-family:'Roboto';
  display:flex;
  justify-content:space-between;
  font-weight:300;
}
nav:after{
 content:" ";
  display:block;
  clear:both;
  height:0.01px;
}
.container{
  display:flex;
}

.nav-btn{
  height:4em;
  padding:0em 1em;
  border-right:1px solid grey;
  display:flex;
  min-width:100px;
  justify-content:center;
  align-items:center;
}
.no-border{
  border-right:0px solid white;
}
img{
  height:60%;
}
.fa{
  color:#ccc;
}
nav .search{
  height:4.5em;
  width:20em;
  font-family:'Roboto';
  font-weight:400;
  border-style:none;
  text-indent:1em;
}
nav .search:focus{
  outline-style:none;
}
nav .btn{
  font-weight:400;
  color:grey;
  border:2px solid #aaa;
  padding:0.5em 0.7em;
  letter-spacing:0.01em;
}
.b-a-host{white-space:nowrap;}
.nav-btn.hoverback:hover{
  cursor:pointer;
  background-color:#f8f8f8;
}
@media (max-width:500px){
  nav{
    flex-direction:column;
  }
}

It looks fine on mobile screens but causes a problem on higher resolutions. I want the buttons to be on the extreme sides with space in between them. How do I do it?

Answer 1

You don't need a clearfix here as you are dealing with flexboxes and not floating containers - so you can remove nav:after .

The issue is that the nav:after is a flex item and justify-content: space-around will consider that too - see demo below after removing the nav:after :

 * { box-sizing: border-box; } body { padding: 0; margin: 0; } nav { border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd; font-family: 'Roboto'; display: flex; justify-content: space-between; font-weight: 300; } /* nav:after { content: " "; display: block; clear: both; height: 0.01px; } */ .container { display: flex; } .nav-btn { height: 4em; padding: 0em 1em; border-right: 1px solid grey; display: flex; min-width: 100px; justify-content: center; align-items: center; } .no-border { border-right: 0px solid white; } img { height: 60%; } .fa { color: #ccc; } nav .search { height: 4.5em; width: 20em; font-family: 'Roboto'; font-weight: 400; border-style: none; text-indent: 1em; } nav .search:focus { outline-style: none; } nav .btn { font-weight: 400; color: grey; border: 2px solid #aaa; padding: 0.5em 0.7em; letter-spacing: 0.01em; } .ba-host { white-space: nowrap; } .nav-btn.hoverback:hover { cursor: pointer; background-color: #f8f8f8; } @media (max-width:500px) { nav { flex-direction: column; } } 

 <link href='https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto:300,400' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'> <nav> <div class='container'> <div class='nav-btn hoverback'> <img src='https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/69/Airbnb_Logo_B%C3%A9lo.svg' /> </div> <div class='nav-btn no-border'> <i class="fa fa-search fa-2x" aria-hidden="true"></i> <input type='text' placeholder='Where to ?' class='search' /> </div> </div> <div class='container'> <div class='nav-btn hoverback'> <div class='btn ba-host'>Become a Host</div> </div> <div class='nav-btn hoverback'> Help </div> <div class='nav-btn hoverback'> Sign Up </div> <div class='nav-btn hoverback'> Log In </div> </div> </nav> 

Answer 2

You can add a class to the another container and make it justify-content: flex-end and more over please add flex:1 to container so that both container can have same width and remove clearfix. i hope it is helpful to you

 *{ box-sizing:border-box; } body{ padding:0; margin:0; } nav{ border-bottom:1px solid #ddd; font-family:'Roboto'; display:flex; justify-content:space-between; font-weight:300; } .container{ display:flex; flex: 1; } .container.right { justify-content: flex-end; } .nav-btn{ height:4em; padding:0em 1em; border-right:1px solid grey; display:flex; min-width:100px; justify-content:center; align-items:center; } .no-border{ border-right:0px solid white; } img{ height:60%; } .fa{ color:#ccc; } nav .search{ height:4.5em; width:20em; font-family:'Roboto'; font-weight:400; border-style:none; text-indent:1em; } nav .search:focus{ outline-style:none; } nav .btn{ font-weight:400; color:grey; border:2px solid #aaa; padding:0.5em 0.7em; letter-spacing:0.01em; } .ba-host{white-space:nowrap;} .nav-btn.hoverback:hover{ cursor:pointer; background-color:#f8f8f8; } @media (max-width:500px){ nav{ flex-direction:column; } } 

 <nav> <div class='container'> <div class='nav-btn hoverback'> <img src='https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/69/Airbnb_Logo_B%C3%A9lo.svg' /> </div> <div class='nav-btn no-border'> <i class="fa fa-search fa-2x" aria-hidden="true"></i> <input type='text' placeholder='Where to ?' class='search'/> </div> </div> <div class='container right'> <div class='nav-btn hoverback'> <div class='btn ba-host'>Become a Host</div> </div> <div class='nav-btn hoverback'> Help </div> <div class='nav-btn hoverback'> Sign Up </div> <div class='nav-btn hoverback'> Log In </div> </div> </nav>