Equal space between navigation icons

Question

How to have facebook navigation like alignments in Bootstrap?

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 <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.1.0/css/bootstrap.min.css"> <script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js"></script> <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/popper.js/1.14.0/umd/popper.min.js"></script> <script src="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.1.0/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script> <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://use.fontawesome.com/releases/v5.1.0/css/all.css"> <nav class="navbar navbar-expand-sm fixed-top" style="background-color: #ffdbae;"> <ul class="navbar-nav"> <li class="nav-item"><a href="http://localhost/mp/"><i class="fas fa-book-open" style="font-size:40px; color:#00CED1;"></i></a></li> <li class="nav-item"><a href="http://localhost/mp/post"><i class="fas fa-pen-fancy" style="font-size:40px; color:#fff;"></i></a></li> <li class="nav-item"><a href="http://localhost/mp/settings"><i class="fas fa-sliders-h" style="font-size:40px; color:#fff;"></i></a></li> <li class="nav-item"><a href="http://localhost/mp/profile"><i class="fas fa-user" style="font-size:40px; color:#fff;"></i></a></li> </ul> </nav> 

As facebook navigation icons have equal space between each other, how can I acheive it in my navigation?

Note : If the screen gets bigger/shorter it should auto adjust them self.

Answer 1

You can use flexbox to evenly space each nav item:

.navbar-nav {
  display: flex;
  justify-content: space-between;
  width: 100%;
}

 .navbar-nav { display: flex; justify-content: space-between; width: 100%; } 

 <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.1.0/css/bootstrap.min.css"> <script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js"></script> <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/popper.js/1.14.0/umd/popper.min.js"></script> <script src="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.1.0/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script> <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://use.fontawesome.com/releases/v5.1.0/css/all.css"> <nav class="navbar navbar-expand-sm fixed-top" style="background-color: #ffdbae;"> <ul class="navbar-nav"> <li class="nav-item"><a href="http://localhost/mp/"><i class="fas fa-book-open" style="font-size:40px; color:#00CED1;"></i></a></li> <li class="nav-item"><a href="http://localhost/mp/post"><i class="fas fa-pen-fancy" style="font-size:40px; color:#fff;"></i></a></li> <li class="nav-item"><a href="http://localhost/mp/settings"><i class="fas fa-sliders-h" style="font-size:40px; color:#fff;"></i></a></li> <li class="nav-item"><a href="http://localhost/mp/profile"><i class="fas fa-user" style="font-size:40px; color:#fff;"></i></a></li> </ul> </nav> 

Answer 2

Simpler than I thought with no need to redefine the BS4 CSS. I modified the navbar to use bs4 markup without the ul and li ...seems cleaner this way

 <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.1.0/css/bootstrap.min.css"> <script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js"></script> <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/popper.js/1.14.0/umd/popper.min.js"></script> <script src="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.1.0/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script> <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://use.fontawesome.com/releases/v5.1.0/css/all.css"> <nav class="navbar navbar-expand-sm fixed-top" style="background-color: #ffdbae;"> <div class="navbar-nav w-100 nav-justified"> <a class="nav-item" href="http://localhost/mp/"><i class="fas fa-book-open" style="font-size:40px; color:#00CED1;"></i></a> <a class="nav-item" href="http://localhost/mp/post"><i class="fas fa-pen-fancy" style="font-size:40px; color:#fff;"></i></a> <a class="nav-item" href="http://localhost/mp/settings"><i class="fas fa-sliders-h" style="font-size:40px; color:#fff;"></i></a> <a class="nav-item" href="http://localhost/mp/profile"><i class="fas fa-user" style="font-size:40px; color:#fff;"></i></a> </div> </nav> 

Answer 3

You can do something like this:

   .navbar-nav {
      display: flex;
    }
    .nav-item {
      flex: 1;
      text-align: center;
      margin: 5px;
    }