Navbar Collapse items not aligned

Question

I have a navbar collapse button but the items in the dropdown aren't aligned. I think it is something to do with how I have the divs setup. How do I resolve?

<nav class="navbar navbar-expand-md navbar-light mb-4 row">
    <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="col-4 text-left collapse navbar-collapse" id="navbarCollapse">
          <ul class="navbar-nav mr-auto">
            <li class="nav-item" id="better_candidate">
                <a class="nav-link" href="">A Better Candidate</a>
            <li class="nav-item" id="better_employer">
                <a class="nav-link" href="">A Better Employer</a>
            <li class="nav-item" id="better_stuff">
                <a class="nav-link" href="">Better Stuff</a>
          </ul>
            </div>

    <div class="col-4 text-center">
        <a class="navbar-brand" href="{% url 'a_better_place:home' %}">
            A Better Place
        </a>
    </div>

    <div class="col-4 text-right collapse navbar-collapse" id="navbarCollapse">
          <ul class="navbar-nav ml-auto">
                <li class="nav-item" id="about_us">
                    <a class="nav-link" href=""> About Us </a>
              <li class="nav-item" id="contact">
                  <a class="nav-link" href="{% url 'a_better_place:contact' %}">
                      Contact
                  </a>   
          </ul>
          
      </div>
</nav>

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Answer 1

Normally, the col and row aren't used in the navbar, and if you're going to have two navbar-collapse lists, you can't give them the same ID. Instead, you can use a class and use that class name in the navbar-toggler's data-target .

To have the branding in the center on larger screens, you can use flex order.

FYI – when posting a question, it's best to include a functional snippet so people can see the problem.

 <link href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/bootstrap@4.6.0/dist/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet"/> <script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.5.1.slim.min.js"></script> <script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/bootstrap@4.6.0/dist/js/bootstrap.bundle.min.js"></script> <nav class="navbar navbar-expand-md navbar-light mb-4"> <.-- get rid of row --> <button class="navbar-toggler" type="button" data-toggle="collapse" data-target=":dual-navbar-collapse" aria-controls="navbarCollapse" aria-expanded="false" aria-label="Toggle navigation"> <span class="navbar-toggler-icon"></span> </button> <a class="navbar-brand order-md-2 " href="{% url 'a_better_place:home' %}"> A Better Place </a> <!-- can't have dual IDs --> <div class="collapse navbar-collapse dual-navbar-collapse"> <ul class="navbar-nav mr-auto"> <li class="nav-item" id="better_candidate"> <a class="nav-link" href="">A Better Candidate</a> <li class="nav-item" id="better_employer"> <a class="nav-link" href="">A Better Employer</a> <li class="nav-item" id="better_stuff"> <a class="nav-link" href="">Better Stuff</a> </ul> </div> <!-- drop the div around brand --> <!-- remove col-4 text-right --> <div class="collapse navbar-collapse dual-navbar-collapse order-md-3"> <ul class="navbar-nav ml-auto"> <li class="nav-item" id="about_us"> <a class="nav-link" href=""> About Us </a> <li class="nav-item" id="contact"> <a class="nav-link" href="{% url 'a_better_place:contact' %}"> Contact </a> </ul> </div> </nav>