Bootstrap 4 align navbar items to the right
Bootstrap 4 has many different ways to align navbar items. float-right
won't work because the navbar is now flexbox
.
You can use mr-auto
for auto right margin on the 1st (left) navbar-nav
.
Alternatively, ml-auto
could be used on the 2nd (right) navbar-nav
, or if you just have a single navbar-nav
.
<nav class="navbar navbar-expand-md navbar-light bg-light">
<a class="navbar-brand" href="#">Navbar</a>
<button class="navbar-toggler" type="button" data-toggle="collapse" data-target="#navbarNav">
<span class="navbar-toggler-icon"></span>
</button>
<div class="collapse navbar-collapse" id="navbarNav">
<ul class="navbar-nav mr-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="#">Features</a>
</li>
<li class="nav-item">
<a class="nav-link" href="#">Pricing</a>
</li>
</ul>
<ul class="navbar-nav">
<li class="nav-item">
<a class="nav-link" href="#">Login</a>
</li>
<li class="nav-item">
<a class="nav-link" href="#">Register</a>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</nav>
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There are also flexbox utils. For example use justify-content-end
on the collapse menu:
<nav class="navbar navbar-expand-lg navbar-dark bg-dark">
<div class="container-fluid">
<a class="navbar-brand" href="#">Brand</a>
<button class="navbar-toggler" type="button" data-bs-toggle="collapse" data-bs-target="#navbarNav">
<span class="navbar-toggler-icon"></span>
</button>
<div class="collapse navbar-collapse justify-content-end" id="navbarNav">
<ul class="navbar-nav">
<li class="nav-item">
<a class="nav-link active" aria-current="page" href="#">Contact</a>
</li>
<li class="nav-item">
<a class="nav-link" href="#">Pricing</a>
</li>
<li class="nav-item">
<a class="nav-link" href="#">Download</a>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
</nav>
Or when you have 2 navbar-nav
s, use justify-content-between
in navbar-collapse
would work to even the space between the navbar-navs:
<div class="navbar-collapse collapse justify-content-between">
<ul class="navbar-nav mr-auto">
..
</ul>
<ul class="navbar-nav">
..
</ul>
</div>
Update for Bootstrap 4.0 and newer
As of Bootstrap 4 beta, ml-auto
will still work to push items to the right. Just be aware the the navbar-toggleable-
classes have changed to navbar-expand-*
Updated navbar right for Bootstrap 4
Another frequent Bootstrap 4 Navbar right alignment scenario includes a button on the right that remains outside the mobile collapse nav so that it is always shown at all widths.
Right align button that is always visible
Related: Bootstrap NavBar with left, center or right aligned items
Update for Bootstrap 5 (see this question). ml-auto
has been replaced with ms-auto
to represent start
instead of left
.
In my case, I wanted just one set of navigation buttons / options and found that this will work:
<div class="collapse navbar-collapse justify-content-end" id="navbarCollapse">
<ul class="navbar-nav">
<li class="nav-item">
<a class="nav-link" href="#">Sign Out</a>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
So, you will add justify-content-end
to the div and omit mr-auto
on the list.
Here is a working example.
For those who is still struggling with this issue in BS4 simply try below code -
<ul class="navbar-nav ml-auto">