How to center main part of navbar? - html

Question

I have a navbar which has 4 anchor tag buttons in the center (home, about, services, contact). I dont know how to center it on the navbar. I have another anchor tag on the far left of the navbar (a phone number link). It appears that the part I want to center is centered between the boundary of that far left link and the far right of the page.
I cant figure out how to center these 4 tags on the grid.
Hope that makes sense, im not too good with the jargon.
<a href="tel:[phone]" style="color:grey; display:inline-block">1-530-680-
8255</a>
<a href="tel:[phone]"><i class="fas fa-phone" style="display:inline-block">
</i>1-530-680-8255</a>
</div>
<nav class="navigation nav-block secondary-navigation nav-right">
<ul>
<!-- Dropdown Cart Overview
<li>
<div class="dropdown">
<span class="cart-indication"><span class="icon-shopping-cart"></span> <span class="badge">3</span></span>
<ul class="dropdown-list custom-content cart-overview">
<li class="cart-item">
<a href="single-product.html" class="product-thumbnail">
<img src="images/design-agency/portfolio/grid/no-margins/project-6-square.jpg" alt="" />
</a>
<div class="product-details">
<a href="single-product.html" class="product-title">
Cotton Jump Suit
</a>
<span class="product-quantity">2 x</span>
<span class="product-price"><span class="currency">$</span>15.00</span>
</div>
</li>
<li class="cart-item">
<a href="single-product.html" class="product-thumbnail">
<img src="images/design-agency/portfolio/grid/no-margins/project-7-square.jpg" alt="" />
</a>
<div class="product-details">
<a href="single-product.html" class="product-title">
Cotton Jump Suit
</a>
<span class="product-quantity">2 x</span>
<span class="product-price"><span class="currency">$</span>15.00</span>
</div>
</li>
<li class="cart-item">
<a href="single-product.html" class="product-thumbnail">
<img src="images/design-agency/portfolio/grid/no-margins/project-8-square.jpg" alt="" />
</a>
<div class="product-details">
<a href="single-product.html" class="product-title">
Cotton Jump Suit
</a>
<span class="product-quantity">2 x</span>
<span class="product-price"><span class="currency">$</span>15.00</span>
</div>
</li>
<li class="cart-subtotal">
Sub Total
<span class="amount"><span class="currency">$</span>15.00</span>
</li>
<li class="cart-actions">
View Cart
<span class="icon-check"></span> Checkout
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</li> -->
<!-- Dropdown Search Module
<li>
<div class="dropdown">
<span class="icon-magnifying-glass"></span>
<div class="dropdown-list custom-content cart-overview">
<div class="search-form-container site-search">
<form action="#" method="get" novalidate>
<div class="row">
<div class="column width-12">
<div class="field-wrapper">
<input type="text" name="search" class="form-search form-element no-margin-bottom" placeholder="type & hit enter...">
<span class="border"></span>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</form>
<div class="form-response"></div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</li> -->
<li>
<div class="v-align-middle" style="margin-left: 60px;">
<i class="fab fa-facebook-f"></i>
</div>
</li>
<li class="aux-navigation hide">
<!-- Aux Navigation -->
<a href="#" class="navigation-show side-nav-show nav-icon">
<span class="icon-menu"></span>
</a>
</li>
</ul>
</nav>
<nav class="navigation nav-block primary-navigation nav-center">
<ul>
<li class="current">Home <i class="fas fa-home"></i></li>
<li class="current">About <i class="fas fa-at"></i></li>
<li class="current">Services <i class="fas fa-wrench"></i> </li>
<li class="current">Contact <i class="fas fa-phone"></i> </li>
</ul>
</nav>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</header>

Answer 1

You can use floats to position elements side by side on the page and then play with the widths and padding to arrange them how you like. If you are unsure how to use CSS I suggest following some online tutorials.
nav ul {
list-style-type: none;
display: inline-block;
margin: 0px;
padding: 0px;
width: 100%;
}
nav ul li {
display: inline-block;
text-align: center;
width: 60px;
margin: 0px;
padding: 0px;
}
nav ul li span {
font-size: 0.7em;
}
nav ul li i {
font-size: 2em;
}
.left {
width: 40%;
float: left;
}
.right {
width: 60%;
float: right;
}
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://use.fontawesome.com/releases/v5.7.0/css/all.css" integrity="sha384-lZN37f5QGtY3VHgisS14W3ExzMWZxybE1SJSEsQp9S+oqd12jhcu+A56Ebc1zFSJ" crossorigin="anonymous">
<nav>
<div class="left">
<p>000 000 0000</p>
</div>
<div class="right">
<ul>
<li><i class="fas fa-phone"></i><br><span>Contact</span></li>
<li><i class="fas fa-wrench"></i><br><span>Services</span></li>
<li><i class="fas fa-at"></i><br><span>About</span></li>
<li><i class="fas fa-home"></i><br><span>Home</span></li>
</ul>
</div>
</nav>

Answer 2

there is alot of existing css that came with this template. For me to run your css and html, it would change too many properties to the point where its unrecognizable. Despite that this is a perfect answer. HOWEVER: I took your css:
nav ul {
list-style-type: none;
display: inline-block;
margin: 0px;
padding: 0px;
width: 100%;
}
and i changed it to these values:
nav ul {
display: inline-block;
text-align: center;
width: 1100px;
margin: 200px;
padding: 200px;
}
Its centered. But now the container is vertically huge. Need it the original height
Screenshot

Answer 3

Ok lets start over. I just want to center these 4 anchor tag li's inside of this ul.
Is there someway I can wrap these four into one container, and then move them to the left with css? I just want those 4 items to appear centered in that ul.
Heres a picture of what im talking about
Below is my total header in html. Theres a lot of CSS so i dont know what to link people to but ill put what i have been playing with below.
<!-- Header -->
<header class="header header-fixed header-fixed-on-mobile header-transparent" data-bkg-threshold="100">
<div class="header-inner">
<div class="row nav-bar">
<div class="column width-12 nav-bar-inner">
<div class="logo">
<div>
<a href="tel:[phone]" style="color:grey; display:inline-block">1-530-680-
8255</a>
<a href="tel:[phone]"><i class="fas fa-phone" style="display:inline-block">
</i>1-530-680-8255</a>
</div>
</div>
<nav class="navigation nav-block secondary-navigation nav-right">
<ul>
<li class="aux-navigation hide">
<!-- Aux Navigation -->
<a href="#" class="navigation-show side-nav-show nav-icon">
<span class="icon-menu"></span>
</a>
</li>
</ul>
</nav>
<nav class="navigation nav-block primary-navigation nav-center">
<ul>
<li class="current">Home <i class="fas fa-home"></i></li>
<li class="current">About <i class="fas fa-at"></i></li>
<li class="current">Services <i class="fas fa-wrench"></i> </li>
<li class="current">Contact <i class="fas fa-phone"></i> </li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</nav>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</header>
<!-- Header End -->
---CSS---
nav ul li {
display: inline-block;
text-align: center;
width: 100px;
margin: 00px;
padding: 0px;
}