Bootstrap 4 Navbar align content left, center and right [duplicate] - html

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I need to achieve the brand logo in left, menu items to be center and couple of buttons in the right. I have tried using the flexbox approach but the center items does not align well. and also the brand logo has a wide space with a clickable link.
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<nav class="navbar navbar-light navbar-expand-md bg-faded justify-content-center">
<div class="container">
<img src="assets/logo/" alt="logo">
<button class="navbar-toggler" type="button" data-toggle="collapse" data-target="#collapsingNavbar3">
<span class="navbar-toggler-icon"></span>
</button>
<div class="navbar-collapse collapse w-100 ml-auto" id="collapsingNavbar3">
<ul class="navbar-nav w-100 justify-content-center">
<li class="nav-item active">
<a class="nav-link" href="#">How it works</a>
</li>
<li class="nav-item">
<a class="nav-link" href="#">Become a tutor</a>
</li>
<li class="nav-item">
<a class="nav-link" href="#">Pricing</a>
</li>
</ul>
<ul class="nav navbar-nav ml-auto w-100 justify-content-end">
<li class="nav-item">
<a class="btn btn-link" href="#">Sign In</a>
</li>
<li class="nav-item">
<a class="btn btn-primary" href="#">Sign Up</a>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
</nav>
Answering my own question few months later.
<nav class="navbar navbar-light navbar-expand-md bg-white justify-content-center main--navigation dark-header">
<a href="#" class="navbar-brand d-flex w-50 mr-auto">
<img src="assets/images/logo-header.svg" class="navigation__logo" alt="Logo" />
</a>
<button class="navbar-toggler" type="button" data-toggle="collapse" data-target="#collapsingNavbar">
<span class="navbar-toggler-icon"></span>
</button>
<div class="navbar-collapse collapse w-100" id="collapsingNavbar">
<ul class="navbar-nav w-100 justify-content-center">
<li class="nav-item active">
<a class="nav-link" href="#">Browse</a>
</li>
<li class="nav-item">
<a class="nav-link" href="#">How it works</a>
</li>
<li class="nav-item">
<a class="nav-link" href="#">Become a tutor</a>
</li>
<li class="nav-item">
<a class="nav-link" href="#">Prices</a>
</li>
</ul>
<ul class="nav navbar-nav ml-auto w-100 justify-content-end">
<li class="nav-item dropdown no-arrow mx-1 nav-link px-0">
<button id="bookmarksDropdown" role="button" data-toggle="dropdown" aria-haspopup="true" aria-expanded="false" type="button" class="btn btn-outline-secondary btn-outlined" data-original-title="Bookmarks"><img src="assets/icons/bookmark-header-dark.svg"></button>
<div class="dropdown-list dropdown-menu dropdown-menu-right" aria-labelledby="alertsDropdown">
<h6 class="dropdown-header">
Bookmarks
</h6>
</div>
</li>
<li class="nav-item dropdown no-arrow mx-1 nav-link px-0">
<button id="messagesDropdown" role="button" data-toggle="dropdown" aria-haspopup="true" aria-expanded="false" type="button" class="btn btn-outline-secondary btn-outlined" data-original-title="Notifications"><img src="assets/icons/bell-header-dark.svg"></button>
<div class="dropdown-list dropdown-menu dropdown-menu-right" aria-labelledby="notificationsDropdown">
<h6 class="dropdown-header">
You do not have any notifications yet
</h6>
</div>
</li>
<li class="nav-item dropdown no-arrow mx-1 ml-3 mr-0 nav-link px-0">
<a class="nav-link dropdown-toggle pr-0" href="#" id="userDropdown" role="button" data-toggle="dropdown" aria-haspopup="true" aria-expanded="false">
<div class="header__profile__title d-inline-block text-right align-middle">
<span class="mr-2 d-none d-block header__profile__name">Aaron Alexander</span>
<span class="mr-2 d-none d-block header__profile__role">Student</span>
</div>
<div class="header__profile d-inline-block">
<img class="img-profile rounded" src="assets/images/andrew-franklin.jpeg" alt="Aaron Alexander">
</div>
</a>
<div class="dropdown-menu dropdown-menu-right shadow animated--grow-in" aria-labelledby="userDropdown">
<a class="dropdown-item" href="#">
<i class="fas fa-user fa-sm fa-fw mr-2"></i>
Profile
</a>
<a class="dropdown-item" href="#">
<i class="fas fa-cogs fa-sm fa-fw mr-2"></i>
Settings
</a>
<a class="dropdown-item" href="#">
<i class="fas fa-list fa-sm fa-fw mr-2"></i>
Activity Log
</a>
<div class="dropdown-divider"></div>
<a class="dropdown-item" href="#" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#logoutModal">
<i class="fas fa-sign-out-alt fa-sm fa-fw mr-2 text-gray-400"></i>
Logout
</a>
</div>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</nav>

Answer 1

That container div you added after the nav makes you loose the flexbox attributes.
You also set the logo with the class "w-100" which takes all possible width.
I removed those and got a nicely aligned navbar.
<nav class="navbar navbar-light navbar-expand-md bg-faded justify-content-center align-items-center">
<img src="assets/logo/" alt="logo">
<button class="navbar-toggler" type="button" data-toggle="collapse" data-target="#collapsingNavbar3">
<span class="navbar-toggler-icon"></span>
</button>
<div class="navbar-collapse collapse w-100 ml-auto" id="collapsingNavbar3">
<ul class="navbar-nav w-100 justify-content-center">
<li class="nav-item active">
<a class="nav-link" href="#">How it works</a>
</li>
<li class="nav-item">
<a class="nav-link" href="#">Become a tutor</a>
</li>
<li class="nav-item">
<a class="nav-link" href="#">Pricing</a>
</li>
</ul>
<ul class="nav navbar-nav ml-auto w-100 justify-content-end">
<li class="nav-item">
<a class="btn btn-link" href="#">Sign In</a>
</li>
<li class="nav-item">
<a class="btn btn-primary" href="#">Sign Up</a>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</nav>
Here's a fiddle with the results.

Answer 2

here is my working example.
You just need to put all content into single div in order to Justify content with bootstrap classes. Also, I am using navbar-brand and making them show hide depending on screen resolution. You can do that with js which might be smoother once the page loads completely.
#media only screen and (max-width: 991px) {
.logo {
display: flex;
}
.collapse .navbar-brand {
display: none
}
}
#media only screen and (min-width: 992px) {
.logo {
display: none;
}
.collapse .navbar-brand {
display: none;
}
}
<link href="https://stackpath.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.1.3/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet" />
<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.3.1.slim.min.js" integrity="sha384-q8i/X+965DzO0rT7abK41JStQIAqVgRVzpbzo5smXKp4YfRvH+8abtTE1Pi6jizo" crossorigin="anonymous"></script>
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/popper.js/1.14.3/umd/popper.min.js" integrity="sha384-ZMP7rVo3mIykV+2+9J3UJ46jBk0WLaUAdn689aCwoqbBJiSnjAK/l8WvCWPIPm49" crossorigin="anonymous"></script>
<script src="https://stackpath.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.1.3/js/bootstrap.min.js" integrity="sha384-ChfqqxuZUCnJSK3+MXmPNIyE6ZbWh2IMqE241rYiqJxyMiZ6OW/JmZQ5stwEULTy" crossorigin="anonymous"></script>
<nav class="navbar navbar-expand-lg navbar-light bg-light d-flex ">
<a class="navbar-brand logo" href="#">Navbar</a>
<button class="navbar-toggler" type="button" data-toggle="collapse" data-target="#navbarSupportedContent" aria-controls="navbarSupportedContent" aria-expanded="false" aria-label="Toggle navigation">
<span class="navbar-toggler-icon"></span>
</button>
<div class="collapse navbar-collapse justify-content-between" id="navbarSupportedContent">
<a class="navbar-brand" href="#">Navbar</a>
<ul class="navbar-nav">
<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="#">Link</a>
</li>
<li class="nav-item dropdown">
<a class="nav-link dropdown-toggle" href="#" id="navbarDropdown" role="button" data-toggle="dropdown" aria-haspopup="true" aria-expanded="false">
Dropdown
</a>
<div class="dropdown-menu" aria-labelledby="navbarDropdown">
<a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Action</a>
<a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Another action</a>
<div class="dropdown-divider"></div>
<a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Something else here</a>
</div>
</li>
<li class="nav-item">
<a class="nav-link disabled" href="#">Disabled</a>
</li>
</ul>
<form class="form-inline my-2 my-lg-0">
<input class="form-control mr-sm-2" type="search" placeholder="Search" aria-label="Search">
<button class="btn btn-outline-success my-2 my-sm-0" type="submit">Search</button>
</form>
</div>
</nav>