Unordered-list inline vertical alignment and responsive spacing - html

Question

I am trying to create a responsive navbar for mobile, but I am having trouble getting the link containers to resize properly. I also cannot seem to get the text to center itself vertically. I have tried using auto padding and margins in both cases, but they don't seem to be doing anything. I am using Bootstrap.
My questions are:
How do I center the text vertically within its container?
How do I get the width of each link's container to be the width of the text
How do I then get the spacing between each container to be the same, so that all together they fill the width of the screen?
HTML
<div class="container" id="nav-container-mobile">
<ul class="list-unstyled list-inline text-center d-flex" id="nav-list-mobile">
<li class="list-inline-item text-center nav-link-horizontal" id="nav-profile-link-mobile">
<a class="nav-link" href="#Profile">
<div class="nav-link-container-mobile">Profile</div>
</a>
</li>
<li class="list-inline-item text-center nav-link-horizontal" id="nav-experience-link-mobile">
<a class="nav-link" href="#Experience">
<div class="nav-link-container-mobile">Experience</div>
</a>
</li>
<li class="list-inline-item text-center nav-link-horizontal" id="nav-skills-link-mobile">
<a class="nav-link" href="#Skills">
<div class="nav-link-container-mobile">Skills</div>
</a>
</li>
<li class="list-inline-item text-center nav-link-horizontal" id="nav-project-link-mobile">
<a class="nav-link" href="#project">
<div class="nav-link-container-mobile">Projects</div>
</a>
</li>
<li class="list-inline-item text-center nav-link-horizontal" id="nav-contact-link-mobile">
<a class="nav-link" href="#Contact">
<div class="nav-link-container-mobile">Contact</div>
</a>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
CSS
#nav-container-mobile {
position: absolute;
width: 100%;
height: 70px;
padding: 0;
background: #292929;
z-index: 5;
}
#nav-list-mobile {
width: 100%;
height: 100%;
margin: 0;
vertical-align: middle;
}
.nav-link-horizontal {
height: 100%;
width: 15vw;
min-width: 50px;
}
.nav-link-container-mobile {
padding: auto;
height: 100%;
overflow-wrap: break-word;
}
.nav-link {
color: #aeaeae;
}
Any help or advice is appreciated.
JSFiddle

Answer 1

It would be simpler to use the Bootstrap 4 Nav Fill or Justify, and then just change the background color and other styles as needed.
https://www.codeply.com/go/WsWHHIfRlh
<div class="navbar navbar-expand navbar-dark" id="nav-container-mobile">
<div class="container-fluid">
<ul class="navbar-nav nav-fill w-100">
<li class="nav-item">
<a class="nav-link" href="#">Profile</a>
</li>
<li class="nav-item">
<a class="nav-link" href="">Experience</a>
</li>
<li class="nav-item">
<a class="nav-link" href="#">Skills</a>
</li>
<li class="nav-item">
<a class="nav-link" href="#">Projects</a>
</li>
<li class="nav-item">
<a class="nav-link" href="#">Contact</a>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
#nav-container-mobile {
width: 100%;
height: 70px;
padding: 0;
background: #292929;
z-index: 5;
}
.nav-link {
color: #aeaeae;
}