Bootstrap 3.3 navbar drop-down text overflowing container - html

Question

I am trying to create a notification widget like that used in Facebook, or Stack Overflow using the drop-down element of bootstrap. The contents are now breaking and flowing out of the container.
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.12.4/jquery.min.js"></script>
<!-- Latest compiled and minified CSS -->
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.7/css/bootstrap.min.css" integrity="sha384-BVYiiSIFeK1dGmJRAkycuHAHRg32OmUcww7on3RYdg4Va+PmSTsz/K68vbdEjh4u" crossorigin="anonymous">
<!-- Latest compiled and minified JavaScript -->
<script src="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.7/js/bootstrap.min.js" integrity="sha384-Tc5IQib027qvyjSMfHjOMaLkfuWVxZxUPnCJA7l2mCWNIpG9mGCD8wGNIcPD7Txa" crossorigin="anonymous"></script>
<nav class="navbar navbar-default">
<div class="container-fluid">
<ul class="nav navbar-nav">
<li class="active">Link <span class="sr-only">(current)</span></li>
<li>Link</li>
<li class="dropdown">
Dropdown <span class="caret"></span>
<ul class="dropdown-menu" style="width: 300px">
<li>Action</li>
<li>Another action</li>
<li>Something else here Something else here Something else here Something else here Something else here Something else here Something else here Something else here</li>
<li role="separator" class="divider"></li>
<li>Separated link</li>
<li role="separator" class="divider"></li>
<li>One more separated link</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</nav>
My list item looks like this:
<li><a>
<div class="row">
<div class="col-md-4">
<img/>
</div>
<div class="col-md-8">
<b>Title</b><br />
<span>Description</span>
</div>
</div>
</a>
</li>
I tried adding clearfix and assigning the width to the span, but nothing helps.

Answer 1

All you need to do is add this to your css, it will make the content of your a wrap nicely:
.navbar .nav li .dropdown-menu li a {
white-space: normal;
}
codepen

Answer 2

By default Bootstrap tries to wrap all the text inside the dropdown using white-space: nowrap;. You can undo that with white-space: normal;.
.dropdown-menu>li>a {
white-space: normal !important;
}
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.12.4/jquery.min.js"></script>
<!-- Latest compiled and minified CSS -->
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.7/css/bootstrap.min.css" integrity="sha384-BVYiiSIFeK1dGmJRAkycuHAHRg32OmUcww7on3RYdg4Va+PmSTsz/K68vbdEjh4u" crossorigin="anonymous">
<!-- Latest compiled and minified JavaScript -->
<script src="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.7/js/bootstrap.min.js" integrity="sha384-Tc5IQib027qvyjSMfHjOMaLkfuWVxZxUPnCJA7l2mCWNIpG9mGCD8wGNIcPD7Txa" crossorigin="anonymous"></script>
<nav class="navbar navbar-default">
<div class="container-fluid">
<ul class="nav navbar-nav">
<li class="active">Link <span class="sr-only">(current)</span></li>
<li>Link</li>
<li class="dropdown">
Dropdown <span class="caret"></span>
<ul class="dropdown-menu" style="width: 300px">
<li>Action</li>
<li>Another action</li>
<li>Something else here Something else here Something else here Something else here Something else here Something else here Something else here Something else here</li>
<li role="separator" class="divider"></li>
<li>Separated link</li>
<li role="separator" class="divider"></li>
<li>One more separated link</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</nav>