Getting menu to be center of page with bootstrap - html

Question

This might be a silly question, but I'm still struggling with it. I've created a page and I would like to make the menu center. I used the offset but that pushes the menu to the center and it makes the page able to scroll to the side.
My html
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.7/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
<link href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.7/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet"/>
<div class="container">
<div class="row">
<div class="col-lg-12 col-lg-offset-2">
<nav class="navbar navbar-default">
<div class="container-fluid">
<div class="navbar-header">
<button type="button" class="navbar-toggle collapsed" data-toggle="collapse" data-target="#bs-example-navbar-collapse-1" aria-expanded="false">
<span class="sr-only">Toggle navigation</span>
<span class="icon-bar"></span>
<span class="icon-bar"></span>
<span class="icon-bar"></span>
</button>
</div>
<div class="collapse navbar-collapse main_menu" id="bs-example-navbar-collapse-1">
<ul class="nav navbar-nav">
<li class="current">Home</li>
<li>About</li>
<li>Gallery</li>
<li>Pricing</li>
<li>Contact</li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
</nav>
</div>
</div>
</div>

Answer 1

Two ways to do this:
simply to add the css rule text-align:center; to your unordered list.
Example CSS
.center
{
text-align: center;
}
Use the bootstrap class text-center
Both do the same thing although as you are already using Bootstrap id
go with option 2.
Your updated code snippet (example)
.center {
text-align: center;
}
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.7/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
<link href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.7/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet" />
<div class="container">
<div class="row">
<div class="col-lg-12">
<nav class="navbar navbar-default">
<div class="container-fluid">
<div class="navbar-header">
<button type="button" class="navbar-toggle collapsed" data-toggle="collapse" data-target="#bs-example-navbar-collapse-1" aria-expanded="false">
<span class="sr-only">Toggle navigation</span>
<span class="icon-bar"></span>
<span class="icon-bar"></span>
<span class="icon-bar"></span>
</button>
</div>
<div class="collapse navbar-collapse main_menu" id="bs-example-navbar-collapse-1">
<!-- center and text-center classes added to '<ul>' element !-->
<ul class="nav navbar-nav center text-center">
<li class="current">Home</li>
<li>About</li>
<li>Gallery</li>
<li>Pricing</li>
<li>Contact</li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
</nav>
</div>
</div>
</div>

Answer 2

Use .text-center in your class attribute. Its already built into bootstrap.
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.7/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
<link href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.7/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet"/>
<div class="container text-center">
<div class="row">
<div class="col-lg-12">
<nav class="navbar navbar-default">
<div class="container-fluid">
<div class="navbar-header">
<button type="button" class="navbar-toggle collapsed" data-toggle="collapse" data-target="#bs-example-navbar-collapse-1" aria-expanded="false">
<span class="sr-only">Toggle navigation</span>
<span class="icon-bar"></span>
<span class="icon-bar"></span>
<span class="icon-bar"></span>
</button>
</div>
<div class="collapse navbar-collapse main_menu" id="bs-example-navbar-collapse-1">
<ul class="nav navbar-nav">
<li class="current">Home</li>
<li>About</li>
<li>Gallery</li>
<li>Pricing</li>
<li>Contact</li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
</nav>
</div>
</div>
</div>