Bootstrap navbar is not responsive - html

Question

I have coded up a bootstrap navbar, however when I tried to test its responsiveness, it does not create the little hamburger icon like it should...
I have an outer container for my page which has a fixed width, and an inner container for my fixed-top navbar of course. I have tried playing around with the containers, but it doesnt make the navbar responsive at all, so I must be missing something, or some code is conflicting with the responsive navbar??
fyi: the flex code doesnt seem to be working correctly in here :/
thanks guys
body {
padding-top: 102px;
background-color: #4d4d4d;
}
.container {
width: 1530px;
margin: 0 auto;
margin-top: 0;
}
.navbar-brand {
font-size: 50px;
padding-top: 40px;
}
.custom-nav {
min-height: 90px;
font-size: 16px;
color: #000 !important;
background-color: #fff;
}
.dropdown-menu.user-list {
width: 100%;
border-radius: 0;
box-shadow: none;
border: 0;
background-color: #F8F8F8;
font-size: 15px;
}
ul.user-list li a {
padding: 8px 30px;
}
ul.user-list li.divider {
width: 200px;
margin: 0 auto;
}
.avatar-img {
padding: 0;
}
i.fa-angle-down {
font-size: 25px;
vertical-align: middle;
font-weight: lighter;
}
/* My styles */
li.dropdown {
height: 90px;
display: flex;
justify-content: center;
align-items: center;
position: relative;
}
.user {
margin-left: 50px;
margin-right: 20px;
}
.label {
border-radius: 100px;
position: absolute;
top: 25px;
right: 2px;
background-color: #ff5500;
}
.navbar-default .navbar-nav>li>a {
color: #777;
padding: 30px 19px;
}
li.dropdown.bell {
margin-right: 40px;
}
.nav>li.dropdown.bell>a:hover,
.nav>li.dropdown.bell>a:focus {
background-color: transparent;
}
#search-container {
width: 300px;
}
<link href='https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Lato' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/font-awesome/4.6.1/css/font-awesome.min.css">
<!-- Latest compiled and minified CSS -->
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.6/css/bootstrap.min.css">
<!-- Latest compiled and minified JavaScript -->
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.3/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.0.0-alpha.2/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
<div class="container">
<nav class="navbar navbar-default navbar-fixed-top custom-nav">
<div class="container">
<a class="navbar-brand navbar-left" href="#">PAGE NAME</a>
<ul class="nav navbar-nav navbar-right">
</ul>
<ul class="nav navbar-nav navbar-right">
<!-- search bar added -->
<li class="dropdown">
<div class="input-group" id="search-container">
<input type="text" class="form-control" placeholder="Recipient's username" aria-describedby="basic-addon2">
<span class="input-group-addon" id="basic-addon2"><span class="glyphicon glyphicon-search"></span></span>
</div>
</li>
<li class="dropdown bell">
<a href="#" class="dropdown-toggle inbox" data-toggle="dropdown">
<img src="http://placehold.it/50x50" class=" avatar-img img-square">
<span class="label label-info">1</span>
</a>
<ul class="dropdown-menu bell" role="menu">
<li><span class="label label-warning">4:00 AM</span>Favourites Snippet
</li>
<li><span class="label label-warning">4:30 AM</span>Email marketing
</li>
<li><a href="#"><span class="label label-warning">5:00 AM</span>Subscriber focused email
design</a>
</li>
<li class="divider"></li>
<li>View All
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="dropdown">
<a href="#" class="dropdown-toggle" data-toggle="dropdown">
<img src="http://placehold.it/70x70" class=" avatar-img img-circle"><span class="user">Jacky Smith</span><i class="fa fa-angle-down"></i>
<!-- <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-menu-down"></span> -->
</a>
<ul id="menu" class="dropdown-menu user-list" role="menu">
<li>Action
</li>
<li class="divider"></li>
<li>Another action
</li>
<li class="divider"></li>
<li>Something else here
</li>
<li class="divider"></li>
<li>Separated link
</li>
<li class="divider"></li>
<li>One more separated link
</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</nav>
<div class="container">
<div class="row">
<div class="col-md-12">
<p>dfsjfhskfs</p>
<!-- <div class="chevron right">
</div>
<div style="height: 1em;">
</div> -->
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>

Answer 1

You have a few issues that you need to fix.
You need a navbar-header, that includes the button that will be shown on small screen sizes.
<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>
<a class="navbar-brand navbar-left" href="#">PAGE NAME</a>
</div>
You need to wrap your menu content in a collapse div, that will be shown/hidden on button click on small screen sizes.
<div class="collapse navbar-collapse" id="bs-example-navbar-collapse-1">
3. The container inside of your menu needs to be a container-fluid.
<nav class="navbar navbar-default navbar-fixed-top custom-nav">
<div class="container-fluid">
You need to make your container class have auto width for small screen sizes, otherwise it pushes the hamburger button off the screen. A bit of CSS with a media query can achieve this.
#media(max-width: 767px) {
.container {
width: auto;
}
}
Bootstrap Navbar Documentation
body {
padding-top: 102px;
background-color: #4d4d4d;
}
.container {
width: 1530px;
margin: 0 auto;
margin-top: 0;
}
#media(max-width: 767px) {
.container {
width: auto;
}
}
.navbar-brand {
font-size: 50px;
padding-top: 40px;
}
.custom-nav {
min-height: 90px;
font-size: 16px;
color: #000 !important;
background-color: #fff;
}
.dropdown-menu.user-list {
width: 100%;
border-radius: 0;
box-shadow: none;
border: 0;
background-color: #F8F8F8;
font-size: 15px;
}
ul.user-list li a {
padding: 8px 30px;
}
ul.user-list li.divider {
width: 200px;
margin: 0 auto;
}
.avatar-img {
padding: 0;
}
i.fa-angle-down {
font-size: 25px;
vertical-align: middle;
font-weight: lighter;
}
/* My styles */
li.dropdown {
height: 90px;
display: flex;
justify-content: center;
align-items: center;
position: relative;
}
.user {
margin-left: 50px;
margin-right: 20px;
}
.label {
border-radius: 100px;
position: absolute;
top: 25px;
right: 2px;
background-color: #ff5500;
}
.navbar-default .navbar-nav>li>a {
color: #777;
padding: 30px 19px;
}
li.dropdown.bell {
margin-right: 40px;
}
.nav>li.dropdown.bell>a:hover,
.nav>li.dropdown.bell>a:focus {
background-color: transparent;
}
#search-container {
width: 300px;
}
<link href='https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Lato' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/font-awesome/4.6.1/css/font-awesome.min.css">
<!-- Latest compiled and minified CSS -->
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.6/css/bootstrap.min.css">
<!-- Latest compiled and minified JavaScript -->
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.3/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.0.0-alpha.2/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
<div class="container">
<nav class="navbar navbar-default navbar-fixed-top custom-nav">
<div class="container">
<!-- Brand and toggle get grouped for better mobile display -->
<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>
<a class="navbar-brand navbar-left" href="#">PAGE NAME</a>
</div>
<!-- Collect the nav links, forms, and other content for toggling -->
<div class="collapse navbar-collapse" id="bs-example-navbar-collapse-1">
<ul class="nav navbar-nav navbar-right">
</ul>
<ul class="nav navbar-nav navbar-right">
<!-- search bar added -->
<li class="dropdown">
<div class="input-group" id="search-container">
<input type="text" class="form-control" placeholder="Recipient's username" aria-describedby="basic-addon2">
<span class="input-group-addon" id="basic-addon2"><span class="glyphicon glyphicon-search"></span></span>
</div>
</li>
<li class="dropdown bell">
<a href="#" class="dropdown-toggle inbox" data-toggle="dropdown">
<img src="http://placehold.it/50x50" class=" avatar-img img-square">
<span class="label label-info">1</span>
</a>
<ul class="dropdown-menu bell" role="menu">
<li><span class="label label-warning">4:00 AM</span>Favourites Snippet
</li>
<li><span class="label label-warning">4:30 AM</span>Email marketing
</li>
<li><a href="#"><span class="label label-warning">5:00 AM</span>Subscriber focused email
design</a>
</li>
<li class="divider"></li>
<li>View All
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="dropdown">
<a href="#" class="dropdown-toggle" data-toggle="dropdown">
<img src="http://placehold.it/70x70" class=" avatar-img img-circle"><span class="user">Jacky Smith</span><i class="fa fa-angle-down"></i>
<!-- <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-menu-down"></span> -->
</a>
<ul id="menu" class="dropdown-menu user-list" role="menu">
<li>Action
</li>
<li class="divider"></li>
<li>Another action
</li>
<li class="divider"></li>
<li>Something else here
</li>
<li class="divider"></li>
<li>Separated link
</li>
<li class="divider"></li>
<li>One more separated link
</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
</nav>
<div class="container">
<div class="row">
<div class="col-md-12">
<p>dfsjfhskfs</p>
<!-- <div class="chevron right">
</div>
<div style="height: 1em;">
</div> -->
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>