How can I align my navbar buttons? - html

Question

My navigation bar currently looks like this:
My code is below:
<nav class="navbar navbar-default navbar-fixed-top">
<div class="container-fluid">
<div class="navbar-header">
<a class="navbar-brand" href="#">
Text Planner
</a>
</div>
<% if user_signed_in? %>
<p class="navbar-text navbar-left">Welcome, <strong><%= current_user.first_name.to_s+" "+current_user.last_name.to_s %></strong></p>
<div class="nav navbar-nav navbar-right">
<%= link_to "Home", home_path, :class => 'btn btn-default navbar-button' %>
<div class="btn btn-default dropdown-toggle navbar-button" data-toggle="dropdown" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" aria-expanded="false">Menu</div>
<ul class="dropdown-menu">
<li><%= link_to "Search For Events", root_path %></li>
<li><%= link_to "My Bookmarks", user_bookmarks_path(current_user.id)%></li>
<li><%= link_to "My Upcoming Reminders", user_reminders_path(current_user.id)%></li>
<li><%= link_to "My Profile", user_path(current_user.id)%></li>
<li role="separator" class="divider"></li>
<li><%= link_to "Logout", destroy_user_session_path, method: :delete %></li>
</ul>
</div>
<% else %>
<ul class="nav navbar-nav navbar-right">
<li><%= link_to "Home", home_path, :class => 'navbar-text' %></li>
<li><%= link_to "Sign up", new_user_registration_path, :class => 'navbar-text' %></li>
<li><%= link_to "Login", new_user_session_path, :class => 'navbar-text' %></li>
</ul>
<% end %>
</div>
</nav>
How do I move the home and menu buttons to the left and center them vertically? Also, I would like to keep them clickable buttons while removing the outline of a button with the white background so they match the left side of my navigation bar. Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

It's very simple, actually, set your line-height and div height to the same (here's a quick example):
#navbar a{
width: 200px;
height: 40px;
display:inline-block;
color:white;
line-height:40px;
}
This is provided your buttons are formed using CSS, but I believe it works for other elements, as well.