Keeping my search bar viewable when my navbar collapses with twitter bootstrap - html

Question

I have a nabvar that contains a search field 'navbarSearchQuery'. When the navbar collapses when the screen shrinks to a phone size I want 'navbarSearchQuery' to remain visible in the navbar. Is there something I can do with #media queries to keep it visible or do I have to move it outside the collapsable section in the navbar?
<nav class="navbar navbar-default navbar-fixed-top">
<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">
<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 hidden-xs" href="/Home">Yoga</a>
</div>
<div class="collapse navbar-collapse" id="bs-example-navbar-collapse-1">
<ul class="nav navbar-nav">
<li class="dropdown">
Browse <span class="caret"></span>
<ul class="dropdown-menu" role="menu">
<li>Popular
</li>
<li>Friends
</li>
<li>Groups
</li>
<li>Neighborhoods
</li>
<li>About <span class="sr-only">(current)</span>
</li>
<li>Contact
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
<div class="navbar-form navbar-left">
<div class="form-group">
<input type="text" class="form-control" placeholder="Search" id="navbarSearchQuery" name="location">
</div>
</div>
</li>
</ul>
#Html.Partial("_LoginPartial")
</div>
<!-- /.navbar-collapse -->
</div>
<!-- /.container-fluid -->
</nav>

Answer 1

You can create a form inside the navbar-header.
/**Custom**/
.navbar.navbar-custom {
height: 50px;
border: none;
}
.navbar-custom .formSearch {
width: 300px;
float: left;
display: block;
position: absolute;
padding-top: 7px;
margin-left: 160px;
}
.navbar-custom .inner-addon {
position: relative;
}
.navbar-custom .inner-addon .glyphicon {
position: absolute;
padding: 10px;
pointer-events: none;
color: black;
}
.navbar-custom .left-addon .glyphicon {
left: 0px;
}
.navbar-custom .left-addon input {
padding-left: 30px;
}
#media (max-width: 767px) {
.navbar-custom .formSearch {
padding-left: 15px;
width: 70%;
margin-left: 0;
}
.navbar-custom .navbar-collapse {
background: #f5f5f5;
}
}
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<link href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.5/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet" />
<script src="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.5/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
<nav class="navbar navbar-default navbar-custom">
<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><a class="navbar-brand hidden-xs" href="/Home">Yoga</a>
<form class="formSearch" role="search">
<div class="inner-addon left-addon"> <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-search"></span>
<input type="text" class="form-control" placeholder="Search" id="navbarSearchQuery" name="location">
</div>
</form>
</div>
<div class="collapse navbar-collapse" id="bs-example-navbar-collapse-1">
<ul class="nav navbar-nav">
<li class="dropdown"> Browse <span class="caret"></span>
<ul class="dropdown-menu" role="menu">
<li>Popular
</li>
<li>Friends
</li>
<li>Groups
</li>
<li>Neighborhoods
</li>
<li>About <span class="sr-only">(current)</span>
</li>
<li>Contact
</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
<!-- /.navbar-collapse -->
</div>
<!-- /.container-fluid -->
</nav>

Answer 2

I can put the navbar in the header part but when I shrink the alignment is slightly off. Can this be fixed?
<div class="navbar-header">
<button type="button" class="navbar-toggle collapsed" data-toggle="collapse" data-target="#bs-example-navbar-collapse-1">
<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 hidden-xs" href="/Home">Yoga</a>
<div class="navbar-form navbar-left navbar-search">
<div class="form-group">
<input type="text" class="form-control" placeholder="Search" id="navbarSearchQuery" name="location">
</div>
</div>
</div>
before and after pics. you can see the button isn't aligned correctly