why is my navbar not full width - html

Question

I have a simple navbar, but it refuses to go the uill 12 col width.
<!--Mobile NAV BAR ROW-->
<div class="row row-nomargin">
<div class="col-md-8 col-md-offset-2">
<nav class="navbar navbar-default navbar-left">
<!-- 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">
<span class="sr-only">Toggle navigation</span>
<span class="icon-bar"></span>
<span class="icon-bar"></span>
<span class="icon-bar"></span>
</button>
</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">
<li class="active">Home</li>
<li>Gallery</li>
<li>Pricing</li>
<li>About us</li>
<li>Contact us</li>
</a></li>
</ul>
</div><!-- /.navbar-collapse -->
</nav>
</div>
</div>
Its priob something i've overwritten in css (i shouldn't do that) but i cant see what
.navbar .nav > li > a {
color: white;
}
.navbar-default {
/*Overwrites bootstrap css*/
box-shadow:
border: 0;
margin-bottom:0;
/*background-image: url('../img/navbarbackground1.png');*/
font-family: 'Cooper Black';
background-color: rgb(1,165,228);
/*background-color: rgba(0,0,0,0.0);*/
/*border: 2px dashed #FFFFFF;box-shadow: 0 0 0 0px #A0785A, 2px 0px 20px 0px;*/
}
.navbar-fixed-bottom {
/*Overwrites bootstrap css*/
background-image: url("../img/backgroundImage.jpg");
}
.nav-tabs{
/*MFOHARE Specific css*/
right: 0px;
color: white;
}
.row-nomargin{
margin: 0px;
}
Any ideas whats goimng on here - my navbar is only as wide as the links on it.

Answer 1

You have the class navbar-left on your nav element. navbar-left does one thing:
.navbar-left {
float: left !important;
}
So your entire nav will float left and shrink to fit the items within it. You can probably just remove that class and it will fix your issue.