Bootstrap 3 Navigation Bar

Question

I am trying to create a Navigation bar using Bootstrap 3. Looks like there are a lot of changes in the new version and lot of classes are missing.

Previously i had something like the following and am trying to convert the same into the new version of Bootstrap.

<div class="navbar navbar-fixed-top navbar-inverse">
            <div class="navbar-inner">
                <div class="container">
                    <a href="" class="brand">Project Name</a>

                    <ul class="nav">
                        <li class="active"><a href="">Link 1</a></li>
                        <li><a href="">Link 2</a></li>
                        <li><a href="">Link 3</a></li>
                        <li class="divider-vertical"></li>
                        <li><a href="">Link 4</a></li>
                        <li class="divider-vertical"></li>
                    </ul>

                    <form action="" class="navbar-search pull-right">
                        <input type="text" placeholder="Search" class="search-query" />
                    </form>     

                    <p class="navbar-text">This is a text.</p>  

                    <a class="btn btn-navbar" data-toggle="collapse" data-target=".nav-collapse">Show Content</a>

                    <div class="collapse nav-collapse">
                        <p class="navbar-text">This will be hidden.</p>
                    </div>
                </div>  
            </div>
        </div>

I am sepecifically interested in the Search Form structure where i used to add the class search-query class to the input class.

Also do we still need to add the navbar-inner since the example in the official site doesnt use it.

Answer 1

Check this link for a nice overview of the required changes for migration.

http://getbootstrap.com/getting-started/#migration

The navbar-inner class for instance was dropped. This part of the new documentation should get you started: http://getbootstrap.com/components/#navbar

For the search-query check this SO post: How to add a search box with icon to the navbar in Bootstrap 3? (well it has all your answers in fact).

Answer 2

I'm directly using the navbar like this :

http://getbootstrap.com/components/#navbar is quite clear

• div is now nav
• you have to review also the structure inside remove maybe the container class
• you form action should be in form-group

<nav class="navbar navbar-default navbar-inverse navbar-fixed-top" role="navigation">
        <div class="navbar-header">
            <button type="button" class="navbar-toggle" data-toggle="collapse" data-target=".navbar-ex1-collapse">
            <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" href="#"><span class="glyphicon glyphicon-cloud"></span> My Apps</a>
        </div>

<!-- https://github.com/twbs/bootstrap/issues/10495 added 2px padding top to center icon -->
        <div class="collapse navbar-collapse navbar-ex1-collapse" style="padding-top: 2px;">
          <ul class="nav navbar-nav">
              <li><a href="Link_1.jsp">Link 1</a></li>
              <li><a href="Link_2.jsp">Link 2</a></li>
              <li><a href="Link_3.jsp">Link 3</a></li>
          </ul>

          <ul class="nav navbar-nav navbar-right">
              <li>
                  <div class="navbar-form navbar-left">
                      <div class="form-group">
                          <input id="searchInput" type="text" class="form-control" placeholder="Search">
                      </div>
                      <button id="searchButton" class="btn btn-default"><span class="glyphicon glyphicon-search"></span></button>
                  </div>
              </li>
          </ul>
        </div>
    </nav>