Bootstrap fixed navbar - custom css

Question

I am using Bootstrap 3 framework and trying to adjust their fixed-top navbar. Essentially height, padding, color, etc.

HTML

<nav role="navigation" class="navbar navbar-custom navbar-fixed-top">

I have been able to change the link properties through navbar-custom css but I can't find the list of what classes/id's the navbar-fixed-top uses.

I am bringing bootstrap in through CDN

EDIT

I'm trying to override the bootstrap defaults but can't figure out which values they are using

Answer 1

You should focus on your navbar-custom element. navbar-fixed-top isn't where you should adjust height, etc with overrides. You can apply it there but it's a better idea to keep it with your custom class, that's why you have it after all.

If you open up the Bootstrap CSS and search for navbar-fixed-top you'll see what I mean.

.navbar.navbar-custom {
  height: 70px;
  background: #266080;
  border-radius: 0;
  border: none;
  padding-top: 10px;
}
.navbar-custom .navbar-header .navbar-toggle,
.navbar-custom .navbar-header .navbar-toggle:hover,
.navbar-custom .navbar-header .navbar-toggle:focus {
  border: none;
  background: none;
}
.navbar-custom .navbar-header .navbar-toggle .icon-bar {
  background: #fff;
}
.navbar-custom .collapse .navbar-nav > li > a,
.navbar-custom .navbar-brand {
  color: #fff;
}
.navbar-custom .collapse .navbar-nav > li > a:hover,
.navbar-custom .collapse .navbar-nav > li > a:focus {
  background: none;
  color: #f00;
}
.navbar-custom .collapse .navbar-nav .dropdown-menu {
  margin-top: 10px;
}
@media (max-width: 767px) {
  .navbar-custom .navbar-collapse {
    background: #266080;
  }
}

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.5/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
<link href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.5/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet" />
<nav class="navbar navbar-custom navbar-fixed-top">
  <div class="container-fluid">
    <!-- 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" href="#">Brand</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">
        <li class="active"><a href="#">Link <span class="sr-only">(current)</span></a>

        </li>
        <li><a href="#">Link</a>

        </li>
        <li class="dropdown"> <a href="#" class="dropdown-toggle" data-toggle="dropdown" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" aria-expanded="false">Dropdown <span class="caret"></span></a>

          <ul class="dropdown-menu">
            <li><a href="#">Action</a>

            </li>
            <li><a href="#">Another action</a>

            </li>
            <li><a href="#">Something else here</a>

            </li>
            <li role="separator" class="divider"></li>
            <li><a href="#">Separated link</a>

            </li>
            <li role="separator" class="divider"></li>
            <li><a href="#">One more separated link</a>

            </li>
          </ul>
        </li>
      </ul>
      <ul class="nav navbar-nav navbar-right">
        <li><a href="#">Link</a>

        </li>
        <li class="dropdown"> <a href="#" class="dropdown-toggle" data-toggle="dropdown" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" aria-expanded="false">Dropdown <span class="caret"></span></a>

          <ul class="dropdown-menu">
            <li><a href="#">Action</a>

            </li>
            <li><a href="#">Another action</a>

            </li>
            <li><a href="#">Something else here</a>

            </li>
            <li role="separator" class="divider"></li>
            <li><a href="#">Separated link</a>

            </li>
          </ul>
        </li>
      </ul>
    </div>
    <!-- /.navbar-collapse -->
  </div>
  <!-- /.container-fluid -->
</nav>

Answer 2

I created a simple Fiddle with some of your needs: https://jsfiddle.net/jvoqpsm3/

.navbar-fixed-top {
    background: #000000;
    height: 80px;
    padding-left: 20px;
}

Just find the values you want to change and add them in your custom.css, just like I did.

Answer 3

can you not just use:

.navbar.navbar-custom.navbar-fixed-top{
  height: 50px; //custom height
    ...
}