Bootstrap navbar with variable and fixed width buttons?

Question

I'm trying to make a navbar with Bootstrap that has a brand logo on the left, a couple of variable width links in the middle, and some fixed width buttons on the right. I want everything on one line, and the variable width buttons to just fit in whatever space is available.

See here: https://jsfiddle.net/wfu6yxqd/

the 2 fixed width buttons should be to the right of the variable width links

I don't need Bootstrap's built in navbar collapse behaviour so not needed in my navbar definition (I am implementing my own custom collapse at certain screensizes)

Many thanks for any help!

Code:

<nav class="navbar navbar-inverse navbar-fixed-top" role="navigation">
<div class="navbar-header">
    <a class="navbar-brand" href="#">Brand</a>

    <ul class="nav nav-justified">
        <li><a href="">Variable width link 1</a></li>
        <li><a href="">Variable width link 2</a></li>
    </ul>
</div>

<div> <!-- class="navbar-header" ?? -->
    <a class="btn btn-xs btn-default">Fixed width button</a>
    <div class="btn-group">
        <button type="button" class="btn btn-xs btn-default dropdown-toggle" data-toggle="dropdown" aria-expanded="false">FW drop down&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="caret"></span></button>
        <ul class="dropdown-menu" role="menu">
            <li><a href="#">Menu item 1</a></li>
            <li><a href="#">Menu item 2</a></li>
        </ul>
    </div>
</div>
</nav>

Answer 1

Here's one way to go: you can create a div outside/after the navbar-nav section for your buttons and conform that section to the navbar.

*I left the collapsible function in place since I image you'll have something for mobile navigation that will have similar elements to work around.

See example

body,
html {
  margin-top: 75px;
}
.navbar.navbar-custom {
  list-style: none;
  background: #444;
  line-height: 60px;
  margin: 0;
  height: 60px;
}
.navbar.navbar-custom .navi {
  display: table;
  width: 100%;
  list-style: none;
  text-align: center;
}
.navbar.navbar-custom .navi > li {
  display: table-cell;
  cursor: pointer;
}
.navbar.navbar-custom .navi > li > a {
  text-align: center;
  text-decoration: none;
  color: #fff;
}
.navbar.navbar-custom .logo-brand {
  margin-left: 15px;
  color: #fff;
  text-decoration: none;
}
.navbar.navbar-custom .btn-nav {
  text-align: right;
}
.navbar.navbar-custom .btn-nav .btn.btn-black {
  height: 50px;
  border-radius: 0;
  background: #444;
  color: #fff;
  border: none;
  outline: none;
  box-shadow: none;
}
.navbar-custom .btn-group .dropdown-menu,
.navbar-custom .btn-group .dropdown-menu:hover,
.navbar-custom .btn-group .dropdown-menu:focus {
  left: auto;
  right: 0;
  border: none;
  background: #444;
  border-radius: 0;
}
.navbar-custom .btn-group .dropdown-menu > li > a {
  color: #fff;
}
.navbar-custom .btn-group .dropdown-menu > li > a:hover {
  background: #222;
}
.no-gutter >[class*='col-'] {
  padding-right: 0;
  padding-left: 0;
}

<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">
    <div class="row no-gutter">
      <div class="col-xs-2"><a class="logo-brand" href="#">Logo Brand</a>

      </div>
      <div class="col-xs-8">
        <ul class="navi">
          <li><a href="#">Link 1</a>

          </li>
          <li><a href="#">Link 2</a>

          </li>
        </ul>
      </div>
      <div class="col-xs-2">
        <div class="btn-nav">
          <div class="btn-group" role="group" aria-label="...">
            <button type="button" class="btn btn-black">1</button>
            <div class="btn-group" role="group">
              <button type="button" class="btn btn-black dropdown-toggle" data-toggle="dropdown" aria-haspopup="true" aria-expanded="false">2 <span class="caret"></span>

              </button>
              <ul class="dropdown-menu">
                <li><a href="#">Button link 1</a>

                </li>
                <li><a href="#">Button link 1</a>

                </li>
              </ul>
            </div>
          </div>
        </div>
      </div>
    </div>
  </div>
</nav>
<div class="container">
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    Latin professor at Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia, looked up one of the more obscure Latin words, consectetur, from a Lorem Ipsum passage, and going through the cites of the word in classical literature, discovered the undoubtable source. Lorem
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</div>

Answer 2

How about this https://jsfiddle.net/t58f873j/

<div class="container-fluid">
<nav class="navbar navbar-inverse navbar-fixed-top" role="navigation">

        <div class="row">
        <div class="col-xs-2">
                <a class="navbar-brand" href="#">Brand</a>
            </div>

            <div class="col-xs-6 text-center">
                <ul class="nav nav-justified">
                    <li><a href="">Variable width link 1</a></li>
                    <li><a href="">Variable width link 2</a></li>
                </ul>
            </div>

            <div class="col-xs-4">
                <a class="btn btn-xs btn-default">Fixed width button</a>
                <div class="btn-group">
                    <button type="button" class="btn btn-xs btn-default dropdown-toggle" data-toggle="dropdown" aria-expanded="false">FW drop down&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="caret"></span></button>
                    <ul class="dropdown-menu" role="menu">
                        <li><a href="#">Menu item 1</a></li>
                        <li><a href="#">Menu item 2</a></li>
                    </ul>
                </div>
            </div>
        </div>          

</nav>