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user5572483
user5572483

Reputation:

HTML center nav bar

How can I center my nav bar, but still appear as a line in the top of the site? I know i must change something in the css file where li is built, but i can't figure it out. The code is:

<ul>
  <li><a class="active" href="index.html">Home</a></li>
  <li><a href="index.html">Tab 1</a></li>
  <li><a href="index.html">Tab 2</a></li>
  <li><a href="index.html">Tab 3</a></li>
  <li><a href="index.html">Tab 4</a></li>
</ul>

And the css file is like:

ul {
  display: inline-block;
  list-style-type: none;
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
  overflow: hidden;
  background-color: #333;
}

li {
  float: left;
}

li a {
  display: block;
  color: white;
  text-align: center;
  padding: 14px 16px;
  text-decoration: none;
}

li a:hover:not(.active) {
  background-color: #111;
}

.active {
  background-color: #791519;
}

Upvotes: 0

Views: 136

Answers (4)

SVE
SVE

Reputation: 1655

Maybe this (add wrap and text-align: center):

.center {
  margin: 0 auto;
  text-align: center;
}

ul {
  display: inline-block;
  list-style-type: none;
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
  overflow: hidden;
  background-color: #333;
}

li {
  float: left;
}

li a {
  display: block;
  color: white;
  text-align: center;
  padding: 14px 16px;
  text-decoration: none;
}

li a:hover:not(.active) {
  background-color: #111;
}

.active {
  background-color: #791519;
}
<div class="center">
  <ul>
    <li><a class="active" href="index.html">Home</a></li>
    <li><a href="index.html">Tab 1</a></li>
    <li><a href="index.html">Tab 2</a></li>
    <li><a href="index.html">Tab 3</a></li>
    <li><a href="index.html">Tab 4</a></li>
  </ul>
</div>

Upvotes: 0

Erik Simonic
Erik Simonic

Reputation: 457

I would wrap it in an NAV tag and set on the NAV tag text-align to center.

nav {
  text-align:center;
}
ul {
  display: inline-block;
  list-style-type: none;
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
  overflow: hidden;
  background-color: #333;
  margin:0 auto;

}


<nav>
<ul>
  <li><a class="active" href="index.html">Home</a></li>
  <li><a href="index.html">Tab 1</a></li>
  <li><a href="index.html">Tab 2</a></li>
  <li><a href="index.html">Tab 3</a></li>
  <li><a href="index.html">Tab 4</a></li>
</ul>
</nav>

Example

Upvotes: 2

RobertAKARobin
RobertAKARobin

Reputation: 4258

I recommend using Flex Box:

ul {
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: row;
  align-items: stretch;
  list-style-type: none;
  width:100%;
  padding: 0;
  overflow: hidden;
  background-color: #333;
}

li{
  flex-grow: 1;
}

li a {
  display: block;
  color: white;
  text-align: center;
  padding: 14px 16px;
  text-decoration: none;
}

li a:hover:not(.active) {
  background-color: #111;
}

.active {
  background-color: #791519;
}
<ul>
  <li><a class="active" href="index.html">Home</a></li>
  <li><a href="index.html">Tab 1</a></li>
  <li><a href="index.html">Tab 2</a></li>
  <li><a href="index.html">Tab 3</a></li>
  <li><a href="index.html">Tab 4</a></li>
</ul>

Upvotes: 0

Geeky
Geeky

Reputation: 7498

You can make this by changing the position of ul Check the following css changes for ul

ul {
  display: inline-block;
  list-style-type: none;
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
  overflow: hidden;
  background-color: #333;
  position:relative;
  left:100px;
}

li {
  float: left;
}

li a {
  display: block;
  color: white;
  text-align: center;
  padding: 14px 16px;
  text-decoration: none;
}

li a:hover:not(.active) {
  background-color: #111;
}

.active {
  background-color: #791519;
}
<ul>
  <li><a class="active" href="index.html">Home</a></li>
  <li><a href="index.html">Tab 1</a></li>
  <li><a href="index.html">Tab 2</a></li>
  <li><a href="index.html">Tab 3</a></li>
  <li><a href="index.html">Tab 4</a></li>
</ul>

Hope this helps

Upvotes: -1

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