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Reputation: 113

How to decrease the space between the items in a Bootstrap navbar without changing the padding in .nav >li > a in bootstrap.css directly?

I am using the following home.html file and an external css file named "navbar.css" which I am loading after the "bootstrap.min.css". I am trying to get the work done by assigning a class named "custom-menu-item" to the appropriate elements and changing the padding in "navbar.css"(but no change to padding is taking place)

    .custom-menu-item{
     	padding:10px 13px;
    }
 <!DOCTYPE html>
    <html >
    <head>
    <title>Home</title>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0">
    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="bootstrap-3.3.7-dist/css/bootstrap.min.css">
    <script type="text/javascript" src="jquery.min.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="bootstrap-3.3.7-dist/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="bootstrap-3.3.7-dist/css/custom/navbar.css">
    </head>
    <body>
    <nav class="navbar navbar-default">
      <div class="container-fluid custom-coontainer-fluid">
        <div class="navbar-header ">
          <button type="button" class="navbar-toggle collapsed" data-toggle="collapse" data-target="#my-navbar" 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>
        </div>
    
        <div class="collapse navbar-collapse" id="my-navbar">
          <ul class="nav navbar-nav">
    
            <li class="active"><a href="#" class="custom-menu-item">Home <span class="sr-only">(current)</span></a></li>
            <li class="dropdown">
            <a class="dropdown-toggle custom-menu-item" data-toggle="dropdown" id="about-us-menu" href="#" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" aria-expanded="false">About  Us <span class="caret"></span></a>
               <ul class="dropdown-menu" role="menu" aria-labelledby="about-us-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>
    
            <li class="dropdown ">
            <a class="dropdown-toggle custom-menu-item" data-toggle="dropdown" id="admin-info-menu" href="#" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" aria-expanded="false">Administration  <span class="caret"></span></a>
               <ul class="dropdown-menu" role="menu" aria-labelledby="admin-info-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>
      </div>
    </nav>
    </body>
    </html>

Upvotes: 2

Views: 1745

Answers (2)

Shiladitya
Shiladitya

Reputation: 12181

Here you go with a solution https://jsfiddle.net/gsv9po8f/3/

.custom-menu-item{
  padding: 15px !important;
}
<link href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.7/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet"/>
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.7/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
<div class="container">
	<div class="row">
		<h1>Site Name</h1>
		<div class="navbar navbar-default">
			<div class="container">
				<div class="navbar-header">
					<button class=" btn btn-primary navbar-toggle" data-toggle="collapse" data-target="#responsive-menu">
						<span class="sr-only">Open Navigation</span>
						<span class="icon-bar"></span>
						<span class="icon-bar"></span>
						<span class="icon-bar"></span>
					</button>
				</div>
				<div class="collapse navbar-collapse" id="responsive-menu">
					<ul class="nav navbar-nav">
						<li class="active"><a href="#" class="custom-menu-item">Home <span class="sr-only">(current)</span></a></li>
            <li class="dropdown">
            <a class="dropdown-toggle custom-menu-item" data-toggle="dropdown" id="about-us-menu" href="#" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" aria-expanded="false">About  Us <span class="caret"></span></a>
               <ul class="dropdown-menu" role="menu" aria-labelledby="about-us-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>
    
            <li class="dropdown ">
            <a class="dropdown-toggle custom-menu-item" data-toggle="dropdown" id="admin-info-menu" href="#" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" aria-expanded="false">Administration  <span class="caret"></span></a>
               <ul class="dropdown-menu" role="menu" aria-labelledby="admin-info-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>
			</div>
		</div>
	</div>
</div>

Upvotes: 0

fen1x
fen1x

Reputation: 5880

Add your own style after boostrap css files:

.nav > li > a {
    padding: 40px;
}


<!DOCTYPE html>
    <html >
    <head>
    <title>Home</title>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0">
    <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.2.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
    <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/twitter-bootstrap/3.3.7/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/twitter-bootstrap/3.3.7/css/bootstrap.min.css">
    <style> 
      .nav > li > a {
        padding: 40px;
      }
    </style>
    </head>
    <body>
    <nav class="navbar navbar-default">
      <div class="container-fluid custom-coontainer-fluid">
        <div class="navbar-header ">
          <button type="button" class="navbar-toggle collapsed" data-toggle="collapse" data-target="#my-navbar" 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>
        </div>
    
        <div class="collapse navbar-collapse" id="my-navbar">
          <ul class="nav navbar-nav">
    
            <li class="active"><a href="#" class="custom-menu-item">Home <span class="sr-only">(current)</span></a></li>
            <li class="dropdown">
            <a class="dropdown-toggle custom-menu-item" data-toggle="dropdown" id="about-us-menu" href="#" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" aria-expanded="false">About  Us <span class="caret"></span></a>
               <ul class="dropdown-menu" role="menu" aria-labelledby="about-us-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>
    
            <li class="dropdown ">
            <a class="dropdown-toggle custom-menu-item" data-toggle="dropdown" id="admin-info-menu" href="#" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" aria-expanded="false">Administration  <span class="caret"></span></a>
               <ul class="dropdown-menu" role="menu" aria-labelledby="admin-info-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>
      </div>
    </nav>
    </body>
    </html>

Upvotes: 2

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