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Documentation and examples for Bootstrap’s powerful, responsive navigation header, the navbar. Includes support for branding, navigation, and more, including support for our collapse plugin.
Supported content
Navbars come with built-in support for a handful of sub-components. Choose from the following as needed:
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.navbar-brandfor your company, product, or project name. -
.navbar-navfor a full-height and lightweight navigation (including support for dropdowns). -
.navbar-togglerfor use with our collapse plugin and other navigation toggling behaviors. - Flex and spacing utilities for any form controls and actions.
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.navbar-textfor adding vertically centered strings of text. -
.collapse.navbar-collapsefor grouping and hiding navbar contents by a parent breakpoint. - Add an optional
.navbar-scrollto set amax-heightand scroll expanded navbar content.
Here’s an example of all the sub-components included in a responsive light-themed navbar that automatically collapses at the lg (large) breakpoint.
<nav class="navbar navbar-expand-lg navbar-light hp-bg-black-10 rounded">
<div class="container-fluid">
<a class="navbar-brand me-8" href="javascript:;">
<img src="..." alt="...">
</a>
<button class="navbar-toggler" type="button" data-bs-toggle="collapse" data-bs-target="#navbarSupportedContent"
aria-controls="navbarSupportedContent" aria-expanded="false" aria-label="Toggle navigation">
<span class="navbar-toggler-icon"></span>
</button>
<div class="collapse navbar-collapse" id="navbarSupportedContent">
<ul class="navbar-nav mb-16 mb-lg-0 me-auto">
<li class="nav-item">
<a class="nav-link active" aria-current="page" href="javascript:;">Home</a>
</li>
<li class="nav-item">
<a class="nav-link" href="javascript:;">Link</a>
</li>
<li class="nav-item dropdown">
<a class="nav-link dropdown-toggle" href="javascript:;" id="navbarDropdown" role="button"
data-bs-toggle="dropdown" aria-expanded="false">
Dropdown
</a>
<ul class="dropdown-menu" aria-labelledby="navbarDropdown">
<li>
<a class="dropdown-item" href="javascript:;">Action</a>
</li>
<li>
<a class="dropdown-item" href="javascript:;">Another action</a>
</li>
<li>
<hr class="dropdown-divider">
</li>
<li>
<a class="dropdown-item" href="javascript:;">Something else here</a>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="nav-item">
<a class="nav-link disabled" href="javascript:;" tabindex="-1" aria-disabled="true">Disabled</a>
</li>
</ul>
<form class="d-flex mb-8 mb-lg-0">
<input class="form-control me-8" type="search" placeholder="Search" aria-label="Search">
<button class="btn btn-outline-primary" type="submit">Search</button>
</form>
</div>
</div>
</nav>
Text
Add your text within an element with the .navbar-brand class.
<nav class="navbar navbar-light hp-bg-black-10 rounded">
<div class="container-fluid">
<a class="navbar-brand" href="javascript:;">Yoda</a>
</div>
</nav>
<nav class="navbar navbar-light hp-bg-black-10 rounded">
<div class="container-fluid">
<span class="navbar-brand mb-0 h1">Yoda</span>
</div>
</nav>
Image
You can replace the text within the .navbar-brand with an <img>.
<nav class="navbar navbar-light hp-bg-black-10 rounded">
<div class="container">
<a class="navbar-brand" href="javascript:;">
<img src="..." alt="...">
</a>
</div>
</nav>
Nav
Navbar navigation links build on our .nav options with their own modifier class and require the use of toggler classes for proper responsive styling. Navigation in navbars will also grow to occupy as much horizontal space as possible to keep your navbar contents securely aligned.
Add the .active class on .nav-link to indicate the current page.
Please note that you should also add the aria-current attribute on the active .nav-link.
You can also use dropdowns in your navbar. Dropdown menus require a wrapping element for positioning, so be sure to use separate and nested elements for .nav-item and .nav-link as shown below.
<nav class="navbar navbar-expand-lg navbar-light hp-bg-black-10 rounded">
<div class="container-fluid">
<a class="navbar-brand me-8" href="javascript:;">
<img src="..." alt="...">
</a>
<button class="navbar-toggler" type="button" data-bs-toggle="collapse" data-bs-target="#navbarNav"
aria-controls="navbarNav" aria-expanded="false" aria-label="Toggle navigation">
<span class="navbar-toggler-icon"></span>
</button>
<div class="collapse navbar-collapse" id="navbarNav">
<ul class="navbar-nav">
<li class="nav-item">
<a class="nav-link active" aria-current="page" href="javascript:;">Home</a>
</li>
<li class="nav-item">
<a class="nav-link" href="javascript:;">Features</a>
</li>
<li class="nav-item">
<a class="nav-link" href="javascript:;">Pricing</a>
</li>
<li class="nav-item">
<a class="nav-link disabled" href="javascript:;" tabindex="-1" aria-disabled="true">Disabled</a>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
</nav>
<nav class="navbar navbar-expand-lg navbar-light hp-bg-black-10 rounded">
<div class="container-fluid">
<a class="navbar-brand me-8" href="javascript:;">
<img src="..." alt="...">
</a>
<button class="navbar-toggler" type="button" data-bs-toggle="collapse" data-bs-target="#navbarNavDropdown"
aria-controls="navbarNavDropdown" aria-expanded="false" aria-label="Toggle navigation">
<span class="navbar-toggler-icon"></span>
</button>
<div class="collapse navbar-collapse" id="navbarNavDropdown">
<ul class="navbar-nav">
<li class="nav-item">
<a class="nav-link active" aria-current="page" href="javascript:;">Home</a>
</li>
<li class="nav-item">
<a class="nav-link" href="javascript:;">Features</a>
</li>
<li class="nav-item">
<a class="nav-link" href="javascript:;">Pricing</a>
</li>
<li class="nav-item dropdown">
<a class="nav-link dropdown-toggle" href="javascript:;" id="navbarDropdownMenuLink" role="button"
data-bs-toggle="dropdown" aria-expanded="false">
Dropdown link
</a>
<ul class="dropdown-menu" aria-labelledby="navbarDropdownMenuLink">
<li>
<a class="dropdown-item" href="javascript:;">Action</a>
</li>
<li>
<a class="dropdown-item" href="javascript:;">Another action</a>
</li>
<li>
<a class="dropdown-item" href="javascript:;">Something else here</a>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
</nav>
Color schemes
Theming the navbar has never been easier thanks to the combination of theming classes and background-color utilities. Choose from .navbar-light for use with light background colors, or .navbar-dark for dark background colors. Then, customize with .bg-* utilities.
<nav class="navbar navbar-expand-lg navbar-dark bg-dark rounded">
<div class="container-fluid">
<a class="navbar-brand me-8" href="javascript:;">
<img src="..." alt="...">
</a>
<button class="navbar-toggler" type="button" data-bs-toggle="collapse" data-bs-target="#navbarColorScheme1"
aria-controls="navbarColorScheme1" aria-expanded="false" aria-label="Toggle navigation">
<span class="navbar-toggler-icon"></span>
</button>
<div class="collapse navbar-collapse" id="navbarColorScheme1">
<ul class="navbar-nav me-auto mb-16 mb-lg-0">
<li class="nav-item">
<a class="nav-link active" aria-current="page" href="javascript:;">Home</a>
</li>
<li class="nav-item">
<a class="nav-link" href="javascript:;">Link</a>
</li>
<li class="nav-item dropdown">
<a class="nav-link dropdown-toggle" href="javascript:;" id="navbarDropdown" role="button"
data-bs-toggle="dropdown" aria-expanded="false">
Dropdown
</a>
<ul class="dropdown-menu" aria-labelledby="navbarDropdown">
<li>
<a class="dropdown-item" href="javascript:;">Action</a>
</li>
<li>
<a class="dropdown-item" href="javascript:;">Another action</a>
</li>
<li>
<hr class="dropdown-divider">
</li>
<li>
<a class="dropdown-item" href="javascript:;">Something else here</a>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="nav-item">
<a class="nav-link disabled" href="javascript:;" tabindex="-1" aria-disabled="true">Disabled</a>
</li>
</ul>
<form class="d-flex">
<input class="form-control me-8" type="search" placeholder="Search" aria-label="Search">
<button class="btn btn-outline-primary-3" type="submit">Search</button>
</form>
</div>
</div>
</nav>
<nav class="navbar navbar-expand-lg navbar-dark hp-bg-primary-3 rounded">
<div class="container-fluid">
<a class="navbar-brand me-8" href="javascript:;">
<img src="..." alt="...">
</a>
<button class="navbar-toggler" type="button" data-bs-toggle="collapse" data-bs-target="#navbarColorScheme2"
aria-controls="navbarColorScheme2" aria-expanded="false" aria-label="Toggle navigation">
<span class="navbar-toggler-icon"></span>
</button>
<div class="collapse navbar-collapse" id="navbarColorScheme2">
<ul class="navbar-nav me-auto mb-16 mb-lg-0">
<li class="nav-item">
<a class="nav-link active" aria-current="page" href="javascript:;">Home</a>
</li>
<li class="nav-item">
<a class="nav-link" href="javascript:;">Link</a>
</li>
<li class="nav-item dropdown">
<a class="nav-link dropdown-toggle" href="javascript:;" id="navbarDropdown" role="button"
data-bs-toggle="dropdown" aria-expanded="false">
Dropdown
</a>
<ul class="dropdown-menu" aria-labelledby="navbarDropdown">
<li>
<a class="dropdown-item" href="javascript:;">Action</a>
</li>
<li>
<a class="dropdown-item" href="javascript:;">Another action</a>
</li>
<li>
<hr class="dropdown-divider">
</li>
<li>
<a class="dropdown-item" href="javascript:;">Something else here</a>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="nav-item">
<a class="nav-link disabled" href="javascript:;" tabindex="-1" aria-disabled="true">Disabled</a>
</li>
</ul>
<form class="d-flex">
<input class="form-control me-8" type="search" placeholder="Search" aria-label="Search">
<button class="btn btn-primary" type="submit">Search</button>
</form>
</div>
</div>
</nav>
Scrolling
Add .navbar-nav-scroll to a .navbar-nav (or other navbar sub-component) to enable vertical scrolling within the toggleable contents of a collapsed navbar. By default, scrolling kicks in at 75vh (or 75% of the viewport height), but you can override that with the local CSS custom property --bs-navbar-height or custom styles. At larger viewports when the navbar is expanded, content will appear as it does in a default navbar.
Please note that this behavior comes with a potential drawback of overflow—when setting overflow-y: auto (required to scroll the content here), overflow-x is the equivalent of auto, which will crop some horizontal content.
Here’s an example navbar using .navbar-nav-scroll with style="--bs-scroll-height: 100px;", with some extra margin utilities for optimum spacing.
<nav class="navbar navbar-expand-lg navbar-light bg-light rounded">
<div class="container-fluid">
<a class="navbar-brand me-8" href="javascript:;">
<img src="..." alt="...">
</a>
<button class="navbar-toggler" type="button" data-bs-toggle="collapse" data-bs-target="#navbarScroll"
aria-controls="navbarScroll" aria-expanded="false" aria-label="Toggle navigation">
<span class="navbar-toggler-icon"></span>
</button>
<div class="collapse navbar-collapse" id="navbarScroll">
<ul class="navbar-nav me-auto my-2 my-lg-0 navbar-nav-scroll" style="--bs-scroll-height: 100px;">
<li class="nav-item">
<a class="nav-link active" aria-current="page" href="javascript:;">Home</a>
</li>
<li class="nav-item">
<a class="nav-link" href="javascript:;">Link</a>
</li>
<li class="nav-item dropdown">
<a class="nav-link dropdown-toggle" href="javascript:;" id="navbarScrollingDropdown" role="button"
data-bs-toggle="dropdown" aria-expanded="false">
Link
</a>
<ul class="dropdown-menu" aria-labelledby="navbarScrollingDropdown">
<li>
<a class="dropdown-item" href="javascript:;">Action</a>
</li>
<li>
<a class="dropdown-item" href="javascript:;">Another action</a>
</li>
<li>
<hr class="dropdown-divider">
</li>
<li>
<a class="dropdown-item" href="javascript:;">Something else here</a>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="nav-item">
<a class="nav-link disabled" href="javascript:;" tabindex="-1" aria-disabled="true">Link</a>
</li>
</ul>
<form class="d-flex mt-24 mt-lg-0">
<input class="form-control me-8" type="search" placeholder="Search" aria-label="Search">
<button class="btn btn-outline-primary" type="submit">Search</button>
</form>
</div>
</div>
</nav>
Toggler
Navbar togglers are left-aligned by default, but should they follow a sibling element like a .navbar-brand, they’ll automatically be aligned to the far right. Reversing your markup will reverse the placement of the toggler. Below are examples of different toggle styles.
With no .navbar-brand shown at the smallest breakpoint:
With a brand name shown on the left and toggler on the right:
With a toggler on the left and brand name on the right:
<nav class="navbar navbar-expand-lg navbar-light bg-light">
<div class="container-fluid">
<button class="navbar-toggler" type="button" data-bs-toggle="collapse" data-bs-target="#navbarTogglerDemo01"
aria-controls="navbarTogglerDemo01" aria-expanded="false" aria-label="Toggle navigation">
<span class="navbar-toggler-icon"></span>
</button>
<div class="collapse navbar-collapse mt-8 mt-lg-0" id="navbarTogglerDemo01">
<a class="navbar-brand me-8" href="javascript:;">
<img src="..." alt="...">
</a>
<ul class="navbar-nav me-auto mb-16 mb-lg-0">
<li class="nav-item">
<a class="nav-link active" aria-current="page" href="javascript:;">Home</a>
</li>
<li class="nav-item">
<a class="nav-link" href="javascript:;">Link</a>
</li>
<li class="nav-item">
<a class="nav-link disabled" href="javascript:;" tabindex="-1" aria-disabled="true">Disabled</a>
</li>
</ul>
<form class="d-flex">
<input class="form-control me-8" type="search" placeholder="Search" aria-label="Search">
<button class="btn btn-outline-primary" type="submit">Search</button>
</form>
</div>
</div>
</nav>
<nav class="navbar navbar-expand-lg navbar-light bg-light">
<div class="container-fluid">
<a class="navbar-brand me-8" href="javascript:;">
<img src="..." alt="...">
</a>
<button class="navbar-toggler" type="button" data-bs-toggle="collapse" data-bs-target="#navbarTogglerDemo02"
aria-controls="navbarTogglerDemo02" aria-expanded="false" aria-label="Toggle navigation">
<span class="navbar-toggler-icon"></span>
</button>
<div class="collapse navbar-collapse" id="navbarTogglerDemo02">
<ul class="navbar-nav me-auto mb-16 mb-lg-0">
<li class="nav-item">
<a class="nav-link active" aria-current="page" href="javascript:;">Home</a>
</li>
<li class="nav-item">
<a class="nav-link" href="javascript:;">Link</a>
</li>
<li class="nav-item">
<a class="nav-link disabled" href="javascript:;" tabindex="-1" aria-disabled="true">Disabled</a>
</li>
</ul>
<form class="d-flex">
<input class="form-control me-8" type="search" placeholder="Search" aria-label="Search">
<button class="btn btn-outline-primary" type="submit">Search</button>
</form>
</div>
</div>
</nav>
<nav class="navbar navbar-expand-lg navbar-light bg-light">
<div class="container-fluid">
<button class="navbar-toggler" type="button" data-bs-toggle="collapse" data-bs-target="#navbarTogglerDemo03"
aria-controls="navbarTogglerDemo03" aria-expanded="false" aria-label="Toggle navigation">
<span class="navbar-toggler-icon"></span>
</button>
<a class="navbar-brand me-8" href="javascript:;">
<img src="..." alt="...">
</a>
<div class="collapse navbar-collapse" id="navbarTogglerDemo03">
<ul class="navbar-nav me-auto mb-16 mb-lg-0">
<li class="nav-item">
<a class="nav-link active" aria-current="page" href="javascript:;">Home</a>
</li>
<li class="nav-item">
<a class="nav-link" href="javascript:;">Link</a>
</li>
<li class="nav-item">
<a class="nav-link disabled" href="javascript:;" tabindex="-1" aria-disabled="true">Disabled</a>
</li>
</ul>
<form class="d-flex">
<input class="form-control me-8" type="search" placeholder="Search" aria-label="Search">
<button class="btn btn-outline-primary" type="submit">Search</button>
</form>
</div>
</div>
</nav>
External content
Sometimes you want to use the collapse plugin to trigger a container element for content that structurally sits outside of the .navbar. Because our plugin works on the id and data-bs-target matching, that’s easily done!
When you do this, we recommend including additional JavaScript to move the focus programmatically to the container when it is opened. Otherwise, keyboard users and users of assistive technologies will likely have a hard time finding the newly revealed content - particularly if the container that was opened comes before the toggler in the document’s structure. We also recommend making sure that the toggler has the aria-controls attribute, pointing to the id of the content container. In theory, this allows assistive technology users to jump directly from the toggler to the container it controls–but support for this is currently quite patchy.
<nav class="navbar navbar-dark bg-dark rounded">
<div class="collapse" id="navbarToggleExternalContent">
<div class="bg-dark pt-16 px-24 pb-32">
<h5 class="text-white h4">Collapsed content</h5>
<span class="text-muted hp-p1-body">Toggleable via the navbar brand.</span>
</div>
</div>
<div class="container-fluid">
<button class="navbar-toggler" type="button" data-bs-toggle="collapse" data-bs-target="#navbarToggleExternalContent"
aria-controls="navbarToggleExternalContent" aria-expanded="false" aria-label="Toggle navigation">
<span class="navbar-toggler-icon"></span>
</button>
</div>
</nav>