Bootstrap - Change direction of the navbar

Question

I've using Twitter bootstrap and trying to align the navbars' text to the right, i.e - that the "brand" will appear on the right, and all else to the left of it. (For right-to-left website).

Any ideas how this can be accomplished?

score 18 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 26 '12 at 06:57

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pull-right and pull-left are default bootstrap classes that can help you achieve that without having to write your own css. For example,

    <div class="navbar pull-right"></div> [equivalent to float:right]
    <div class="navbar pull-left"></div>  [equivalent to float:left]

answered Dec 26 '12 at 06:57

Rajarshi

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this is the correct answer when you want to design your navbar from right to left. specialy for RTL languages. – Hamed Rezaei Oct 29 '18 at 11:13

Ajinkya · Accepted Answer · 2015-02-09T05:35:12.527

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Apply float:right to div with class as navbar-inner

<div class="navbar-inner" style="float:right">

Like

<div class="navbar">
    <div class="navbar-inner">    
        <div style="float:right">
        <a class="brand" href="#">Title</a>
        <ul class="nav">
        <li class="active"><a href="#">Home</a></li>
        <li><a href="#">Link</a></li>
        <li><a href="#">Link</a></li>
        </ul>
    </div>
</div>

Live Demo

edited Feb 09 '15 at 05:35

answered Dec 24 '12 at 13:12

Ajinkya

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Just for future reference - After this edit, the order of the items should be reversed (such as the ".brand" should be the last in the div now) – Roman Dec 24 '12 at 13:21
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@roman: If you want to update the order just update the order in `
` accordingly.

Ajinkya

Dec 24 '12 at 13:23

score 3 · Answer 3 · answered Dec 24 '12 at 13:19

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Update these classes in bootstrap.css file

.navbar .nav {
    display: block;
    float: right;
    left: 0;
    margin: 0 10px 0 0;
    position: relative;
}


.navbar .brand {
    color: #777777;
    display: block;
    float: right;
    font-size: 20px;
    font-weight: 200;
    margin-left: -20px;
    padding: 10px 20px;
    text-shadow: 0 1px 0 #FFFFFF;
}


.navbar .nav > li {
    float: right;
}

answered Dec 24 '12 at 13:19

Reno

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Thanks! There is an easier solution above. – Roman Dec 24 '12 at 13:22
@Reno: It will also affect all other components which uses this styles. – Ajinkya Dec 24 '12 at 13:22
it will effect all .navbar elements. it depends what you need. – Reno Dec 24 '12 at 13:25

score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Nov 09 '17 at 07:27

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The better solution is to change the value of dir in the body tag:

<body dir="rtl">
...
</body>

answered Nov 09 '17 at 07:27

javad

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not wokring for navbar – Abdulrahman Alsari Jul 11 '23 at 08:45

score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Feb 07 '16 at 23:48

only change that... float:right to float:left

.navbar-toggle {
  position: relative;
  float: left;
  padding: 9px 10px;
  margin-top: 8px;
  margin-right: 15px;
  margin-bottom: 8px;
  background-color: transparent;
  background-image: none;
  border: 1px solid transparent;
  border-radius: 4px;
}

score -1 · Answer 6 · edited Jul 12 '17 at 16:22

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Apply float:right to ul with class as .navbar-nav

.navbar-nav{float:right;margin:0}.navbar-nav>li{float:right}

edited Jul 12 '17 at 16:22

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answered Jul 11 '17 at 14:08

Meysam Ebrahimi

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Bootstrap - Change direction of the navbar

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