Aligning navbar text to the right with Bootstrap 4

Question

I'm trying to create a google clone but I can't get li's to the very right of the page with Bootstrap 4, this link contains the code that I'm trying to edit, I tried to add

mr-auto

and

justify-content-end

to the

ul

but still, nothing works.

Fiddle

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Answer 1

If you only want the items to the very right, you can use

.navbar-nav {
  align-items: flex-end;
}

The ul is set with flex-direction: column;, which means that you have to use align-items to position items horizontally and justify-content to position items vertically.

Try this snippet:

.navbar-nav {
  align-items: flex-end;
}

<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.0.0-beta/css/bootstrap.min.css">
<!--Navbar-->
<nav class="navbar navbar-expand-lg navbar-light bg-white ">
  <button class="navbar-toggler" type="button" data-toggle="collapse" data-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 navbar-right mr-auto">
      <li class="nav-item">
        <a class="nav-link" href="#">Gmail</a>
      </li>
      <li class="nav-item">
        <a class="nav-link" href="#">Images</a>
      </li>
      <li class="nav-item dropdown">
        <a class="nav-link dropdown-toggle" href="http://example.com" id="navbarDropdownMenuLink" data-toggle="dropdown" aria-haspopup="true" aria-expanded="false">
          Circle
        </a>
        <div class="dropdown-menu" aria-labelledby="navbarDropdownMenuLink">
          <a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Action</a>
          <a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Another action</a>
          <a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Something else here</a>
        </div>
      </li>
    </ul>
  </div>
</nav>

<!--Bootstrap Scripts;-->
<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.2.1.slim.min.js" integrity="sha384-KJ3o2DKtIkvYIK3UENzmM7KCkRr/rE9/Qpg6aAZGJwFDMVNA/GpGFF93hXpG5KkN" crossorigin="anonymous"></script>
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/popper.js/1.11.0/umd/popper.min.js" integrity="sha384-b/U6ypiBEHpOf/4+1nzFpr53nxSS+GLCkfwBdFNTxtclqqenISfwAzpKaMNFNmj4" crossorigin="anonymous"></script>
<script src="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.0.0-beta/js/bootstrap.min.js" integrity="sha384-h0AbiXch4ZDo7tp9hKZ4TsHbi047NrKGLO3SEJAg45jXxnGIfYzk4Si90RDIqNm1" crossorigin="anonymous"></script>

If you want everything to the very right of the page (the hamburger icon and the items), you can do this:

.navbar-nav {
  align-items: flex-end;
}

nav.navbar {
   justify-content: flex-end;
}

.dropdown.show, .dropdown-menu.show {
  text-align: right;  
}

Since nav.navbar has the default flex-direction: row, justify-content positions content horizontally and align-items positions content vertically for nav.navbar.

I set text-align: right; on the list item dropdown so that it stays aligned to the right when it is opened.

Try this snippet below:

.navbar-nav {
  align-items: flex-end;
}

nav.navbar {
  justify-content: flex-end;
}

.dropdown.show, .dropdown-menu.show {
  text-align: right;  
}

<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.0.0-beta/css/bootstrap.min.css">
<!--Navbar-->
<nav class="navbar navbar-expand-lg navbar-light bg-white ">
  <button class="navbar-toggler" type="button" data-toggle="collapse" data-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 navbar-right mr-auto">
      <li class="nav-item">
        <a class="nav-link" href="#">Gmail</a>
      </li>
      <li class="nav-item">
        <a class="nav-link" href="#">Images</a>
      </li>
      <li class="nav-item dropdown">
        <a class="nav-link dropdown-toggle" href="http://example.com" id="navbarDropdownMenuLink" data-toggle="dropdown" aria-haspopup="true" aria-expanded="false">
          Circle
        </a>
        <div class="dropdown-menu" aria-labelledby="navbarDropdownMenuLink">
          <a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Action</a>
          <a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Another action</a>
          <a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Something else here</a>
        </div>
      </li>
    </ul>
  </div>
</nav>


<!--Bootstrap Scripts;-->
<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.2.1.slim.min.js" integrity="sha384-KJ3o2DKtIkvYIK3UENzmM7KCkRr/rE9/Qpg6aAZGJwFDMVNA/GpGFF93hXpG5KkN" crossorigin="anonymous"></script>
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/popper.js/1.11.0/umd/popper.min.js" integrity="sha384-b/U6ypiBEHpOf/4+1nzFpr53nxSS+GLCkfwBdFNTxtclqqenISfwAzpKaMNFNmj4" crossorigin="anonymous"></script>
<script src="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.0.0-beta/js/bootstrap.min.js" integrity="sha384-h0AbiXch4ZDo7tp9hKZ4TsHbi047NrKGLO3SEJAg45jXxnGIfYzk4Si90RDIqNm1" crossorigin="anonymous"></script>

Update

This snippet will make sure everything is aligned to the right on all screen widths. I removed mr-auto from the html since it interfered with flexbox's ability to justify the content to the end of the flex container.

.navbar-nav {
  align-items: flex-end;
}

nav.navbar {
  justify-content: flex-end;
}

.dropdown.show,
.dropdown-menu.show {
  text-align: right;
}

@media (min-width: 992px) {
  .navbar-expand-lg .navbar-collapse {
    justify-content: flex-end;
  }
  .dropdown-menu.show {
    left: -8rem;
  }
}

<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.0.0-beta/css/bootstrap.min.css">
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="Google.css">

<!--Navbar-->
<nav class="navbar navbar-expand-lg navbar-light bg-white ">
  <button class="navbar-toggler" type="button" data-toggle="collapse" data-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 navbar-right">
      <li class="nav-item">
        <a class="nav-link" href="#">Gmail</a>
      </li>
      <li class="nav-item">
        <a class="nav-link" href="#">Images</a>
      </li>
      <li class="nav-item dropdown">
        <a class="nav-link dropdown-toggle" href="http://example.com" id="navbarDropdownMenuLink" data-toggle="dropdown" aria-haspopup="true" aria-expanded="false">
          Circle
        </a>
        <div class="dropdown-menu" aria-labelledby="navbarDropdownMenuLink">
          <a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Action</a>
          <a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Another action</a>
          <a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Something else here</a>
        </div>
      </li>
    </ul>
  </div>
</nav>

<!--Bootstrap Scripts;-->
<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.2.1.slim.min.js" integrity="sha384-KJ3o2DKtIkvYIK3UENzmM7KCkRr/rE9/Qpg6aAZGJwFDMVNA/GpGFF93hXpG5KkN" crossorigin="anonymous"></script>
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/popper.js/1.11.0/umd/popper.min.js" integrity="sha384-b/U6ypiBEHpOf/4+1nzFpr53nxSS+GLCkfwBdFNTxtclqqenISfwAzpKaMNFNmj4" crossorigin="anonymous"></script>
<script src="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.0.0-beta/js/bootstrap.min.js" integrity="sha384-h0AbiXch4ZDo7tp9hKZ4TsHbi047NrKGLO3SEJAg45jXxnGIfYzk4Si90RDIqNm1" crossorigin="anonymous"></script>

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