Bootstrap 4 navbar with 2 rows

Question

I have created a navbar with Bootstrap 4 alpha 6 that has a large brand/icon on the left, and 2 navbar-nav's with links to the right of the icon. One nav has links, and the other nav has icons. It's working exactly as I want except for one thing.

I'd like the 2 navbars to appear in 2 separate rows to the right of the icon. Like this:

------------------------------------------------------                link link link link   brand-icon -------------------------------------------                icon icon icon ------------------------------------------------------ 

The mobile version will still show the links vertically as it does now. I've tried several different things with flexbox, but can't get it to work.

Here is my code:

<nav class="navbar navbar-toggleable-md navbar-inverse bg-inverse">     <div class="container">         <button class="navbar-toggler navbar-toggler-right align-self-center mt-3" type="button" data-toggle="collapse" data-target="#navbarCollapse">             <span class="navbar-toggler-icon"></span>         </button>         <h1 class="py-2 ml-lg-2 mx-3"><a href="#"><i class="fa fa-envelope-open-o fa-lg" aria-hidden="true"></i></a></h1>         <div class="collapse navbar-collapse ml-lg-0 ml-3" id="navbarCollapse">             <ul class="navbar-nav">                 <li class="nav-item active">                     <a class="nav-link" href="#">Home</a>                 </li>                 <li class="nav-item">                     <a class="nav-link" href="#">Product</a>                 </li>                 <li class="nav-item">                     <a class="nav-link" href="#">Shop</a>                 </li>                 <li class="nav-item">                     <a class="nav-link" href="#">About</a>                 </li>                 <li class="nav-item">                     <a class="nav-link" href="#">Events</a>                 </li>             </ul>             <ul class="navbar-nav">                 <li class="nav-item">                     <a class="nav-link pr-3" href="#"><i class="fa fa-facebook"></i></a>                 </li>                 <li class="nav-item">                     <a class="nav-link pr-3" href="#"><i class="fa fa-instagram"></i></a>                 </li>                 <li class="nav-item">                     <a class="nav-link pr-3" href="#"><i class="fa fa-twitter"></i></a>                 </li>             </ul>         </div>     </div> </nav> 

Answer 1

You can use the flex-column flexbox utility class to stack the 2 navs vertically next to the icon. This sets flex-direction: column on the navbar-collapse div so that it's child elements stack vertically.

<nav class="navbar navbar-toggleable-md navbar-inverse bg-inverse">     <div class="container">         <button class="navbar-toggler navbar-toggler-right align-self-center mt-3" type="button" data-toggle="collapse" data-target="#navbarCollapse">             <span class="navbar-toggler-icon"></span>         </button>         <h1 class="py-2 ml-lg-2 mx-3"><a href="#"><i class="fa fa-envelope-o fa-lg mt-2" aria-hidden="true"></i></a></h1>         <div class="collapse navbar-collapse flex-column ml-lg-0 ml-3" id="navbarCollapse">             <ul class="navbar-nav">                 <li class="nav-item active">                     <a class="nav-link" href="#">Home</a>                 </li>                 <li class="nav-item">                     <a class="nav-link" href="#">Product</a>                 </li>                 <li class="nav-item">                     <a class="nav-link" href="#">Shop</a>                 </li>                 <li class="nav-item">                     <a class="nav-link" href="#">About</a>                 </li>                 <li class="nav-item">                     <a class="nav-link" href="#">Events</a>                 </li>             </ul>             <ul class="navbar-nav flex-row mb-2">                 <li class="nav-item">                     <a class="nav-link py-1 pr-3" href="#"><i class="fa fa-facebook"></i></a>                 </li>                 <li class="nav-item">                     <a class="nav-link py-1 pr-3" href="#"><i class="fa fa-instagram"></i></a>                 </li>                 <li class="nav-item">                     <a class="nav-link py-1 pr-3" href="#"><i class="fa fa-twitter"></i></a>                 </li>             </ul>         </div>     </div> </nav> 

Demo - Bootstrap 4 navbar with 2 rows

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Here's another variation with the 2 rows and right align search form:

<nav class="navbar navbar-toggleable-md navbar-light bg-faded">     <button class="navbar-toggler navbar-toggler-right" type="button" data-toggle="collapse" data-target="#navbarCollapse">         <span class="navbar-toggler-icon"></span>     </button>     <a class="navbar-brand my-auto" href="#">Brand</a>     <div class="collapse navbar-collapse flex-md-column" id="navbarCollapse">         <ul class="navbar-nav ml-auto small">             <li class="nav-item active">                 <a class="nav-link" href="#">Shop</a>             </li>             <li class="nav-item">                 <a class="nav-link" href="#">Products</a>             </li>             <li class="nav-item">                 <a class="nav-link" href="#">Team</a>             </li>             <li class="nav-item">                 <a class="nav-link" href="#">About</a>             </li>             <li class="nav-item">                 <a class="nav-link" href="#">Events</a>             </li>         </ul>         <form class="form-inline ml-auto">             ...         </form>     </div> </nav> 

Demo - Navbar with 2 rows on right

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Update for Bootstrap 4.0.0:
https://www.codeply.com/go/05hEHoiUvv

Here is an alternate scenario with 2 navbars with one mobile toggler

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Answer 2

The "variation with the 2 row aligned right" did not right-align the rows in Safari for me. I put the unordered lists in a new div with the flex-column and ml-auto classes.

<nav class="navbar navbar-toggleable-md navbar-inverse bg-inverse">     <div class="container">       <button class="navbar-toggler navbar-toggler-right align-self-center mt-3" type="button" data-toggle="collapse" data-target="#navbarCollapse"> <span class="navbar-toggler-icon"></span> </button>       <h1 class="py-2 ml-lg-2 mx-3"><a href="#"><i class="fa fa-envelope-open-o fa-lg" aria-hidden="true"></i></a></h1>       <div class="collapse navbar-collapse ml-lg-0 ml-3" id="navbarCollapse">         <div class="flex-column ml-auto">           <ul class="navbar-nav">             <li class="nav-item active"> <a class="nav-link" href="#">Home</a> </li>             <li class="nav-item"> <a class="nav-link" href="#">Product</a> </li>             <li class="nav-item"> <a class="nav-link" href="#">Shop</a> </li>             <li class="nav-item"> <a class="nav-link" href="#">About</a> </li>             <li class="nav-item"> <a class="nav-link" href="#">Events</a> </li>           </ul>           <ul class="navbar-nav">             <li class="nav-item"> <a class="nav-link pr-3" href="#"><i class="fa fa-facebook"></i></a> </li>             <li class="nav-item"> <a class="nav-link pr-3" href="#"><i class="fa fa-instagram"></i></a> </li>             <li class="nav-item"> <a class="nav-link pr-3" href="#"><i class="fa fa-twitter"></i></a> </li>           </ul>         </div>       </div>     </div>   </nav>