Is left-aligning the button of a Twitter Bootstrap navbar possible?

Question

I would like for the button to appear on the left-hand side of the menu on mobile devices. Is this possible with Twitter Bootstrap?

Here is my markup:

<nav class="navbar navbar-default navbar-static-top">
    <div class="container">
        <div class="navbar-header">
            <button type="button" class="navbar-toggle collapsed" data-toggle="collapse" data-target="#navbar" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="navbar">
                <span class="icon-bar"></span>
                <span class="icon-bar"></span>
                <span class="icon-bar"></span>
            </button>
            <a class="navbar-brand" href="#">Brand</a>
        </div>
        <div id="navbar" class="navbar-collapse collapse">
            <ul class="nav navbar-nav">
                <li class="active"><a href="#">Home</a></li>
                <li><a href="#about">About</a></li>
                <li><a href="#contact">Contact</a></li>
            </ul>
        </div><!--/.nav-collapse -->
    </div>
</nav>

Bootply demo

To quote the official documentation:

Align nav links, forms, buttons, or text, using the .navbar-left or .navbar-right utility classes. Both classes will add a CSS float in the specified direction. For example, to align nav links, put them in a separate with the respective utility class applied.

These classes are mixin-ed versions of .pull-left and .pull-right, but they're scoped to media queries for easier handling of navbar components across device sizes.

I did try the pull-left but I am worried as the official documentation mentions that navbar-left is more appropriate - see above.

By the way navbar-left does not work for me. Should I go ahead and use pull-left despite what the documentation says?

Answer 1

<button type="button" class="pull-left navbar-toggle ...

Regarding your question edit, I'm not convinced that navbar-left was intended to be used for the toggle button. It has explicit style statements that override what navbar-left does.

If you do want to use it, however, it could be done by adding this to your custom stylesheet:

.navbar-toggle.navbar-left {
  float: left;
  margin-left: 10px;
}

Demo

Answer 2

You can use "pull-left" but you might have to add some left side padding to the icon bar using "padding-left" to the "navbar-header" div. Please see example below:

<nav class="navbar navbar-default">
                      <div class="container-fluid">
                        <div class="navbar-header" style="padding-left: 10px">
                          <button type="button" class="pull-left navbar-toggle" data-toggle="collapse" data-target="#myNavbar">
                            <span class="icon-bar"></span>
                            <span class="icon-bar"></span>
                            <span class="icon-bar"></span>
                          </button>          
                        </div>
                        <div class="collapse navbar-collapse" id="myNavbar">
                            <ul class="nav navbar-nav">            
                                <li><asp:Literal ID="litMenuBar" runat="server"></asp:Literal></li>
                            </ul>

                            <ul class="nav navbar-nav navbar-right">
                                <li><a href="#"><span class="glyphicon glyphicon-user"></span> My Account</a></li>            
                            </ul>
                        </div>
                      </div>
                    </nav>