Twitter Bootstrap: How to make top fixed navbar stay in container and not stretch?

Question

I'm working with Twitter Bootstrap and the regular navbar you see in the guides: http://twitter.github.io/bootstrap/components.html#navbar

I don't want the navigation to stretch all the way left or right but stay where I can see both sides just like in the guide. The only difference is it would be fixed to the top.

I was wondering, how do I make this become a fixed navbar as if I was using the navbar-fixed-top class?

Answer 1

You should be able to do:

<div class="navbar-fixed-top container">
  <div class="navbar">
    <div class="navbar-inner">
      <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>
</div>

Answer 2

Bootstrap 4, use .container inside nav:

Demo

<link href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.0.0-beta.2/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet"/>
<nav class="navbar navbar-expand-lg navbar-light bg-light fixed-top">
	<div class="container">
		<a class="navbar-brand site-title" href="#">Hello World</a>
		<button class="navbar-toggler" type="button" data-toggle="collapse" data-target="#navbarHelloWorld" aria-controls="navbarHelloWorld" aria-expanded="false" aria-label="Toggle navigation">
			<span class="navbar-toggler-icon"></span>
		</button>
		<div class="collapse navbar-collapse" id="navbarHelloWorld">
			<ul id="menu-top-menu" class="navbar-nav mr-auto">
				<li class="nav-item"><a href="#" class="nav-link">About</a></li>
				<li class="nav-item"><a href="#" class="nav-link">Blog</a></li>
				<li class="nav-item"><a href="#" class="nav-link">Contact</a></li>
			</ul>
			<form class="form-inline my-2 my-lg-0">
				<input class="form-control mr-sm-2" placeholder="Search" type="text">
				<button class="btn btn-outline-success my-2 my-sm-0" type="submit">Search</button>
			</form>
		</div>
	</div>
</nav>