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I am using Twitter bootstrap and Rails and I can't seem to float a navbar item to the right.
I tried using something like this:
<li class="whoami pull-right"> <%= link_to ("Logged in as: " + current_user.name), edit_user_registration_path , :id=>"Edit account"%> </li>
... but the link stayed left and firebug showed "float:left;"
So I tried to overide the css float in bootstrap_and_overrides.css.less and in home.html.erb, but neither worked. Firebug indicated that it found two css float statements, but chose the bootstrap option over mine. So I am left stuck and wondering how to customize the navbar. I am probably doing something wrong here, but I just don't see it.
Here's my code:
application.html.erb:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
... removed to shorten the length of this post
</head>
<body>
<header>
<%= render 'layouts/navigation' %>
</header>
<div id="main" role="main">
<div class="container">
<div class="content">
<div class="row">
<div class="span12">
<%= render 'layouts/messages' %>
<%= yield %>
</div>
</div>
<footer>
</footer>
</div>
</div> <!--! end of .container -->
</div> <!--! end of #main -->
</body>
</html>
_navigation.html.erb:
<div class="container span12">
<div class="navbar navbar-fixed-top">
<div class="navbar-inner">
<div class="container">
<ul class="nav">
<%= link_to "Cases", root_path, :class=>"brand"%>
<% if user_signed_in? %>
<li> <%= link_to "My Cases", cases_path %> </li>
<li> <%= link_to 'Dash', dash_path %> </li>
<% if current_user.has_role? :admin %>
<li> <%= link_to 'Admin', users_path, :id=>"Admin" %> </li>
<% end %>
<li> <%= link_to 'Logout', destroy_user_session_path, :method=>'delete', :id => "Logout" %> </li>
<li class="whoami"> <%= link_to ("Logged in as: " + current_user.name), edit_user_registration_path , :id=>"Edit account"%> </li>
<% else %>
<li> <%= link_to 'Login', new_user_session_path %> </li>
<li> <%= link_to 'Sign up', new_user_registration_path %> </li>
<% end %>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
bootstrap_and_overrides.css.less:
@import "twitter/bootstrap/bootstrap";
body {
padding-top: 60px;
}
@import "twitter/bootstrap/responsive";
// Set the correct sprite paths
// ...REMOVED to shorten the length of this post
// Your custom LESS stylesheets goes here
//
// Since bootstrap was imported above you have access to its mixins which
// you may use and inherit here
//
// If you'd like to override bootstrap's own variables, you can do so here as well
// See http://twitter.github.com/bootstrap/less.html for their names and documentation
//
// Example:
// @linkColor: #ff0000;
.whoami {
float:right;
}
When I load a page, I see the navbar, but the last item is not floated to the right.
Looks like this:
And there is another screen cap here that shows some more info.
As you can see, firebug found a "float:right;" option, but indicates a "float:left;" option was used instead.
I have a gap in understanding here, but I am not sure where.
Please address responses to:
Interpreting firebug output
EDIT: I've posted my first ever jsfiddle here: http://jsfiddle.net/uCHQs/2/ It represents a copy/paste of a browser 'show source' and what I gather is the relevent css load and served by rails.
Thanks in advance!
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Got it.
Getting it to work required filling the container nested in navbar-inner with more than one unordered list of nav elements. This jsfiddle showed me the way http://jsfiddle.net/N6vGZ/4/
This code works:
<div class="container span12">
<div class="navbar navbar-fixed-top">
<div class="navbar-inner">
<div class="container">
<%= link_to "Cases", root_path, :class=>"brand"%>
<ul class="nav">
<% if user_signed_in? %>
<li> <%= link_to "My Cases", cases_path %> </li>
<li> <%= link_to 'Dash', dash_path %> </li>
<% if current_user.has_role? :admin %>
<li> <%= link_to 'Admin', users_path, :id=>"Admin" %> </li>
<% end %>
<li> <%= link_to 'Logout', destroy_user_session_path, :method=>'delete', :id => "Logout" %> </li>
</ul>
<ul class="nav pull-right"> <li> <%= link_to ("Logged in as: " + current_user.name), edit_user_registration_path , :id=>"Edit account"%> </li></ul>
<% else %>
<ul class="nav">
<li> <%= link_to 'Login', new_user_session_path %> </li>
<li> <%= link_to 'Sign up', new_user_registration_path %> </li>
</ul>
<% end %>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
have you tried being more specific with your CSS?
.navbar ul.nav li.whoami {
float:right;
}
Sometimes if the prior CSS (bootstrap in this case) is very specific, it requires the same level of specificity (or greater) to override it.
Might be helpful to post a jsfiddle. Screenshots are difficult to debug ;)
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