Bootstrap Navbar with logo centered above navbar

Bootstrap navbar helps a lot when it comes to responsive web development. You can build numerous variations of the Bootstrap navbar. Here’s how to create a Bootstrap navbar with the logo centered above the navbar. Also, the navbar links have a border at the top and bottom.

Here is a step-by-step tutorial to create Bootstrap Navbar with logo centered above navbar.

Final output:

On smaller screens:

1. If you follow the Bootstrap documentation, this is the basic left-aligned navbar:

<nav class="navbar navbar-expand-lg navbar-light bg-light">
  <a class="navbar-brand" href="#">Navbar</a>
  <button class="navbar-toggler" type="button" data-toggle="collapse" data-target="#navbarNav" aria-controls="navbarNav" aria-expanded="false" aria-label="Toggle navigation">
    <span class="navbar-toggler-icon"></span>
  </button>
  <div class="collapse navbar-collapse" id="navbarNav">
    <ul class="navbar-nav">
      <li class="nav-item active">
        <a class="nav-link" href="#">Home <span class="sr-only">(current)</span></a>
      </li>
      <li class="nav-item">
        <a class="nav-link" href="#">Features</a>
      </li>
      <li class="nav-item">
        <a class="nav-link" href="#">Pricing</a>
      </li>
      <li class="nav-item">
        <a class="nav-link disabled" href="#" tabindex="-1" aria-disabled="true">Disabled</a>
      </li>
    </ul>
  </div>
</nav>

Output:

2. Add the logo image on line 2. To get the links in center, add class mx-auto to <ul> on line 7. (I changed the background-color to #18d2f8 and added some CSS.)

<a class="navbar-brand" href="#"><img src="https://codingyaar.com/wp-content/uploads/logo.png"></a>

<ul class="navbar-nav mx-auto">

.navbar .navbar-nav .nav-link {
    color: #000000;
    font-size: 1.1em;
}
.navbar .navbar-nav .nav-link:hover{
    color: #808080;
}

Output:

3. To place the logo above the navbar links, change the flex-direction of navbar to column.

@media only screen and (min-width: 992px) {
  .navbar {
    flex-direction: column;
  }
}

Output:

4. Add border top and bottom and adjust the padding and margin.

@media only screen and (min-width: 992px) {
  .navbar .navbar-nav {
    border-bottom: 2px solid #000;
  }
  .navbar .nav-item {
    padding: 0.5em 1em;
  }
}
.navbar .navbar-nav {
  margin-top: 0.5em;
  border-top: 2px solid #000;
}

Output:

Final Output Code for Bootstrap Navbar with logo centered above navbar:

HTML

<nav class="navbar navbar-expand-lg navbar-light"  style="background-color: #18d2f8;">
    <a class="navbar-brand" href="#"><img src="https://codingyaar.com/wp-content/uploads/logo.png"></a>
    <button class="navbar-toggler" type="button" data-toggle="collapse" data-target="#myNavbarToggler13"
        aria-controls="myNavbarToggler13" aria-expanded="false" aria-label="Toggle navigation">
        <span class="navbar-toggler-icon"></span>
    </button>
    <div class="collapse navbar-collapse" id="myNavbarToggler13">
        <ul class="navbar-nav mx-auto">
            <li class="nav-item">
                <a class="nav-link" href="#">Home</a>
            </li>
            <li class="nav-item">
                <a class="nav-link" href="#">About</a>
            </li>
            <li class="nav-item">
                <a class="nav-link" href="#">Services</a>
            </li>
            <li class="nav-item">
                <a class="nav-link" href="#">Contact</a>
            </li>
        </ul>
    </div>
</nav>

CSS

.navbar .navbar-nav .nav-link {
    color: #000000;
    font-size: 1.1em;
}
.navbar .navbar-nav .nav-link:hover{
    color: #808080;
}
@media only screen and (min-width: 992px) {
  .navbar {
    flex-direction: column;
  }
  .navbar .navbar-nav {
    border-bottom: 2px solid #000;
  }
  .navbar .nav-item {
    padding: 0.5em 1em;
  }
}
.navbar .navbar-nav {
  margin-top: 0.5em;
  border-top: 2px solid #000;
}