How TO - Centered Top Navigation

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Create a Top Navigation Bar

Step 1) Add HTML:

Example

<div class="topnav">


<div class="topnav-centered">
    <a href="#home" class="active">Home</a>
</div>


<a href="#news">News</a>
<a href="#contact">Contact</a>


<div class="topnav-right">
    <a href="#search">Search</a>
    <a href="#about">About</a>
</div>

</div>

Step 2) Add CSS:

Example

/* Add a black background color to the top navigation */
.topnav {
position: relative;
background-color: #333;
overflow: hidden;
}

/* Style the links inside the navigation bar */
.topnav a {
float: left;
color: #f2f2f2;
text-align: center;
padding: 14px 16px;
text-decoration: none;
font-size: 17px;
}

/* Change the color of links on hover */
.topnav a:hover {
background-color: #ddd;
color: black;
}

/* Add a color to the active/current link */
.topnav a.active {
background-color: #04AA6D;
color: white;
}

/* Centered section inside the top navigation */
.topnav-centered a {
float: none;
position: absolute;
top: 50%;
left: 50%;
transform: translate(-50%, -50%);
}

/* Right-aligned section inside the top navigation */
.topnav-right {
float: right;
}

/* Responsive navigation menu - display links on top of each other instead of next to each other (for mobile devices) */
@media screen and (max-width: 600px) {
.topnav a, .topnav-right {
    float: none;
    display: block;
}

.topnav-centered a {
    position: relative;
    top: 0;
    left: 0;
    transform: none;
}
}

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Tip: To create mobile-friendly, responsive navigation bars, read our How To - Responsive Top Navigation tutorial.

Tip: Go to our CSS Navbar Tutorial to learn more about navigation bars.

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