twitter bootstrap navbar fixed top overlapping site
I am using bootstrap on my site and am having issues with the navbar fixed top. When I am just using the regular navbar, everything is fine. However, when i try to switch it to navbar fixed top, all the other content on the site shifts up like the navbar isn't there and the navbar overlaps it. here's basically how i laid it out:
.navbar.navbar-fixed-top
.navbar-inner
.container
.container
.row
//yield content
i tried to copy bootstraps examples exactly but still having this issue only when using navbar fixed top. what am I doing wrong?
Your answer is right in the docs:
Body padding required
The fixed navbar will overlay your other content, unless you add padding to the top of the <body> . Try out your own values or use our snippet below. Tip: By default, the navbar is 50px high.
body { padding-top: 70px; }
Make sure to include this after the core Bootstrap CSS.
As others have stated adding a padding-top to body works great. But when you make the screen narrower (to cell phone widths) there is a gap between the navbar and the body. Also, a crowded navbar can wrap to a multi-line bar, overwriting some of the content again.
This solved these kinds of issues for me
body { padding-top: 40px; }
@media screen and (max-width: 768px) {
body { padding-top: 0px; }
}
This makes a 40px padding by default and 0px when under 768px width (which according to bootstrap's docs is the cell phone layout cutoff where the gap would be created)
This issue is known and there's a workaround in the twitter bootstrap site:
When you affix the navbar, remember to account for the hidden area underneath. Add 40px or more of padding to the <body> . Be sure to add this after the core Bootstrap CSS and before the optional responsive CSS.
This worked for me:
body { padding-top: 40px; }