How to position items within navbar?-CodePudding

This is probably super simple but I figured it would just be simpler to get some help instead of playing with for 2-3 hours before I can get it to work. I have a nav bar and I want the search bar to appear next to the logo which is left aligned for my design and its using flex box. I've tried a few things its not cooperating currently. Here's the example and code:

vs What I have now.

Code:

    <header>
        <nav >
            <a href="http://" >TravelSite</a>
            <form id="form"> 
                <input type="search" id="query" name="q" placeholder="Search...">
                <button>Search</button>
            </form>
            <ul>
                <li><a href="http://">Destinations</a></li>
                <li><a href="http://">Blog</a></li>
                <li><a href="http://">About</a></li>
                <li><a href="http://">Contact</a></li>
            </ul>
        </nav>
    </header>
@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Poppins:200,300,400,500,600,700,800,900&display=swap');

* {
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
    box-sizing: border-box;
    font-family: 'Poppins', sans-serif;
}

.nav-links{
    position: fixed;
    display: flex;
    justify-content: space-between;
    margin-right: 40px;
    padding: 30px;
    background: lightblue;
    width: 100%;
}

nav:nth-child(2){
    left: 350px;
}

.nav-branding{
    margin-left: 40px;
}

.form{
    display: flex;
    justify-content: left;
}
.nav-search{
    left: 300px;
}

nav ul{
    display: flex;
    list-style-type: none;
    justify-content: space-evenly;
}

CodePudding user response：

try wrapping the anchor tag and form in a div and giving the div a display of flex and flex direction of row.

<div id="logo-div">
<a href="http://" >TravelSite</a>
<form id="form"> 
<input type="search" id="query" name="q" placeholder="Search...">
<button>Search</button>
</div>

css
#logo-div{
display: flex;
flex-direction: column;
align-items: center;
}

CodePudding user response：

My suggested approach is by working on parent tags thinking them as "boxes", then style their content.

header {
  border: 1px solid red;
}

nav {
  border: 2px solid yellow;
  display: flex;
}

.logo-and-search {
  border: 2px solid purple;
  display: flex;
  gap: 20px;
}

.links {
  border: 2px solid purple;
  display: flex;
  gap: 10px;
}

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">

<head>
  <meta charset="UTF-8" />
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
  <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="ie=edge" />
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css" />
  <title>Static Template</title>
</head>
<header>
  <nav>
    <div >
      <a href="http://" >TravelSite</a>
      <form id="form">
        <input type="search" id="query" name="q" placeholder="Search..." />
        <button>Search</button>
      </form>
    </div>
    <div >
      <a href="http://">Destinations</a>
      <a href="http://">Blog</a>
      <a href="http://">About</a>
      <a href="http://">Contact</a>
    </div>
  </nav>
</header>

</html>

CodeSandbox

CodePudding user response：

you can use 2 divs inside the <nav>, the first div will have the logo and the search-bar, second div will stay with <ul>

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">

<head>
    <meta charset="UTF-8" />
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
    <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="ie=edge" />
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css" />
    <title>Static Template</title>
</head>
<header>
    <nav >
        <div >
            <a href="http://" >TravelSite</a>
            <form id="form">
                <input type="search" id="query" name="q" placeholder="Search...">
                <button>Search</button>
            </form>
        </div>
        <div >
            <ul>
                <li><a href="http://">Destinations</a></li>
                <li><a href="http://">Blog</a></li>
                <li><a href="http://">About</a></li>
                <li><a href="http://">Contact</a></li>
            </ul>
        </div>
    </nav>
</header>

on css the class .nav-links will make a gap between div.lef-content and div.right-content