twitter bootstrap navbar fixed top overlapping site

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Matthew Berman picture Matthew Berman · Jun 20, 2012 · Viewed 302.7k times · Source

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?

Answer

rfunduk picture rfunduk · Jun 20, 2012

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.

and in the Bootstrap 4 docs...

Fixed navbars use position: fixed, meaning they’re pulled from the normal flow of the DOM and may require custom CSS (e.g., padding-top on the ) to prevent overlap with other elements.

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