This is only the second time I've used stackoverflow so please forgive me if I make any mistakes.
I'm having an issue increasing the width of the default Bootstrap navbar search form. I have tried some of the solutions I've seen on stackoverflow, however nothing seems to work.
Please see: http://jsfiddle.net/94zkLh8j/1/
<nav class="navbar navbar-inverse navbar-fixed-top">
<div class="container">
<div class="navbar-header">
<button type="button" class="navbar-toggle collapsed" data-toggle="collapse" class="read-more" data-target="#bs-example-navbar-collapse-1">
<span class="sr-only">Toggle navigation</span>
<span class="icon-bar"></span>
<span class="icon-bar"></span>
<span class="icon-bar"></span>
</button>
<a class="navbar-brand" href="#">Vouchipster</a>
</div>
<div class="collapse navbar-collapse" id="bs-example-navbar-collapse-1">
<form class="navbar-form navbar-right" role="search">
<div class="form-group">
<div style="display:table;" class="input-group">
<input type="text" class="form-control" placeholder="Search for retailers, categories or products">
<span class="input-group-btn">
<button class="btn btn-green" type="button"><i class="fa fa-search"></i></button>
</span>
</div>
</div>
</form>
</div>
</div>
</nav>
You can set the width of the input
element in your document stylesheet. Use !important
to override any bootstrap widths. I recommend adding an id to the form for easy selection in css
HTML
...
<form class="navbar-form navbar-right" role="search" id="navBarSearchForm">
...
CSS
<style>
#navBarSearchForm input[type=text]{width:430px !important;}
</style>