how to keep separator out of nave pill

Question

This is created using following code -

<div class="container" style="padding-top: 5px;width:95%">
    <ul class="nav nav-pills">
        <li><a href="#"><b>Dashboard</b><span class="divider" style="padding-left:20px;">|</span></a></li> 
        <li class="active"><a href="#"><b>Current Order</b> <span class="divider" style="padding-left:20px;">|</span></a></li>
        <li><a href="#"><b>Price Book</b><span class="divider" style="padding-left:20px;">|</span></a></li>
        <li><a href="#"><b>View History</b></a></li>
    </ul>
</div>

here the separator is included in the active tab area.How to keep it away from text with equal diatance from links?

Answer 1

Try this:

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CSS:

  .div {
            padding:10px 15px 10px 15px;
        }

HTML

  <div class="container" style="padding-top: 5px;width:95%">
                <ul class="nav nav-pills">
                    <li><a href="#"><b>Dashboard</b></a></li> 
                    <li class="div"><span class="divider">|</span></li>
                    <li><a href="#"><b>Current Order</b> </a></li>
                    <li class="div"><span class="divider">|</span></li>
                    <li><a href="#"><b>Price Book</b></a></li>
                    <li class="div"><span class="divider">|</span></li>
                    <li><a href="#"><b>View History</b></a></li>
                </ul>
            </div>