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align logo, nav and social icons on one line


I am trying to align the logo, nav links, and social icons on one line. I am using bootstrap, and custom css styling on my page.

HTML:

<header id="header-main">
  <div id="site-header">
    <div class="container">
      <div class="row">
        <div class="col-sm-12">
          <div id="site-logo">
            <a href="www.google.com"><img src="https://www.google.com/images/branding/googlelogo/1x/googlelogo_color_272x92dp.png" alt="" /></a>
          </div>
          <div class="social-set">
            <a href="https://www.facebook.com" target="_blank">
              <li class="fa fa-facebook"></li>
            </a>
          </div>
          <!-- end social-set -->
          <nav id="nav">
            <div class="menu-main-container">
              <ul id="menu-main" class="menu">
                <li id="menu-item-47" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page current-menu-item page_item page-item-33 current_page_item menu-item-47"><a href="http://www.website.com/">Home</a></li>
              </ul>
            </div>
          </nav>
        </div>
        <!-- .col-sm-12 -->
      </div>
      <!-- .row -->
    </div>
    <!-- .container -->
  </div>
  <!-- .site-header -->

CSS:

#header-main {
  width: 100%;
  margin: 0 0 9px 0;
  position: absolute;
  top: 0;
  left: 0;
  z-index: 100;
}

#site-header {
  max-width: 1280px;
  margin: 0 auto;
  background: #fff;
  position: relative;
}

#site-logo {
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
  line-height: 1em;
  position: relative;
  font-weight: 900;
  font-size: 2em;
  z-index: 999;
  display: inline-block;
}

.social-set ul {
  margin: 6px 0 0 !important;
  padding: 0;
  display: inline;
}

.social-set ul li {
  padding: 0 2px 5px 0;
  margin: 0;
  display: inline-block;
  border: none !important;
  clear: none;
  line-height: 100%;
}

.social-set li img {
  vertical-align: middle;
  margin-top: -3px;
}

#nav {
  max-height: 100px;
  overflow: hidden;
}

#nav ul {
  margin: 0 0 30px 0;
  text-align: center;
}

#nav ul {
  margin: 0 0 30px 0;
  text-align: center;
}

#nav li {
  padding: 0 16px;
  font: 400 18px/13px 'Open Sans', sans-serif;
  display: inline-block;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}

.social-set {
  float: right;
  margin-bottom: 10px;
}

I can use position: absolute to set the logo at a fixed position and on one line but I would like to use position relative and have it adjust itself on one line depending on the number of links in navigation and social icons.

JSFiddle demo


Solution

  • social and nav elements need display: inline-block property. Also with, vertical-align and line-height you could align to the same line.

    Fiddle: https://jsfiddle.net/xs364op0/14/