Search box bootstrap 4 unable to position in the middle in the navbar

Question

I was trying to position my search bar at the middle of our navbar. With the lft side having logo and the right side having menus. Where am I going wrong and how can I fix this.

<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.1.3/css/bootstrap.min.css">


<nav class="navbar navbar-expand-lg navbar-light bg-light mb-4">
  <div class="container-fluid">
    <a class="navbar-brand" href="{% url 'home' %}">ATG</a>
    <button class="navbar-toggler" type="button" data-toggle="collapse" data-target="#navbarSupportedContent" aria-controls="navbarSupportedContent" aria-expanded="false" aria-label="Toggle navigation">
            <span class="navbar-toggler-icon"></span>
          </button>

    <div class="collapse navbar-collapse justify-content-end" id="navbarSupportedContent">
      <ul class="navbar-nav">
        <li class="nav-item active">
          <a class="nav-link" href="{% url 'home' %}">Home <span class="sr-only">(current)</span></a>
        </li>
        <li class="nav-item">
          <a class="nav-link" href="#">Link</a>
        </li>
        <li class="nav-item dropdown">
          <a class="nav-link dropdown-toggle" href="#" id="navbarDropdown" role="button" data-toggle="dropdown" aria-haspopup="true" aria-expanded="false">
                  More
                </a>
          <div class="dropdown-menu" aria-labelledby="navbarDropdown">
            {% if not user.is_authenticated %}
            <a class="dropdown-item" href="{% url 'signup' %}">Sign up</a>
            <a class="dropdown-item" href="{% url 'login' %}">Log in</a> {% else %}
            <a class="dropdown-item" href="{% url 'secret' %}">Profile</a>
            <a class="dropdown-item" href="{% url 'password_change' %}">Change password</a>
            <div class="dropdown-divider"></div>
            <a class="dropdown-item" href="{% url 'logout' %}">Log out</a> {% endif %}
          </div>
        </li>
      </ul>
      <form class="navbar-form" id="search" role="search">
        <div class="form-group">
          <input type="text" class="form-control" placeholder="Search">
        </div>
        <!-- <button type="submit" class="btn btn-default">Submit</button> -->
      </form>
      <style>
        #search {
          text-align: center;
        }
      </style>
    </div>
  </div>
</nav>

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/popper.js/1.14.3/umd/popper.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.1.3/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>

Here is the link to the fiddle

Answer 1

Hope this may help you.

<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.3.1/css/bootstrap.min.css">
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.4.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/popper.js/1.14.7/umd/popper.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.3.1/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>


<nav class="navbar navbar-expand-lg navbar-light bg-light mb-4">
    <div class="container-fluid">
      <a class="navbar-brand" href="{% url 'home' %}">ATG</a>
      <button class="navbar-toggler" type="button" data-toggle="collapse" data-target="#navbarSupportedContent" aria-controls="navbarSupportedContent" aria-expanded="false" aria-label="Toggle navigation">
        <span class="navbar-toggler-icon"></span>
      </button>

      <div class="collapse navbar-collapse justify-content-end" id="navbarSupportedContent">
          
        <ul class="navbar-nav">
          <li class="nav-item active">
            <a class="nav-link" href="{% url 'home' %}">Home <span class="sr-only">(current)</span></a>
          </li>
          <li class="nav-item">
            <a class="nav-link" href="#">Link</a>
          </li>
          <li class="nav-item dropdown">
            <a class="nav-link dropdown-toggle" href="#" id="navbarDropdown" role="button" data-toggle="dropdown" aria-haspopup="true" aria-expanded="false">
              More
            </a>
            <div class="dropdown-menu" aria-labelledby="navbarDropdown">
              {% if not user.is_authenticated %}
              <a class="dropdown-item" href="{% url 'signup' %}">Sign up</a>
              <a class="dropdown-item" href="{% url 'login' %}">Log in</a>
              {% else %}
                <a class="dropdown-item" href="{% url 'secret' %}">Profile</a>
                <a class="dropdown-item" href="{% url 'password_change' %}">Change password</a>
                <div class="dropdown-divider"></div>
                <a class="dropdown-item" href="{% url 'logout' %}">Log out</a>
              {% endif %}
            </div>
          </li>
        </ul>
      <form class="navbar-form col-lg-4 mx-lg-auto order-lg-first mb-0" id="search" role="search">
                               <div class="form-group mb-0">
                                   <input type="text" class="form-control" placeholder="Search">
                               </div>
                               <!-- <button type="submit" class="btn btn-default">Submit</button> -->
                           </form>
   
      </div>
    </div>
  </nav>