HTML & CSS · Flexbox · Lesson 13 of 25

Building a Navbar with Flexbox

Concept

Building a Navbar with Flexbox

A classic use case is a logo on the left and nav links on the right, all aligned with one flex container.

This single pattern — display: flex plus justify-content: space-between — covers a huge share of real navbars, toolbars, and header layouts you'll build.

By the end of this lesson

Explain the core idea behind Building a Navbar with Flexbox.
Predict output before running a change.
Test one realistic and one unusual input.
Use the result to make the next decision.

How to study this page

1. Read one concept.
2. Change the example.
3. Run, compare, and explain.
4. Complete the challenge below.

Syntax

.nav {
  display: flex;
  justify-content: space-between;
  align-items: center;
}

ExampleRunnable

<nav class="nav">
  <span>Logo</span>
  <div class="links">Home About Contact</div>
</nav>

.nav {
  display: flex;
  justify-content: space-between;
  align-items: center;
}

Try it Yourself »

Spacing the nav links themselves

.links {
  display: flex;
  gap: 20px;
}

Self-check before continuing

Without looking at the example, describe what changes when you modify one input in Building a Navbar with Flexbox. Then reopen the editor and prove your explanation with a small test.

You are ready to continue when you can predict, test, and explain the result.

Your turn

Build a simple navbar with a logo on the left and three links on the right.

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Console

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