Fixed-left Sidebar utilizing Bootstrap5 examples

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I'm trying to create a fixed-left sidebar following the Bootstrap 5 Sidebar examples and I almost have everything setup correctly. My requirements are:

Sidebar needs to be fixed
Main content needs to be vertically and horizontally-centered
footer-info needs to be fixed at the bottom

Two problems I have are

the main content jumps below the Sidebar when the screen gets too small. I would like to force the Sidebar and Main content remain side-by-side and have an x-axis scroll appear if need be while maintaining the Main content to be centered.
I'm having a hard time centering my main content.

Included is my work in progress





  
  
  

  
  
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user_10220682 · Answer

Ok, seems I was able to resolve issue 1 where the main content would want to stack below the sidebar if the window became too small. Looking at the Bootstrap Flex Utilities I was able to utilize a .flex-row and .flex-column.flex-grow-1 combination. The Sidebar remains fixed even when I add a bunch of content to the right-side.

I am still having difficulty centering my search form while making my footer rest at the bottom. I have tried two different setups and each resolves part of my problem creating another problem:

I can add a .justify-content-center to my flex-column to make my form vertically-centered but my footer will want to be placed centered as well. Here is this example.
I can add a .mt-auto to my footer but then my search form want to be placed at the top of the page. Here is this example.

user_11216906 · Answer

Try this as "Bootstrap 5 sidebar Example"

document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", function(event) {

  const showNavbar = (toggleId, navId, bodyId, headerId) => {
    const toggle = document.getElementById(toggleId),
      nav = document.getElementById(navId),
      bodypd = document.getElementById(bodyId),
      headerpd = document.getElementById(headerId)

    // Validate that all variables exist
    if (toggle && nav && bodypd && headerpd) {
      toggle.addEventListener('click', () => {
        // show navbar
        nav.classList.toggle('show')
        // change icon
        toggle.classList.toggle('bx-x')
        // add padding to body
        bodypd.classList.toggle('body-pd')
        // add padding to header
        headerpd.classList.toggle('body-pd')
      })
    }
  }

  showNavbar('header-toggle', 'nav-bar', 'body-pd', 'header')

  /*===== LINK ACTIVE =====*/
  const linkColor = document.querySelectorAll('.nav_link')

  function colorLink() {
    if (linkColor) {
      linkColor.forEach(l => l.classList.remove('active'))
      this.classList.add('active')
    }
  }
  linkColor.forEach(l => l.addEventListener('click', colorLink))

  // Your code to run since DOM is loaded and ready
});

@import url("https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Nunito:wght@400;600;700&display=swap");
:root {
  --header-height: 3rem;
  --nav-width: 68px;
  --first-color: #4723D9;
  --first-color-light: #AFA5D9;
  --white-color: #F7F6FB;
  --body-font: 'Nunito', sans-serif;
  --normal-font-size: 1rem;
  --z-fixed: 100
}

*,
::before,
::after {
  box-sizing: border-box
}

body {
  position: relative;
  margin: var(--header-height) 0 0 0;
  padding: 0 1rem;
  font-family: var(--body-font);
  font-size: var(--normal-font-size);
  transition: .5s
}

a {
  text-decoration: none
}

.header {
  width: 100%;
  height: var(--header-height);
  position: fixed;
  top: 0;
  left: 0;
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: space-between;
  padding: 0 1rem;
  background-color: var(--white-color);
  z-index: var(--z-fixed);
  transition: .5s
}

.header_toggle {
  color: var(--first-color);
  font-size: 1.5rem;
  cursor: pointer
}

.header_img {
  width: 35px;
  height: 35px;
  display: flex;
  justify-content: center;
  border-radius: 50%;
  overflow: hidden
}

.header_img img {
  width: 40px
}

.l-navbar {
  position: fixed;
  top: 0;
  left: -30%;
  width: var(--nav-width);
  height: 100vh;
  background-color: var(--first-color);
  padding: .5rem 1rem 0 0;
  transition: .5s;
  z-index: var(--z-fixed)
}

.nav {
  height: 100%;
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  justify-content: space-between;
  overflow: hidden
}

.nav_logo,
.nav_link {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: max-content max-content;
  align-items: center;
  column-gap: 1rem;
  padding: .5rem 0 .5rem 1.5rem
}

.nav_logo {
  margin-bottom: 2rem
}

.nav_logo-icon {
  font-size: 1.25rem;
  color: var(--white-color)
}

.nav_logo-name {
  color: var(--white-color);
  font-weight: 700
}

.nav_link {
  position: relative;
  color: var(--first-color-light);
  margin-bottom: 1.5rem;
  transition: .3s
}

.nav_link:hover {
  color: var(--white-color)
}

.nav_icon {
  font-size: 1.25rem
}

.show {
  left: 0
}

.body-pd {
  padding-left: calc(var(--nav-width) + 1rem)
}

.active {
  color: var(--white-color)
}

.active::before {
  content: '';
  position: absolute;
  left: 0;
  width: 2px;
  height: 32px;
  background-color: var(--white-color)
}

.height-100 {
  height: 100vh
}

@media screen and (min-width: 768px) {
  body {
    margin: calc(var(--header-height) + 1rem) 0 0 0;
    padding-left: calc(var(--nav-width) + 2rem)
  }
  .header {
    height: calc(var(--header-height) + 1rem);
    padding: 0 2rem 0 calc(var(--nav-width) + 2rem)
  }
  .header_img {
    width: 40px;
    height: 40px
  }
  .header_img img {
    width: 45px
  }
  .l-navbar {
    left: 0;
    padding: 1rem 1rem 0 0
  }
  .show {
    width: calc(var(--nav-width) + 156px)
  }
  .body-pd {
    padding-left: calc(var(--nav-width) + 188px)
  }
}





  
      
      
  
  
    
      
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Fixed-left Sidebar utilizing Bootstrap5 examples

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