Bootstrap 5 Navbar for a Personal Website with Search
A personal-site navbar with a books dropdown, movie and song links, an archive search and a collapsing mobile menu.
<section class="wdw-stage">
<div class="container" style="max-width:1040px">
<div class="wdw-card overflow-hidden">
<nav class="navbar navbar-expand-lg px-3 px-lg-4 py-3 border-bottom" aria-label="Personal site">
<a class="navbar-brand d-flex align-items-center gap-2 fw-bolder" href="#">
<span class="pn-mark" aria-hidden="true">M</span> Maya Lindqvist
</a>
<button class="navbar-toggler border-0" type="button" data-bs-toggle="collapse" data-bs-target="#pnNav" aria-controls="pnNav" aria-expanded="false" aria-label="Toggle navigation">
<span class="navbar-toggler-icon"></span>
</button>
<div class="collapse navbar-collapse" id="pnNav">
<ul class="navbar-nav me-auto gap-lg-1 mt-3 mt-lg-0">
<li class="nav-item dropdown">
<a class="nav-link rounded-pill px-3 dropdown-toggle" href="#" role="button" data-bs-toggle="dropdown" aria-expanded="false">Books</a>
<ul class="dropdown-menu p-2">
<li><a class="dropdown-item rounded-3" href="#">Reading list</a></li>
<li><a class="dropdown-item rounded-3" href="#">Reviews</a></li>
<li><a class="dropdown-item rounded-3" href="#">All-time favourites</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="nav-item"><a class="nav-link rounded-pill px-3" href="#">Movies</a></li>
<li class="nav-item"><a class="nav-link rounded-pill px-3 active" aria-current="page" href="#">Songs</a></li>
</ul>
<form class="d-flex flex-column flex-sm-row gap-2 mt-3 mt-lg-0" role="search" onsubmit="return false">
<label class="visually-hidden" for="pnSearch">Search</label>
<input id="pnSearch" class="form-control rounded-pill px-3" type="search" placeholder="Search the archive" />
<button class="btn btn-primary rounded-pill px-4" type="submit">Search</button>
</form>
</div>
</nav>
<div class="p-4 p-md-5">
<span class="wdw-eyebrow">Now playing</span>
<h1 class="wdw-heading display-6 mt-2 mb-3">Songs I keep coming back to</h1>
<p class="wdw-muted mb-4" style="max-width:34rem">Notes on the albums, films and books that shaped this year, written slowly and updated often.</p>
<div class="row g-3">
<div class="col-md-4"><div class="pn-skel"><span class="wdw-icon mb-3" aria-hidden="true"><svg width="22" height="22" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="1.9" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><path d="M9 18V5l12-2v13"/><circle cx="6" cy="18" r="3"/><circle cx="18" cy="16" r="3"/></svg></span><div class="fw-semibold">Late Night Drives</div><div class="small wdw-muted">12 tracks</div></div></div>
<div class="col-md-4"><div class="pn-skel"><span class="wdw-icon mb-3" aria-hidden="true"><svg width="22" height="22" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="1.9" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><path d="M9 18V5l12-2v13"/><circle cx="6" cy="18" r="3"/><circle cx="18" cy="16" r="3"/></svg></span><div class="fw-semibold">Sunday Mornings</div><div class="small wdw-muted">18 tracks</div></div></div>
<div class="col-md-4"><div class="pn-skel"><span class="wdw-icon mb-3" aria-hidden="true"><svg width="22" height="22" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="1.9" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><path d="M9 18V5l12-2v13"/><circle cx="6" cy="18" r="3"/><circle cx="18" cy="16" r="3"/></svg></span><div class="fw-semibold">Focus Hours</div><div class="small wdw-muted">24 tracks</div></div></div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</section>
/* Web Designer Wall library style — shared base for every Bootstrap 5 snippet.
Indigo accent, Plus Jakarta Sans, soft cards, pill buttons. Works in light and dark. */
@import url("https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Plus+Jakarta+Sans:wght@400;500;600;700;800&display=swap");
:root,
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.nav { --bs-nav-link-color: var(--bs-secondary-color); --bs-nav-link-hover-color: var(--bs-emphasis-color); }
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.badge { font-weight: 600; }
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.wdw-card { background: var(--bs-body-bg); border: 1px solid var(--bs-border-color-translucent); border-radius: var(--wdw-radius-card); box-shadow: var(--wdw-shadow); }
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.wdw-muted { color: var(--bs-secondary-color); }
.wdw-icon { width: 2.75rem; height: 2.75rem; flex: none; display: inline-flex; align-items: center; justify-content: center; border-radius: .875rem; background: var(--bs-primary-bg-subtle); color: var(--bs-primary); }
/* Component */
.pn-mark { width: 2rem; height: 2rem; border-radius: .6rem; display: inline-flex; align-items: center; justify-content: center; background: var(--bs-primary); color: #fff; font-weight: 800; font-size: .95rem; }
[data-bs-theme="dark"] .pn-mark { color: #0f1117; }
.navbar .nav-link { font-weight: 600; color: var(--bs-secondary-color); transition: background-color .15s, color .15s; }
.navbar .nav-link:hover { color: var(--bs-emphasis-color); background: var(--bs-tertiary-bg); }
.navbar .nav-link.active, .navbar .nav-link.show { color: var(--bs-primary); background: var(--bs-primary-bg-subtle); }
.navbar .navbar-brand { text-decoration: none; color: var(--bs-emphasis-color); }
@media (min-width: 992px) { #pnSearch { width: 15rem; } }
.pn-skel { padding: 1.25rem; border-radius: 1rem; background: var(--bs-tertiary-bg); height: 100%; }
(function initNavActive() {
var links = document.querySelectorAll('#pnNav .nav-link:not(.dropdown-toggle)');
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links.forEach(function (link) {
link.addEventListener('click', function (e) {
e.preventDefault();
links.forEach(function (l) { l.classList.remove('active'); l.removeAttribute('aria-current'); });
link.classList.add('active');
link.setAttribute('aria-current', 'page');
});
});
})();
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