Ability to adjust padding/margins of menu items and nav-bar in order to reduce width of nav element for VERY small screens

[JohnMSykes]

We're a flux licensee using code at https://challenge.domestiq.net - It's been a great library for us - We use the nav bar, modals, toast, and icons extensively.

We will be adding a new menu in the nav bar of our site. We have not been able to figure out how to "correctly" reduce the default padding around drop-down menu items, including the Profile menu (which has a user image thumbnail) as well as on the nav-bar itself. The target smallest horizontal resolution where we want to show three nav items, a separator, two normal nav-menus, and the profile menu is 375px, i.e., the screen width of an iPhone SE 2nd Edition. Without padding modifications, this is where we are at - The yellow-highlighted are areas where we believe we could reduce padding and still have a beautiful flux-opinionated UX:

Here are the other areas where we would like to reduce padding for individual nav-menus (as well as the nav bar itself):

Are there !important type CSS directives that we can use specifically target the default padding used in various flux UI elements?

Congratulations on the use of flux in the new Laravel Starter Kits! We're looking forward to some of the new Flux Pro components, such as your charts component, etc.

[joshhanley]

@JohnMSykes can you share your code so we can see exactly what components you are using and how you're using them? Thanks!

[JohnMSykes]

Hi Josh-

These components are all baked into our app.blade.php:

REMOVED -- SEE FOLLOWING COMMENT

Thank you for the look-see - Please let me know what we can do to help you help us!

[joshhanley]

@JohnMSykes sorry, I should have been more specific, can you provide me with a code snippet that is a mock up of your real one that we can copy and paste into our own apps, like just the flux:header, but that doesn't have other dependencies such as routes. Be sure to include any Blade variable definitions (if needed) that are used and use a little code as possible.

[JohnMSykes]

@joshhanley
Roger that - Here you are:

<div
    class="sticky z-10 top-0 pt-2 px-2 min-w-full bg-white dark:bg-zinc-900">
    <flux:header container
        class="bg-zinc-50 dark:bg-zinc-900 border-b border-zinc-200 dark:border-zinc-700 rounded-md">
        <flux:tooltip content="Domestiq Challenge" postion="bottom">
            <flux:brand
                href="#"
                logo="https://fluxui.dev/img/demo/logo.png"
                class="mt-2 hidden md:block"

            />
        </flux:tooltip>

        <flux:spacer />

        <flux:navbar class="-mb-px mr-2">
            <flux:tooltip content="Challenge Dashboard">
                <flux:navbar.item
                    href="#"
                    label="Challenge Dashboard"
                    :current="request()->is('/')">
                    <flux:icon.trophy class="text-amber-500 dark:text-amber-300" />
                </flux:navbar.item>
            </flux:tooltip>

            <flux:tooltip content="Your Peloton Stack">
                <flux:navbar.item
                    href="#"
                    label="Your Peloton Stack"
                    :current="request()->is('stack')">
                    <flux:icon.square-3-stack-3d class="text-green-500 dark:text-green-300" />
                </flux:navbar.item>
            </flux:tooltip>

            <flux:tooltip content="Search Peloton Classes">
                <flux:navbar.item
                    href="#"
                    label="Search Peloton Classes"
                    :current="request()->is('search')">
                    <flux:icon.magnifying-glass class="text-violet-800 dark:text-violet-500" />
                </flux:navbar.item>
            </flux:tooltip>

            <flux:separator vertical class="my-0.5" />

            <flux:dropdown
                position="top"
                align="center">
                <flux:navbar.item
                    icon-trailing="chevron-down">
                    <flux:icon.drill
                        class="text-cyan-600 dark:text-cyan-400" />
                </flux:navbar.item>
                <flux:navmenu>
                    <flux:navmenu.item
                        icon="queue-list"
                        href="#"
                        label="Your Class Lists">
                        Your Class Lists
                    </flux:menu.item>
                </flux:navmenu>
            </flux:dropdown>

            <flux:dropdown
                position="top"
                align="center">
                <flux:navbar.item
                    icon-trailing="chevron-down">
                    <flux:icon.video-camera
                        class="text-indigo-600 dark:text-indigo-400" />
                </flux:navbar.item>
                <flux:navmenu>
                    <flux:navmenu.item
                        icon="rectangle-stack"
                        href="#"
                        label="Your Workouts Feed">
                        Your Workouts Feed
                    </flux:menu.item>
                    <flux:navmenu.item
                        icon="rotate-ccw"
                        href="#"
                        label="Your Instant Replay">
                        Your Instant Replay
                    </flux:menu.item>
                    <flux:navmenu.item
                        icon="video-camera"
                        href="#"
                        label="Your Replay">
                        Your Replay
                    </flux:menu.item>
                </flux:navmenu>
            </flux:dropdown>
        </flux:navbar>

        <flux:dropdown
            position="top"
            align="end">
            <flux:profile
                avatar="https://fluxui.dev/img/demo/user.png" />
            <flux:menu>
                <flux:menu.item
                    icon="user"
                    href="#"
                    label="Your Profile">
                    Your Profile
                </flux:menu.item>

                <flux:menu.item
                    icon="credit-card"
                    href="#"
                    label="Your Membership">
                    Your Membership
                </flux:menu.item>

                <flux:menu.item
                    icon="user-group"
                    href="#"
                    label="Your Follows">
                    Your Follows
                </flux:menu.item>

                <flux:menu.item
                    icon="bolt"
                    href="#"
                    label="Your FTP Preferences">
                    Your FTP Preferences
                </flux:menu.item>

                <flux:menu.item
                    icon="timer"
                    href="#"
                    label="Your Pace Preferences">
                    Your Pace Preferences
                </flux:menu.item>

                <form method="POST" action="#">
                    <a
                        href="#"
                        onclick="event.preventDefault();
                        this.closest('form').submit();"
                        >
                        <flux:menu.item
                            icon="arrow-right-start-on-rectangle"
                            label="Logout"
                            >Logout</flux:menu.item>
                    </a>
                </form>
            </flux:menu>
        </flux:dropdown>
    </flux:header>
</div>

I quickly tested after I removed all of the cruft to ensure it rendered:

and iPhoneSE 2nd Edition screen size:

I believe you should be good to go! Thanks again...

flux-header-example.php.txt

[JohnMSykes]

@joshhanley Hi Josh - I suspect this is not something we can magically override with simple Tailwind/other CSS? While I feel I'm somewhat more than reasonably proficient with TailwindCSS, I remain a wee bit fuzzy about what kinds of overrides I/we may be able to implement in support of our use case. Our desired end goal/state is to use FluxUi's top navbar to support these FluxUI nav items/me us on a 375px-wide (Apple iPhone SE 2nd Edition...) screen:

• Three FluxUI Nav Items that wrap individual FluxUI Icons
• A FluxUI Vertical Separator
• Two FluxUI Dropdowns to support two distinct FluxUI NavMenus
• One FluxUI Dropdown that supports the Profile variant that includes a/the user avatar.

We're darn close as you can see in the screen shots above! It's almost as if (but not quite...) we could lose the generous horizontal padding around the navbar itself and fit everything. I think we'd be around 20px shy, though!

Can we get you/the team any other resources or code to help you assess the feasibility of allowing slightly more control over the padding of navbar/dropdown items?

[kylewallace]

Not sure if this is what you're going for?

You could include some breakpoints as needed.

For the standard dropdowns I just removed the spacing and padding from the navbar.item:

px-0 space-x-0

<flux:dropdown position="top" align="center">
    <flux:navbar.item class="px-0 space-x-0" icon-trailing="chevron-down">
        <flux:icon.drill class="text-cyan-600 dark:text-cyan-400" />
    </flux:navbar.item>
    <flux:navmenu>
        <flux:navmenu.item icon="queue-list" href="#" label="Your Class Lists">
            Your Class Lists
        </flux:menu.item>
    </flux:navmenu>
</flux:dropdown>

For the profile dropdown, the div containing the image and the chevron both use size-8 so I've overridden the width and reapplied it to the image:

[&button[data-flux-profile]*]:w-auto [&_button[data-flux-profile]_img]:w-8

I also removed padding from the profile component:

px-0

<flux:dropdown position="top" align="end" class="[&_button[data-flux-profile]_*]:w-auto [&_button[data-flux-profile]_img]:w-8">
    <flux:profile class="px-0" avatar="https://fluxui.dev/img/demo/user.png" />
    <flux:menu>
        <flux:menu.item icon="user" href="#" label="Your Profile">
            Your Profile
        </flux:menu.item>
    </flux:menu>
</flux:dropdown>

[JohnMSykes]

@kylewallace - 💥
We're cooking with gas:

Here's the code (pre- and post- code samples attached):

Each line that was modified was commented with {{-- Remove excess padding --}}

<flux:header container
    class="!px-0 md:!px-6 bg-zinc-50 dark:bg-zinc-900 border-b border-zinc-200 dark:border-zinc-700 rounded-md"> {{-- Remove excess padding --}}
    <flux:tooltip content="Domestiq - For your personal best on Peloton" postion="bottom">
        <flux:brand
        href="#"
        logo="https://fluxui.dev/img/demo/logo.png"/>
    </flux:tooltip>

    <flux:spacer />

    <flux:navbar class="!px-0 -mb-px mr-2"> {{-- Remove excess padding --}}
        <flux:tooltip content="Challenge Dashboard">
            <flux:navbar.item
                class="!px-1 md:!px-3" {{-- Remove excess padding --}}
                href="#"
                label="Challenge Dashboard"
                :current="request()->is('/')">
                <flux:icon.trophy class="text-amber-500 dark:text-amber-300" />
            </flux:navbar.item>
        </flux:tooltip>

        <flux:tooltip content="Your Peloton Stack">
            <flux:navbar.item
                class="!px-1 md:!px-3" {{-- Remove excess padding --}}
                href="#"
                label="Your Peloton Stack"
                :current="request()->is('stack')">
                <flux:icon.square-3-stack-3d class="text-green-500 dark:text-green-300" />
            </flux:navbar.item>
        </flux:tooltip>

        <flux:tooltip content="Search Peloton Classes">
            <flux:navbar.item
                class="!px-1 md:!px-3" {{-- Remove excess padding --}}
                href="#"
                label="Search Peloton Classes"
                :current="request()->is('search')">
                <flux:icon.magnifying-glass class="text-violet-800 dark:text-violet-500" />
            </flux:navbar.item>
        </flux:tooltip>

        <flux:separator vertical class="my-0.5" />

        <flux:dropdown
            position="top"
            align="center">
            <flux:navbar.item
                icon-trailing="chevron-down"
                class="px-0 space-x-0"> {{-- Remove excess padding --}}
                <flux:icon.drill
                    class="text-cyan-600 dark:text-cyan-400" />
            </flux:navbar.item>
            <flux:navmenu>
                <flux:menu.item
                    icon="queue-list"
                    href="#"
                    label="Your Class Lists">
                    Your Class Lists
                </flux:menu.item>

                <flux:menu.item
                    icon="sparkles"
                    href="#"
                    label="Your Workout Wizards">
                    Your Workout Wizards
                </flux:menu.item>
            </flux:navmenu>
        </flux:dropdown>

        <flux:dropdown
            position="top"
            align="center">
            <flux:navbar.item
                icon-trailing="chevron-down"
                class="px-0 space-x-0"> {{-- Remove excess padding --}}
                <flux:icon.video-camera
                    class="text-indigo-600 dark:text-indigo-400" />
            </flux:navbar.item>
            <flux:navmenu>
                <flux:navmenu.item
                    icon="rectangle-stack"
                    href="#"
                    label="Your Workouts Feed">
                    Your Workouts Feed
                </flux:menu.item>
                <flux:navmenu.item
                    icon="rotate-ccw"
                    href="#"
                    label="Your Instant Replay">
                    Your Instant Replay
                </flux:menu.item>
                <flux:navmenu.item
                    icon="video-camera"
                    href="#"
                    label="Your Replay">
                    Your Replay
                </flux:menu.item>
            </flux:navmenu>
        </flux:dropdown>
    </flux:navbar>


    <flux:dropdown
        position="top"
        align="end"
        class="[&button[data-flux-profile]*]:w-auto [&_button[data-flux-profile]_img]:w-8"> {{-- Remove excess padding --}}
        <flux:profile
            avatar="https://fluxui.dev/img/demo/user.png" />
        <flux:menu>
            <flux:menu.item
                icon="user"
                href="#"
                label="Your Profile">
                Your Profile
            </flux:menu.item>

            <flux:menu.item
                icon="credit-card"
                href="#"
                label="Your Membership">
                Your Membership
            </flux:menu.item>

            <flux:menu.item
                icon="user-group"
                href="#"
                label="Your Follows">
                Your Follows
            </flux:menu.item>

            <flux:menu.item
                icon="bolt"
                href="#"
                label="Your FTP Preferences">
                Your FTP Preferences
            </flux:menu.item>

            <flux:menu.item
                icon="timer"
                href="#"
                label="Your Pace Preferences">
                Your Pace Preferences
            </flux:menu.item>

            <form method="POST" action="#">
                <a
                    href="#"
                    {{-- CAUTION: The following MUST be onclick, not x-on:click --}}
                    onclick="event.preventDefault();
                    this.closest('form').submit();">
                    <flux:menu.item
                        icon="arrow-right-start-on-rectangle"
                        label="Logout">
                        Logout
                    </flux:menu.item>
                </a>
            </form>
        </flux:menu>
    </flux:dropdown>
</flux:header>

Thank you very much for your suggestions - I was able to apply them and riff on the general approach to do what we needed to do.

@joshhanley Thank you, too, for your attention - We arrived at a very good place.

I hope these before/after code examples help the next person that's looking for assistance.

flux-header-example.php.txt

flux-header-example-WITH-PADDING-REMOVED.php.txt

[joshhanley]

@JohnMSykes sorry only just getting back around to this now! Glad you found a solution. Thanks for the help @kylewallace!

The way Kyle suggested is what I was thinking and what we would recommend 😁

[JohnMSykes]

@joshhanley Thanks, again - The one thing I was unable to "tighten up" was the padding around the dropdown icons in the navbar, e.g.,

There are a limited number of Flux elements to play with and it's possible that my limited ADVANCED CSS skills were preventing me from reducing padding in these areas - In particular, I will need to improve my understanding of advanced directives like @kylewallace used for the profile menu, e.g.,

[&button[data-flux-profile]*]:w-auto [&_button[data-flux-profile]_img]:w-8
(Remove and reapply for the data-flux-profile button....)

Still, we're in a pretty good spot and we were able to scrounge enough horizontal space to fit in the "Makita Menu" 😀

Thank you, both, again!

[joshhanley]

@JohnMSykes no worries! To fix the outside padding on your Makita Menu, I noticed you have class="px-0 space-x-0"> {{-- Remove excess padding --}} but the component has px-3 on it, so due to CSS, it has priority over px-0 so the px-0 isn't being applied.

You can fix that by adding a ! at the start if on Tailwind V3 or at the end if on Tailwind V4. Like !px-0 (v3) or px-0! (v4).

<flux:dropdown
            position="top"
            align="center">
            <flux:navbar.item
                icon-trailing="chevron-down"
                class="!px-0 space-x-0"> {{-- Remove excess padding --}}
                <flux:icon.drill
                    class="text-cyan-600 dark:text-cyan-400" />
            </flux:navbar.item>

[JohnMSykes]

Roger that, @joshhanley - Again, many thanks for your assistance and for that of @kylewallace. I was sharing with my colleagues that if we ever bump into either of you IRL, we owe you both a 🍺 !