<img> messes with navbar-brand size | Bootstrap - css

Question

I have the problem that in bootstrap if I put an image into an <a class="navbar-brand"> it messes everything up.
<!-- Nav -->
<nav class="navbar navbar-expand-lg navbar-light bg-light fixed-top">
<a class="navbar-brand" href="#">
<img src="img/bee-1000sqr.png" class="bnav-bee" style="padding-right: -100px;" />
Bienenkamera
</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" id="navbarSupportedContent">
<ul class="navbar-nav mr-auto">
<li class="nav-item">
<a class="nav-link" href="#">Home</a>
</li>
<li class="nav-item">
<a class="nav-link" href="#">Link</a>
</li>
</ul>
<form action="http://www.lugy-online.de/" method="get">
<button class="btn btn-primary my-2 my-sm-0" type="submit">Zurück zum LuGy</button>
</form>
</div>
</nav>
<!-- /Nav -->
The inside the <a class="navbar-brand"> causes the problem that the navbar-brand <a>-Tag is way to wide and my buttons are far too right and if I size the browser windows down the navbar-toggler is below the navbar-brand.
Can you help me?
.bnav-bee {
max-width: 4%;
margin-top: -10px;
}
I already tried to fix it with width-style(css) in the <a>-Tag and I tried to mess with the padding or margin. Neither of these worked.

Answer 1

Specify the width and the height of your image like in the example below.
And for spacing use the native Bootstrap padding and margin classes such as px-* or pl-* or mx-* etc.
Here's the code snippet:
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.0.0/css/bootstrap.min.css" integrity="sha384-Gn5384xqQ1aoWXA+058RXPxPg6fy4IWvTNh0E263XmFcJlSAwiGgFAW/dAiS6JXm" crossorigin="anonymous">
<!-- Nav -->
<nav class="navbar navbar-expand-lg navbar-light bg-light fixed-top">
<a class="navbar-brand" href="#">
<img src="https://placehold.it/60" width="30" height="30" class="bnav-bee">
Bienenkamera
</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" id="navbarSupportedContent">
<ul class="navbar-nav mr-auto">
<li class="nav-item">
<a class="nav-link" href="#">Home</a>
</li>
<li class="nav-item">
<a class="nav-link" href="#">Link</a>
</li>
</ul>
<form action="http://www.lugy-online.de/" method="get">
<button class="btn btn-primary my-2 my-sm-0" type="submit">Zurück zum LuGy</button>
</form>
</div>
</nav>
<!-- /Nav -->
<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.2.1.slim.min.js" integrity="sha384-KJ3o2DKtIkvYIK3UENzmM7KCkRr/rE9/Qpg6aAZGJwFDMVNA/GpGFF93hXpG5KkN" crossorigin="anonymous"></script>
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/popper.js/1.12.9/umd/popper.min.js" integrity="sha384-ApNbgh9B+Y1QKtv3Rn7W3mgPxhU9K/ScQsAP7hUibX39j7fakFPskvXusvfa0b4Q" crossorigin="anonymous"></script>
<script src="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.0.0/js/bootstrap.min.js" integrity="sha384-JZR6Spejh4U02d8jOt6vLEHfe/JQGiRRSQQxSfFWpi1MquVdAyjUar5+76PVCmYl" crossorigin="anonymous"></script>