CSS - Bootstrap - Navbar width narrowed mobile button - css

Question

How to change navbar/container width? Bootstrap 3
While following this I am super confused.
I am still fairly new in CSS, so I am still playing around a lot with bootstrap.
I added a div right outside of the navbar div to contain the total width.
.navbar-outer {
width:1000px;
margin-left: auto;
margin-right: auto;
}
That worked well, but as soon as I narrow the browser. The "Mobile" button no longer shows. Any suggestion on changes while keeping everything intact in the css? This is for bootstrap 3.3.4.
Full code below:
<nav class="navbar navbar-default">
<div class="navbar-outer">
<div class="container-fluid">
<!-- Brand and toggle get grouped for better mobile display -->
<div class="navbar-header">
<button type="button" class="navbar-toggle collapsed" data-toggle="collapse" data-target="#bs-example-navbar-collapse-1">
<span class="sr-only">Toggle navigation</span>
<span class="icon-bar"></span>
<span class="icon-bar"></span>
<span class="icon-bar"></span>
</button>
<a class="navbar-brand" href="#">Brand</a>
</div>
<!-- Collect the nav links, forms, and other content for toggling -->
<div class="collapse navbar-collapse" id="bs-example-navbar-collapse-1">
<ul class="nav navbar-nav">
<li class="dropdown">
Action <span class="caret"></span>
<ul class="dropdown-menu" role="menu">
<li>Action</li>
<li>Another action</li>
<li>Something else here</li>
<li class="divider"></li>
<li>Separated link</li>
<li class="divider"></li>
<li>One more separated link</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<ul class="nav navbar-nav navbar-right">
<form class="navbar-form navbar-left" role="search">
<div class="form-group">
<input type="text" class="form-control" placeholder="Search">
</div>
<button type="submit" class="btn btn-default">Submit</button>
</form>
<li class="dropdown">
<img src="testimage.jpg" style="width: 25px; height: 25px;" alt="..." class="img-circle"> Me <span class="caret"></span>
<ul class="dropdown-menu" role="menu">
<li>Action</li>
<li>Another action</li>
<li>Something else here</li>
<li class="divider"></li>
<li>Separated link</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</div><!-- /.navbar-collapse -->
</div><!-- /.container-fluid -->
</div>
</nav>

Answer 1

I think it might be that you are setting the width with px, meaning the collapsing feature of the Bootstrap navbar cannot be triggered. I believe it collapses at 768px.
Using min-width and max-width:
.navbar-outer {
max-width:1000px;
min-width:767px;
margin-left: auto;
margin-right: auto;
}
http://jsfiddle.net/frank184/m3n3r1tg/