How to make the <li> item width fit the text length? - css

Question

How can I make the <li> item width fit the text length in Bootstrap 3? My menu item is shorter than the text which causes my class="active" to look ugly.
This is the navbar in which it occurs:
<div id="menu" class="col-md-1">
<ul class="nav nav-pills nav-stacked">
<li class="active">Startseite</li>
<li>Kontakt</li>
</ul>
</div>

Answer 1

make a .custom_li class and give
.custom_li{
display:inline-block;
}
EDIT
To force same size, i'll suggest using max-width and place it under some media-query
li{
display: inline-block;
max-width:50%; /* limit width */
word-break:break-all; /* wrap extended text*/
border:1px solid red /* demo */
}
demo here
some optional things
some optional things

Answer 2

When I tried display: inline-block; it removes the bullet.
Instead, I use float:left; to have them only as wide as text, while preserving the bullet. Optionally, add clear:both; to keep it as a vertical list with each item on a new line.
CSS
.my-list > li {
float: left;
clear: both; /* remove this if you want them flowing inline */
}
HTML
<ul class="my-list">
<li>First Item</li>
<li>Second Item</li>
<li>Third Item</li>
<li>Fourth Item</li>
</ul>

Answer 3

If the display: inline-block; or display: block; is messing up the alignment.
Then just use width: fit-content;

Answer 4

Prevent it becoming a block by adding display: inline-block; to the proper element.
Post more code and preferably CSS if you want details.

Answer 5

I got it to work with the following css:
ul {
margin: 0 auto;
width: fit-content;
}
li{
display:flex;
margin: 0.5rem auto;
}
Basically what I did was make the container width to fit content. Used the CSS hack to make sure it would center using the margin. In the li tag I wanted the contents to be centered so I set it that way