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Centered fluid width navigation with floating links thanks to fit-content

A Pen by Martin Wolf on CodePen.

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index.html

<h1>Centered fluid width navigation with floating links thanks to <code>fit-content</code></h1>

<nav class="nav" role="navigation">
  <ul class="nav-list">
    <li><a href="#">Home</a></li>
    <li><a href="#">About me</a></li>
    <li><a href="#">Clients</a></li>
    <li><a href="#">Contact Us</a></li>
  </ul>
</nav>

<p class="credits">Currently (April 2013) only supported in Chrome and Firefox.</p>

<p class="credits">Code by <a href="http://theamazingweb.net" target="_blank">Martin Wolf</a></p>

style.scss

@import "compass";
@import url(http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Open+Sans:400,600,700);

* {
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
  @include box-sizing(border-box);
}

body {
  padding: 3em 2em;
  font-family: 'Open Sans', Arial, sans-serif;
  font-size: 1em;
  line-height: 1;
}

.clearfix {
  &:after {
    content: '';
    display: table;
    clear: both;
  }
}

a {
  color: #000;
  text-decoration: none;
}

h1 {
  margin: 0 auto 1.6em;
  max-width: 600px;
  font-size: 1.6em;
  line-height: 1.2;
  text-align: center;
}

code {
  font-size: 1.5em;
  color: #1da15b;
}

.nav {
  max-width: 600px;
  margin: 0 auto;
  padding: 10px;
  background: #fefefe;
  border: 1px solid darken(#efefef, 5%);
}

.nav-list {
  list-style: none;
  margin: 0 auto;
  width: -webkit-fit-content;
     width: -moz-fit-content;
          width: fit-content;
  
  @extend .clearfix;
  
  > li {
    float: left;

    &:last-child {
      a {
        margin-right: 0;
      }
    }
  }
  
  a {
    display: block;
    padding: 10px 12px;
    margin: 0 1px 0 0;
    color: #fff;
    background: #18b160;
    
    &:hover, &:focus {
      background: lighten(#18b160, 7%);
    }
  }
}

/* Credits */
.credits {
  padding: 3em 0 3em;
  color: lighten(black, 50%);
  font-size: 0.7em;
  line-height: 1.7em;
  text-align: center;
  > a {
    color: lighten(black, 50%);
    text-decoration: none;
    border-bottom: 1px solid lighten(black, 90%);
    &:hover, &:focus {
      border-bottom: 1px solid lighten(black, 70%);
    }
  }
}