[Resolved] "Navigation Logo Placement" Sticky PNG logo grows

[Terence]

If I place the exact same 250px wide PNG as I have used for the site logo, in the “Navigation Logo” slot and then set it to “Sticky”, the resulting sticky menu shows a logo 288px wide.

And that looks butt ugly to a pixel perfect OCD like me.

What am I doing wrong?

[Terence]

And I have just discovered its exactly the same problem if you are using an Element and setting it up as the Site Header.

[Leo]

Hi there,

It would be better to use this method to achieve the layout you are after:
https://docs.generatepress.com/article/navigation-as-a-header/

Even better, if you are using GP Premium 1.8 (currently in alpha) then you can just use the new Navigation as Header option mentioned here:
https://generatepress.com/gp-premium-1-8/

Let me know if this helps 🙂

[Terence]

Thanks Leo. I have already got 1.8a installed and I used the Navigation as Header option you suggested. Unfortunately it gives exactly the same result, as you can see here –> and

[Leo]

Just checked the page and don’t see a logo uploaded.

The header is also still there and that shouldn’t be the case if you are using the new option.

[Terence]

I think I found the problem.

There’s a single checkbox “Use Navigation as Header” at the bottom of Customizing > Layout > Header, which enables the magic to happen.

With that ticked, everything is working as its supposed to be, as far as I can tell.

[Leo]

Yup.

This is one the key new addition mentioned in the article linked above:
https://generatepress.com/gp-premium-1-8/

[Terence]

Which as it turns out is a different way of doing it, but it doesn’t answer my original question which was why does the png image grow 36 pixels?

[Leo]

The logo size is automatically adjusted with the menu item height:
https://docs.generatepress.com/article/menu-item-height-width/

[Terence]

So that means the logo width is dictated by the “menu item height” set on “primary navigation.

OK, I get that but I don’t like it because it means I can’t adjust the menu height and not affect the logo width.

I guess I will just have to develop some CSS to stop that from happening and limit the logo appearance globally in that menu to 250px.

Is that the correct thing to do?

[David]

Hi there,

yes you would need a little CSS to resize the image or increase the padding around it.
Let us know if you need assistance with that.

[Terence]

Would you please? That would be helpful.

[Leo]

Can you switch to Use navigation as header method first?

[Terence]

You know what, this is not right. Even when I “Use Navigation as Header” it still extends the PNG by some 36px. I am going to try a test with other file formats and find out what preserves the native image size, and what doesn’t.

[Leo]

So now you should be able to us this CSS:

.navigation-branding img, .site-logo.mobile-header-logo img {
    height: 50px;
}

Adding CSS: https://docs.generatepress.com/article/adding-css/

Let me know 🙂

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