ISSUE: When you have navbar background color as 'white' , bootstrap navbar-toggle button will not be visible as its default style is 'transparancy' with white stripes. FIX: Try changing navbar-toggle as below in your custom stylesheet. .navbar-toggle { background-color: #cdcdcd ; } .navbar-toggle:hover, .navbar-toggle:focus { background-color: #f44d3c ; border-color: #f44d3c ; } If you try .navbar-default .navbar-toggle { background-color: #cdcdcd ; } - will not work in bootstrap 3.3.
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