JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
HTML
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.2.0/css/bootstrap.min.css">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/font-awesome/4.1.0/css/font-awesome.min.css">
<div class="navbar navbar-inverse navbar-fixed-bottom" role="navigation">
<div class="container">
<div class="navbar-text pull-right">
<div class="my-container">
<div class="my-content">
<a href="#" ><i class="btn btn-xs fa fa-facebook-square fa-2x"></i></a>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
CSS
/*override bootstrap value and set all margin / padding /border to 0px*/
.navbar-text.pull-right {
height: 100%;
/* margin:0px 15px; */
/* border: 0px; */
/* padding: 0px; */
}
.navbar.navbar-inverse.navbar-fixed-bottom {
/* border: 0px; */
}
.btn.btn-xs.fa.fa-facebook-square.fa-2x {
/* border:0px; */
/* padding:0px; */
}
/*the value that I fucked up with*/
.navbar-fixed-bottom{
height: 50px;
}
.container {
height: 100%;
}
.my-container {
display: table;
height:100%;
}
.my-content {
display: table-cell;
vertical-align: middle;
}