Improving Spacing in Django Admin Navbar

Looking at your custom base_site.html file, I can see why your navbar elements appear too compact. The issue is with the spacing in your CSS for the user tools container and its elements. Here are some suggestions to improve the spacing:

1. Modify the CSS in your extrastyle block

You can adjust the spacing by modifying your existing CSS styles:

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.user-tools-container {
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: flex-end;
  gap: 20px; /* Add gap property for consistent spacing between flex items */
}

.user-tools {
  margin-left: 0; /* Remove the margin-left since we're using gap */
}

.language-form {
  display: inline-block;
  margin-left: 0; /* Remove the margin-left since we're using gap */
}

/* Add spacing between links within the user-tools section */
.user-tools a {
  margin-right: 15px; /* Add space between links */
}

/* Make the last link not have a margin */
.user-tools a:last-child {
  margin-right: 0;
}

.language-select {
  padding: 4px 8px; /* Slightly larger padding for better appearance */
  font-size: 12px;
  margin-left: 10px; /* Add some space to the left of the dropdown */
}

2. Restructure your userlinks block

You might want to consider restructuring your HTML slightly to have more control over the layout:

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{% block userlinks %}
  <div class="user-tools-container">
    <div class="user-tools">
      {% if user.is_active and user.is_staff %}
        {% url 'django-admindocs-docroot' as docsroot %}
        {% if docsroot %}
          <a href="{{ docsroot }}">{% trans 'Documentation' %}</a>
        {% endif %}
      {% endif %}
      {% if user.has_usable_password %}
        <a href="{% url 'admin:password_change' %}">{% trans 'Change password' %}</a>
      {% endif %}
      <a href="{% url 'admin:logout' %}">{% trans 'Log out' %}</a>
    </div>
    
    <form class="language-form" id="languageForm" method="post" action="{% url 'set_language' %}">
      {% csrf_token %}
      <select class="language-select" name="language" id="language" onchange="changeLanguage(this.value)">
        {% for lang_code, lang_name in LANGUAGES %}
          {% if lang_code == LANGUAGE_CODE %}
            <option value="{{ lang_code }}" selected>{{ lang_name }}</option>
          {% else %}
            <option value="{{ lang_code }}">{{ lang_name }}</option>
          {% endif %}
        {% endfor %}
      </select>
    </form>
  </div>

  <script>
    function changeLanguage(languageCode) {
      const form = document.getElementById('languageForm');
      form.elements.language.value = languageCode;
      form.submit();
    }
  </script>
{% endblock %}

Note that this approach replaces {{ block.super }} with the explicit links that are typically included in the Django admin. You may need to adjust this based on your specific Django version or if you have other custom links.

If you prefer to keep using {{ block.super }}, you can add CSS to target the links directly:

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/* Target links within the user-tools div */
.user-tools a {
  margin-right: 15px;
  padding: 0 5px;
}

These changes should help improve the spacing in your admin navbar and make it more visually appealing.