body {
  padding-top: 20px;
  padding-bottom: 20px;
}

.navbar {margin-bottom: 20px;}

#searchbox{width: 120px;}

.dropdown:hover .dropdown-menu{
    display: block;
}

/* make sidebar nav vertical */ 

@media (min-width: 768px) {
  .sidebar-nav .navbar .navbar-collapse {
    padding: 0;
    max-height: none;
  }
  .sidebar-nav .navbar ul {
    float: none;
  }
  .sidebar-nav .navbar ul:not {
    display: block;
  }
  .sidebar-nav .navbar li {
    float: none;
    display: block;
  }
  .sidebar-nav .navbar li a {
    padding-top: 12px;
    padding-bottom: 12px;
  }
}

.sidebar-nav .navbar .dropdown:hover .dropdown-menu{
    display: block;
    /*background: #cccccc;*/
}

.sidebar-nav li:hover {
    background: #cde;
}

.sidebar-nav li.active:hover  {
    background: #edc;
}

.sidebar-nav ul li a:active  {
    font-weight: bold;
}

.sidebar-nav .nav .navbar-nav active  a{
    background: blue !important;
}