remove subnav file, instead add an optional class for .navbar

less/bootstrap.less

@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@
 // Components: Nav
 @import "navs.less";
 @import "navbar.less";
-@import "subnav.less";
 @import "breadcrumbs.less";
 @import "pagination.less";
 @import "pager.less";

less/navbar.less

@@ -362,3 +362,46 @@
     right: 13px;
   }
 }
+
+
+/* Subnav navbar
+-------------------------------------------------- */
+// In the future, we may make two options available for the navbar:
+// a default state, the lighter one, and the darker one as an option
+// to enable. This would prevent some overriding back to defaults.
+
+
+// Override the default .navbar
+.navbar-subnav {
+  height: 36px;
+}
+.navbar-subnav .navbar-inner {
+  min-height: 36px;
+  padding: 0;
+  #gradient > .vertical(#f9f9f9, #eeeeee);
+  .box-shadow(none);
+  border: 1px solid #e5e5e5;
+}
+
+// Change link colors back
+.navbar-subnav .nav > li > a {
+  color: @linkColor;
+  text-shadow: 0 1px 0 rgba(255,255,255,.5);
+}
+.navbar-subnav .nav > li > a:hover {
+  color: @linkColorHover;
+}
+
+// Dropdown carets
+.navbar-subnav .nav li.dropdown .dropdown-toggle .caret,
+.navbar-subnav .nav li.dropdown.open .caret {
+  border-top-color: @linkColor;
+  border-bottom-color: @linkColor;
+}
+
+// Open dropdown dropdown-toggle
+.navbar-subnav .nav .open > a {
+  color: @linkColorHover;
+}
+
+

less/responsive-navbar.less

@@ -144,10 +144,41 @@
 // DEFAULT DESKTOP
 // ---------------
 
-// Required to make the collapsing navbar work on regular desktops
 @media (min-width: 980px) {
+
+  // Required to make the collapsing navbar work on regular desktops
   .nav-collapse.collapse {
     height: auto !important;
     overflow: visible !important;
   }
-}
+
+  // Fixed subnav on scroll, but only for 980px and up (sorry IE!)
+  .subnav-fixed {
+    position: fixed;
+    top: 40px;
+    left: 0;
+    right: 0;
+    z-index: 1020; /* 10 less than .navbar-fixed to prevent any overlap */
+    border-color: #d5d5d5;
+    border-width: 0 0 1px; /* drop the border on the fixed edges */
+    -webkit-border-radius: 0;
+       -moz-border-radius: 0;
+            border-radius: 0;
+    -webkit-box-shadow: inset 0 1px 0 #fff, 0 1px 5px rgba(0,0,0,.1);
+       -moz-box-shadow: inset 0 1px 0 #fff, 0 1px 5px rgba(0,0,0,.1);
+            box-shadow: inset 0 1px 0 #fff, 0 1px 5px rgba(0,0,0,.1);
+    filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(enabled=false); /* IE6-9 */
+  }
+  .subnav-fixed .nav {
+    max-width: 780px;
+    margin: 0 auto;
+    padding: 0 1px;
+  }
+  .subnav .nav > li:first-child > a,
+  .subnav .nav > li:first-child > a:hover {
+    -webkit-border-radius: 0;
+       -moz-border-radius: 0;
+            border-radius: 0;
+  }
+
+}

less/subnav.less

@@ -1,102 +0,0 @@
-/* Subnav
--------------------------------------------------- */
-
-
-/* Base
-------------------------- */
-.subnav {
-  width: 100%;
-  height: 36px;
-  #gradient > .vertical(#f5f5f5, #eeeeee);
-  border: 1px solid #e5e5e5;
-  -webkit-border-radius: 4px;
-     -moz-border-radius: 4px;
-          border-radius: 4px;
-}
-
-
-/* Nav links
-------------------------- */
-.subnav .nav {
-  margin-bottom: 0; // remove default bottom margin of .nav
-}
-// Make list items appear inline
-.subnav .nav > li {
-  float: left;
-}
-.subnav .nav > li > a {
-  padding: 9px 12px;
-  line-height: 18px;
-  border-left: 1px solid #f5f5f5;
-  border-right: 1px solid #e5e5e5;
-}
-.subnav .nav > .active > a,
-.subnav .nav > .active > a:hover {
-  padding-left: 13px;
-  color: #777;
-  background-color: #e9e9e9;
-  border-right-color: #ddd;
-  border-left: 0;
-  -webkit-box-shadow: inset 0 3px 5px rgba(0,0,0,.05);
-     -moz-box-shadow: inset 0 3px 5px rgba(0,0,0,.05);
-          box-shadow: inset 0 3px 5px rgba(0,0,0,.05);
-}
-.subnav .nav > li:first-child > a,
-.subnav .nav > li:first-child > a:hover {
-  border-left: 0;
-  padding-left: 12px;
-  -webkit-border-radius: 4px 0 0 4px;
-     -moz-border-radius: 4px 0 0 4px;
-          border-radius: 4px 0 0 4px;
-}
-.subnav .nav > li:last-child > a {
-  border-right: 0;
-}
-
-/* Reposition the dropdown carets */
-.subnav .nav .dropdown-toggle .caret {
-  margin-top: 7px;
-}
-.nav .active .dropdown-toggle .caret {
-  border-top-color: #777;
-  border-bottom-color: #777;
-}
-
-/* Dropdown menus get matching border-radius */
-.subnav .dropdown-menu {
-  -webkit-border-radius: 0 0 4px 4px;
-     -moz-border-radius: 0 0 4px 4px;
-          border-radius: 0 0 4px 4px;
-}
-
-
-/* Fixed subnav on scroll, but only for 980px and up (sorry IE!) */
-@media (min-width: 980px) {
-  .subnav-fixed {
-    position: fixed;
-    top: 40px;
-    left: 0;
-    right: 0;
-    z-index: 1020; /* 10 less than .navbar-fixed to prevent any overlap */
-    border-color: #d5d5d5;
-    border-width: 0 0 1px; /* drop the border on the fixed edges */
-    -webkit-border-radius: 0;
-       -moz-border-radius: 0;
-            border-radius: 0;
-    -webkit-box-shadow: inset 0 1px 0 #fff, 0 1px 5px rgba(0,0,0,.1);
-       -moz-box-shadow: inset 0 1px 0 #fff, 0 1px 5px rgba(0,0,0,.1);
-            box-shadow: inset 0 1px 0 #fff, 0 1px 5px rgba(0,0,0,.1);
-    filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(enabled=false); /* IE6-9 */
-  }
-  .subnav-fixed .nav {
-    max-width: 780px;
-    margin: 0 auto;
-    padding: 0 1px;
-  }
-  .subnav .nav > li:first-child > a,
-  .subnav .nav > li:first-child > a:hover {
-    -webkit-border-radius: 0;
-       -moz-border-radius: 0;
-            border-radius: 0;
-  }
-}