How To Align Badge On Top Of Icon

I am trying to add badge over a fontawesome icon but it's not getting aligned properly. Whatever I try, it either comes in the top or on the below. But I am trying to add it over t

Solution 1:

You need to position badge elements relatively to their parent menutoggle containers. For this set position: relative; to .menutoggle and position: absolute; for badges with desired top and left/right values.

@import url('//netdna.bootstrapcdn.com/font-awesome/4.1.0/css/font-awesome.min.css');
.menutoggle {
    position: relative;
    float: left;
    width: 50px;
    height: 52px;
    font-size: 22px;
    cursor: pointer;
    color: #1d2939;
    border-right: 1px solid #eee;
    border-left: 1px solid #eee;
    -moz-transition: all 0.2s ease-out 0s;
    -webkit-transition: all 0.2s ease-out 0s;
    transition: all 0.2s ease-out 0s;
}
.menutoggle i {
    padding:15px;
    padding-bottom:0px;
}
.menutoggle:hover {
    color: #1d2939;
    background-color: #f7f7f7;
}
.badge {
    position: absolute;
    top: 0;
    right: 0;
    display:inline-block;
    min-width:10px;
    padding:3px 7px;
    font-size:12px;
    font-weight:700;
    line-height:1;
    color:#fff;
    text-align:center;
    white-space:nowrap;
    vertical-align:baseline;
    background-color:#777;
    border-radius:10px;
}

<ul>
    <li>
        <div class="menutoggle"> 
            <i class="fa fa-cog"></i>
            <span class="badge">1</span>
        </div>
    </li>
</ul>