Utilities

Borders

Use border utilities to quickly style the border and border-radius of an element. Great for images, buttons, or any other element.

Additive

<span class="border"></span>
<span class="border-top"></span>
<span class="border-right"></span>
<span class="border-bottom"></span>
<span class="border-left"></span>

Subtractive

<span class="border-0"></span>
<span class="border-top-0"></span>
<span class="border-right-0"></span>
<span class="border-bottom-0"></span>
<span class="border-left-0"></span>

Border color

Change the border color using utilities built on our theme colors.

<span class="border border-primary"></span>
<span class="border border-secondary"></span>
<span class="border border-success"></span>
<span class="border border-danger"></span>
<span class="border border-warning"></span>
<span class="border border-info"></span>
<span class="border border-light"></span>
<span class="border border-dark"></span>
<span class="border border-white"></span>

Border-radius

Add classes to an element to easily round its corners.

<img src="..." alt="..." class="rounded">
<img src="..." alt="..." class="rounded-top">
<img src="..." alt="..." class="rounded-right">
<img src="..." alt="..." class="rounded-bottom">
<img src="..." alt="..." class="rounded-left">
<img src="..." alt="..." class="rounded-circle">
<img src="..." alt="..." class="rounded-0">

Clearfix

Quickly and easily clear floated content within a container by adding a clearfix utility.

Example

The following example shows how the clearfix can be used. Without the clearfix the wrapping div would not span around the buttons which would cause a broken layout.

<div class="bg-info clearfix">
  <button type="button" class="btn btn-secondary float-left">Example Button floated left</button>
  <button type="button" class="btn btn-secondary float-right">Example Button floated right</button>
</div>

Close icon

Use a generic close icon for dismissing content like modals and alerts.

Example

Be sure to include text for screen readers, as we’ve done with aria-label.

<button type="button" class="close" aria-label="Close">
  <span aria-hidden="true">&times;</span>
</button>

Colors

Convey meaning through color with a handful of color utility classes. Includes support for styling links with hover states, too.

Example

<p class="text-primary">.text-primary</p>
<p class="text-secondary">.text-secondary</p>
<p class="text-success">.text-success</p>
<p class="text-danger">.text-danger</p>
<p class="text-warning">.text-warning</p>
<p class="text-info">.text-info</p>
<p class="text-light bg-dark">.text-light</p>
<p class="text-dark">.text-dark</p>
<p class="text-muted">.text-muted</p>
<p class="text-white bg-dark">.text-white</p>

Background color

Similar to the contextual text color classes, easily set the background of an element to any contextual class. Anchor components will darken on hover, just like the text classes. Background utilities do not set color, so in some cases you’ll want to use .text-* utilities.

<div class="p-3 mb-2 bg-primary text-white">.bg-primary</div>
<div class="p-3 mb-2 bg-secondary text-white">.bg-secondary</div>
<div class="p-3 mb-2 bg-success text-white">.bg-success</div>
<div class="p-3 mb-2 bg-danger text-white">.bg-danger</div>
<div class="p-3 mb-2 bg-warning text-dark">.bg-warning</div>
<div class="p-3 mb-2 bg-info text-white">.bg-info</div>
<div class="p-3 mb-2 bg-light text-dark">.bg-light</div>
<div class="p-3 mb-2 bg-dark text-white">.bg-dark</div>
<div class="p-3 mb-2 bg-white text-dark">.bg-white</div>

Flex

Quickly manage the layout, alignment, and sizing of grid columns, navigation, components, and more with a full suite of responsive flexbox utilities. For more complex implementations, custom CSS may be necessary.

Direction

Set the direction of flex items in a flex container with direction utilities. In most cases you can omit the horizontal class here as the browser default is row. However, you may encounter situations where you needed to explicitly set this value (like responsive layouts).

<div class="d-flex flex-row">
  <div class="p-2">Flex item 1</div>
  <div class="p-2">Flex item 2</div>
  <div class="p-2">Flex item 3</div>
</div>
<div class="d-flex flex-row-reverse">
  <div class="p-2">Flex item 1</div>
  <div class="p-2">Flex item 2</div>
  <div class="p-2">Flex item 3</div>
</div>

Position

Use these shorthand utilities for quickly configuring the position of an element.

Example

Quick positioning classes are available, though they are not responsive.

<div class="position-static">...</div>
<div class="position-relative">...</div>
<div class="position-absolute">...</div>
<div class="position-fixed">...</div>
<div class="position-sticky">...</div>