Utilities Classes

Assign responsive-friendly margin or padding values to an element or a subset of its sides with shorthand classes. Includes support for individual properties, all properties, and vertical and horizontal properties. Classes are built from a default Sass map ranging from .25rem to 3rem.

Notation

Spacing utilities that apply to all breakpoints, from xs to xl, have no breakpoint abbreviation in them. This is because those classes are applied from min-width: 0 and up, and thus are not bound by a media query. The remaining breakpoints, however, do include a breakpoint abbreviation.

The classes are named using the format {property}{sides}-{size} for xs and {property}{sides}-{breakpoint}-{size} for sm, md, lg, and xl.

Where property is one of:

• m - for classes that set margin
• p - for classes that set padding

Where sides is one of:

• t - for classes that set margin-top or padding-top
• b - for classes that set margin-bottom or padding-bottom
• l - for classes that set margin-left or padding-left
• r - for classes that set margin-right or padding-right
• x - for classes that set both *-left and *-right
• y - for classes that set both *-top and *-bottom
• blank - for classes that set a margin or padding on all 4 sides of the element

Where size is one of:

• 0 - for classes that eliminate the margin or padding by setting it to 0
• 1 - (by default) for classes that set the margin or padding to $spacer * .25
• 2 - (by default) for classes that set the margin or padding to $spacer * .5
• 3 - (by default) for classes that set the margin or padding to $spacer
• 4 - (by default) for classes that set the margin or padding to $spacer * 1.5
• 5 - (by default) for classes that set the margin or padding to $spacer * 3
• auto - for classes that set the margin to auto

(You can add more sizes by adding entries to the $spacers Sass map variable.)

Text Alignment

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For left, right, and center alignment, responsive classes are available that use the same viewport width breakpoints as the grid system.

Left aligned text on all viewport sizes.

Center aligned text on all viewport sizes.

Right aligned text on all viewport sizes.

Left aligned text on viewports sized SM (small) or wider.

Left aligned text on viewports sized MD (medium) or wider.

Left aligned text on viewports sized LG (large) or wider.

Left aligned text on viewports sized XL (extra-large) or wider.

Text wrapping and overflow

Prevent text from wrapping with a .text-nowrap class.

For longer content, you can add a .text-truncate class to truncate the text with an ellipsis. Requires display: inline-block or display: block.

.text-primary

.text-secondary

.text-success

.text-danger

.text-warning

.text-info

.text-light

.text-dark

.text-body

.text-muted

.text-white

.text-black-50

.text-white-50

Apply display utilities to create a flexbox container and transform direct children elements into flex items. Flex containers and items are able to be modified further with additional flex properties.

<div class="d-flex p-2 bd-highlight">I'm a flexbox container!</div>

<div class="d-inline-flex p-2 bd-highlight">I'm an inline flexbox container!</div>

Responsive variations also exist for .d-flex and .d-inline-flex.

• .d-flex
• .d-inline-flex
• .d-sm-flex
• .d-sm-inline-flex
• .d-md-flex
• .d-md-inline-flex
• .d-lg-flex
• .d-lg-inline-flex
• .d-xl-flex
• .d-xl-inline-flex

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).

Use .flex-row to set a horizontal direction (the browser default), or .flex-row-reverse to start the horizontal direction from the opposite side.

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

Use .flex-column to set a vertical direction, or .flex-column-reverse to start the vertical direction from the opposite side.

<div class="d-flex flex-column bd-highlight mb-3">
  <div class="p-2 bd-highlight">Flex item 1</div>
  <div class="p-2 bd-highlight">Flex item 2</div>
  <div class="p-2 bd-highlight">Flex item 3</div>
</div>
<div class="d-flex flex-column-reverse bd-highlight">
  <div class="p-2 bd-highlight">Flex item 1</div>
  <div class="p-2 bd-highlight">Flex item 2</div>
  <div class="p-2 bd-highlight">Flex item 3</div>
</div>

Responsive variations also exist for flex-direction.

• .flex-row
• .flex-row-reverse
• .flex-column
• .flex-column-reverse
• .flex-sm-row
• .flex-sm-row-reverse
• .flex-sm-column
• .flex-sm-column-reverse
• .flex-md-row
• .flex-md-row-reverse
• .flex-md-column
• .flex-md-column-reverse
• .flex-lg-row
• .flex-lg-row-reverse
• .flex-lg-column
• .flex-lg-column-reverse
• .flex-xl-row
• .flex-xl-row-reverse
• .flex-xl-column
• .flex-xl-column-reverse

Justify content

Use justify-content utilities on flexbox containers to change the alignment of flex items on the main axis (the x-axis to start, y-axis if flex-direction: column). Choose from start (browser default), end, center, between, or around.

<div class="d-flex justify-content-start">...</div>
<div class="d-flex justify-content-end">...</div>
<div class="d-flex justify-content-center">...</div>
<div class="d-flex justify-content-between">...</div>
<div class="d-flex justify-content-around">...</div>

Responsive variations also exist for justify-content.

• .justify-content-start
• .justify-content-end
• .justify-content-center
• .justify-content-between
• .justify-content-around
• .justify-content-sm-start
• .justify-content-sm-end
• .justify-content-sm-center
• .justify-content-sm-between
• .justify-content-sm-around
• .justify-content-md-start
• .justify-content-md-end
• .justify-content-md-center
• .justify-content-md-between
• .justify-content-md-around
• .justify-content-lg-start
• .justify-content-lg-end
• .justify-content-lg-center
• .justify-content-lg-between
• .justify-content-lg-around
• .justify-content-xl-start
• .justify-content-xl-end
• .justify-content-xl-center
• .justify-content-xl-between
• .justify-content-xl-around

Align items

Use align-items utilities on flexbox containers to change the alignment of flex items on the cross axis (the y-axis to start, x-axis if flex-direction: column). Choose from start, end, center, baseline, or stretch (browser default).

<div class="d-flex align-items-start">...</div>
<div class="d-flex align-items-end">...</div>
<div class="d-flex align-items-center">...</div>
<div class="d-flex align-items-baseline">...</div>
<div class="d-flex align-items-stretch">...</div>

Responsive variations also exist for align-items.

• .align-items-start
• .align-items-end
• .align-items-center
• .align-items-baseline
• .align-items-stretch
• .align-items-sm-start
• .align-items-sm-end
• .align-items-sm-center
• .align-items-sm-baseline
• .align-items-sm-stretch
• .align-items-md-start
• .align-items-md-end
• .align-items-md-center
• .align-items-md-baseline
• .align-items-md-stretch
• .align-items-lg-start
• .align-items-lg-end
• .align-items-lg-center
• .align-items-lg-baseline
• .align-items-lg-stretch
• .align-items-xl-start
• .align-items-xl-end
• .align-items-xl-center
• .align-items-xl-baseline
• .align-items-xl-stretch

Align self

Use align-self utilities on flexbox items to individually change their alignment on the cross axis (the y-axis to start, x-axis if flex-direction: column). Choose from the same options as align-items: start, end, center, baseline, or stretch (browser default).

<div class="align-self-start">Aligned flex item</div>
<div class="align-self-end">Aligned flex item</div>
<div class="align-self-center">Aligned flex item</div>
<div class="align-self-baseline">Aligned flex item</div>
<div class="align-self-stretch">Aligned flex item</div>

Responsive variations also exist for align-self.

• .align-self-start
• .align-self-end
• .align-self-center
• .align-self-baseline
• .align-self-stretch
• .align-self-sm-start
• .align-self-sm-end
• .align-self-sm-center
• .align-self-sm-baseline
• .align-self-sm-stretch
• .align-self-md-start
• .align-self-md-end
• .align-self-md-center
• .align-self-md-baseline
• .align-self-md-stretch
• .align-self-lg-start
• .align-self-lg-end
• .align-self-lg-center
• .align-self-lg-baseline
• .align-self-lg-stretch
• .align-self-xl-start
• .align-self-xl-end
• .align-self-xl-center
• .align-self-xl-baseline
• .align-self-xl-stretch

Fill

Use the .flex-fill class on a series of sibling elements to force them into equal widths while taking up all available horizontal space. Especially useful for equal-width, or justified, navigation.

<div class="d-flex bd-highlight">
  <div class="p-2 flex-fill bd-highlight">Flex item</div>
  <div class="p-2 flex-fill bd-highlight">Flex item</div>
  <div class="p-2 flex-fill bd-highlight">Flex item</div>
</div>

Responsive variations also exist for flex-fill.

• .flex-fill
• .flex-sm-fill
• .flex-md-fill
• .flex-lg-fill
• .flex-xl-fill

Grow and shrink

Use .flex-grow-* utilities to toggle a flex item’s ability to grow to fill available space. In the example below, the .flex-grow-1 elements uses all available space it can, while allowing the remaining two flex items their necessary space.

<div class="d-flex bd-highlight">
  <div class="p-2 flex-grow-1 bd-highlight">Flex item</div>
  <div class="p-2 bd-highlight">Flex item</div>
  <div class="p-2 bd-highlight">Third flex item</div>
</div>

Use .flex-shrink-* utilities to toggle a flex item’s ability to shrink if necessary. In the example below, the second flex item with .flex-shrink-1 is forced to wrap it’s contents to a new line, “shrinking” to allow more space for the previous flex item with .w-100.

<div class="d-flex bd-highlight">
  <div class="p-2 w-100 bd-highlight">Flex item</div>
  <div class="p-2 flex-shrink-1 bd-highlight">Flex item</div>
</div>

Responsive variations also exist for flex-grow and flex-shrink.

• .flex-{grow|shrink}-0
• .flex-{grow|shrink}-1
• .flex-sm-{grow|shrink}-0
• .flex-sm-{grow|shrink}-1
• .flex-md-{grow|shrink}-0
• .flex-md-{grow|shrink}-1
• .flex-lg-{grow|shrink}-0
• .flex-lg-{grow|shrink}-1
• .flex-xl-{grow|shrink}-0
• .flex-xl-{grow|shrink}-1

Auto margins

Flexbox can do some pretty awesome things when you mix flex alignments with auto margins. Shown below are three examples of controlling flex items via auto margins: default (no auto margin), pushing two items to the right (.mr-auto), and pushing two items to the left (.ml-auto).

Unfortunately, IE10 and IE11 do not properly support auto margins on flex items whose parent has a non-default justify-content value. See this StackOverflow answer for more details.

<div class="d-flex bd-highlight mb-3">
  <div class="p-2 bd-highlight">Flex item</div>
  <div class="p-2 bd-highlight">Flex item</div>
  <div class="p-2 bd-highlight">Flex item</div>
</div>

<div class="d-flex bd-highlight mb-3">
  <div class="mr-auto p-2 bd-highlight">Flex item</div>
  <div class="p-2 bd-highlight">Flex item</div>
  <div class="p-2 bd-highlight">Flex item</div>
</div>

<div class="d-flex bd-highlight mb-3">
  <div class="p-2 bd-highlight">Flex item</div>
  <div class="p-2 bd-highlight">Flex item</div>
  <div class="ml-auto p-2 bd-highlight">Flex item</div>
</div>

With align-items

Vertically move one flex item to the top or bottom of a container by mixing align-items, flex-direction: column, and margin-top: auto or margin-bottom: auto.

<div class="d-flex align-items-start flex-column bd-highlight mb-3" style="height: 200px;">
  <div class="mb-auto p-2 bd-highlight">Flex item</div>
  <div class="p-2 bd-highlight">Flex item</div>
  <div class="p-2 bd-highlight">Flex item</div>
</div>

<div class="d-flex align-items-end flex-column bd-highlight mb-3" style="height: 200px;">
  <div class="p-2 bd-highlight">Flex item</div>
  <div class="p-2 bd-highlight">Flex item</div>
  <div class="mt-auto p-2 bd-highlight">Flex item</div>
</div>

Wrap

Change how flex items wrap in a flex container. Choose from no wrapping at all (the browser default) with .flex-nowrap, wrapping with .flex-wrap, or reverse wrapping with .flex-wrap-reverse.

<div class="d-flex flex-nowrap">
  ...
</div>

<div class="d-flex flex-wrap">
  ...
</div>

<div class="d-flex flex-wrap-reverse">
  ...
</div>

Responsive variations also exist for flex-wrap.

• .flex-nowrap
• .flex-wrap
• .flex-wrap-reverse
• .flex-sm-nowrap
• .flex-sm-wrap
• .flex-sm-wrap-reverse
• .flex-md-nowrap
• .flex-md-wrap
• .flex-md-wrap-reverse
• .flex-lg-nowrap
• .flex-lg-wrap
• .flex-lg-wrap-reverse
• .flex-xl-nowrap
• .flex-xl-wrap
• .flex-xl-wrap-reverse

Order

Change the visual order of specific flex items with a handful of order utilities. We only provide options for making an item first or last, as well as a reset to use the DOM order. As order takes any integer value (e.g., 5), add custom CSS for any additional values needed.

<div class="d-flex flex-nowrap bd-highlight">
  <div class="order-3 p-2 bd-highlight">First flex item</div>
  <div class="order-2 p-2 bd-highlight">Second flex item</div>
  <div class="order-1 p-2 bd-highlight">Third flex item</div>
</div>

Responsive variations also exist for order.

• .order-0
• .order-1
• .order-2
• .order-3
• .order-4
• .order-5
• .order-6
• .order-7
• .order-8
• .order-9
• .order-10
• .order-11
• .order-12
• .order-sm-0
• .order-sm-1
• .order-sm-2
• .order-sm-3
• .order-sm-4
• .order-sm-5
• .order-sm-6
• .order-sm-7
• .order-sm-8
• .order-sm-9
• .order-sm-10
• .order-sm-11
• .order-sm-12
• .order-md-0
• .order-md-1
• .order-md-2
• .order-md-3
• .order-md-4
• .order-md-5
• .order-md-6
• .order-md-7
• .order-md-8
• .order-md-9
• .order-md-10
• .order-md-11
• .order-md-12
• .order-lg-0
• .order-lg-1
• .order-lg-2
• .order-lg-3
• .order-lg-4
• .order-lg-5
• .order-lg-6
• .order-lg-7
• .order-lg-8
• .order-lg-9
• .order-lg-10
• .order-lg-11
• .order-lg-12
• .order-xl-0
• .order-xl-1
• .order-xl-2
• .order-xl-3
• .order-xl-4
• .order-xl-5
• .order-xl-6
• .order-xl-7
• .order-xl-8
• .order-xl-9
• .order-xl-10
• .order-xl-11
• .order-xl-12

Align content

Use align-content utilities on flexbox containers to align flex items together on the cross axis. Choose from start (browser default), end, center, between, around, or stretch. To demonstrate these utilities, we’ve enforced flex-wrap: wrap and increased the number of flex items.

Heads up! This property has no effect on single rows of flex items.

<div class="d-flex align-content-start flex-wrap">
  ...
</div>

<div class="d-flex align-content-end flex-wrap">...</div>

<div class="d-flex align-content-center flex-wrap">...</div>

<div class="d-flex align-content-between flex-wrap">...</div>

<div class="d-flex align-content-around flex-wrap">...</div>

<div class="d-flex align-content-stretch flex-wrap">...</div>

Responsive variations also exist for align-content.

• .align-content-start
• .align-content-end
• .align-content-center
• .align-content-around
• .align-content-stretch
• .align-content-sm-start
• .align-content-sm-end
• .align-content-sm-center
• .align-content-sm-around
• .align-content-sm-stretch
• .align-content-md-start
• .align-content-md-end
• .align-content-md-center
• .align-content-md-around
• .align-content-md-stretch
• .align-content-lg-start
• .align-content-lg-end
• .align-content-lg-center
• .align-content-lg-around
• .align-content-lg-stretch
• .align-content-xl-start
• .align-content-xl-end
• .align-content-xl-center
• .align-content-xl-around
• .align-content-xl-stretch