Powerful mobile-first flexbox grid to build layouts of all shapes and sizes thanks to a twelve column system, six default responsive tiers, Sass variables and mixins, and dozens of predefined classes.
Bootstrap's grid system uses a series of containers, rows, and columns to layout and align content. It's built with flexbox and is fully responsive.
import React from 'react';
import { Col, Container, Row } from 'react-bootstrap';
function BasicGrid() {
return (
<Container>
<Row>
<Col>1 of 3</Col>
<Col>2 of 3</Col>
<Col>3 of 3</Col>
</Row>
</Container>
);
}
export default BasicGrid;
See how aspects of the Bootstrap grid system work across multiple devices with a handy table.
XS <576px | SM ≥576px | MD ≥768px | LG ≥992px | XL ≥1200px | XXL ≥1400px | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Max container width | None (auto) | 540px | 720px | 960px | 1140px | 1320px |
Component/props | Col | sm | md | lg | xl | xxl |
# of columns | 12 | |||||
Gutter width | 1.5rem (.75rem on left and right) | |||||
Nestable | Yes | |||||
Column ordering | Yes |
Tips: Bootstrap v5 added one more grid breakpoint class xxl for ≥1400 breakpoint.
Don't want your columns to simply stack in some grid tiers? Use a combination of different classes for each tier as needed. See the example below for a better idea of how it all works.
import React from 'react';
import { Col, Container, Row } from 'react-bootstrap';
function MixMatch() {
return (
<Container className="py-3">
<Row className="mb-3">
<Col xs={12} md={8} className="border bg-grey-light-5">
<div className="p-2">xs=12 md=8</div>
</Col>
<Col xs={6} md={4} className="border bg-grey-light-5">
<div className="p-2">xs=6 md=4</div>
</Col>
</Row>
<Row className="mb-3">
<Col xs={12} md={8} className="border bg-grey-light-5">
<div className="p-2">xs=12 md=8</div>
</Col>
<Col xs={6} md={4} className="border bg-grey-light-5">
<div className="p-2">xs=6 md=4</div>
</Col>
</Row>
<Row className="mb-3">
<Col xs={6} md={4} className="border bg-grey-light-5">
<div className="p-2">xs=6 md=4</div>
</Col>
<Col xs={6} md={4} className="border bg-grey-light-5">
<div className="p-2">xs=6 md=4</div>
</Col>
<Col xs={6} md={4} className="border bg-grey-light-5">
<div className="p-2">xs=6 md=4</div>
</Col>
</Row>
<Row>
<Col xs={6} className="border bg-grey-light-5">
<div className="p-2">xs=6</div>
</Col>
<Col xs={6} className="border bg-grey-light-5">
<div className="p-2">xs=6</div>
</Col>
</Row>
</Container>
);
}
export default MixMatch;
Gutters are the gaps between column content, created by horizontal padding and vertical margin. bootstrap set padding-right and padding-left on each column, and use negative margin to offset that at the start and end of each row to align content.Gutters start at 1.5rem (24px)
wide.
import React from 'react';
import { Col, Container, Row } from 'react-bootstrap';
function Gutters() {
return (
<Container>
<Row className="gx-5 mb-3">
<Col>
<div className="border bg-grey-light-5 p-2">One of three columns</div>
</Col>
<Col>
<div className="border bg-grey-light-5 p-2">One of three columns</div>
</Col>
<Col>
<div className="border bg-grey-light-5 p-2">One of three columns</div>
</Col>
</Row>
<Row className="gx-3">
<Col>
<div className="border bg-grey-light-5 p-2">One of two columns</div>
</Col>
<Col>
<div className="border bg-grey-light-5 p-2">One of two columns</div>
</Col>
</Row>
</Container>
);
}
export default Gutters;
ClassNames | Values |
---|---|
className="g-/gy-/gx-[Value]" | 1/2/3/4/5 |
The Col
breakpoint props also have a more complicated object
prop form: {span: number, order: number, offset: number}
for specifying offsets and ordering effects.
You can use the order
property to control the visual order of your content.
import React from 'react';
import { Col, Container, Row } from 'react-bootstrap';
const Reordering = () => {
return (
<Container>
<Row>
<Col xs className="border bg-grey-light-5">
<div className="p-2">First, but unordered</div>
</Col>
<Col xs={{ order: 2 }} className="border bg-grey-light-5">
<div className="p-2">Second, but last</div>
</Col>
<Col xs={{ order: 1 }} className="border bg-grey-light-5">
<div className="p-2">Third, but second</div>
</Col>
</Row>
</Container>
);
}
export default Reordering;
The Row
lets you specify column widths across 6 breakpoint sizes (xs, sm, md, lg, xl and xxl). For every breakpoint, you can specify the amount of columns that will fit next to each other. You can also specify auto
to set the columns to their natural widths.
import React from 'react';
import { Col, Container, Row } from 'react-bootstrap';
const RowColumns = () => {
return (
<Container>
<Row xl={5} className="mb-3" >
<Col className="border bg-grey-light-5" >
<div className="p-2">Five </div>
</Col>
<Col className="border bg-grey-light-5" >
<div className="p-2">Five </div>
</Col>
<Col className="border bg-grey-light-5" >
<div className="p-2">Five </div>
</Col>
<Col className="border bg-grey-light-5" >
<div className="p-2">Five </div>
</Col>
<Col className="border bg-grey-light-5" >
<div className="p-2">Five </div>
</Col>
</Row>
<Row xl={7} className="mb-3" >
<Col className="border bg-grey-light-5" >
<div className="p-2">Seven </div>
</Col>
<Col className="border bg-grey-light-5" >
<div className="p-2">Seven </div>
</Col>
<Col className="border bg-grey-light-5" >
<div className="p-2">Seven </div>
</Col>
<Col className="border bg-grey-light-5" >
<div className="p-2">Seven </div>
</Col>
<Col className="border bg-grey-light-5" >
<div className="p-2">Seven </div>
</Col>
<Col className="border bg-grey-light-5" >
<div className="p-2">Seven </div>
</Col>
<Col className="border bg-grey-light-5" >
<div className="p-2">Seven </div>
</Col>
</Row>
<Row xl={9} className="mb-3" >
<Col className="border bg-grey-light-5" >
<div className="p-2">Nine </div>
</Col>
<Col className="border bg-grey-light-5" >
<div className="p-2">Nine </div>
</Col>
<Col className="border bg-grey-light-5" >
<div className="p-2">Nine </div>
</Col>
<Col className="border bg-grey-light-5" >
<div className="p-2">Nine </div>
</Col>
<Col className="border bg-grey-light-5" >
<div className="p-2">Nine </div>
</Col>
<Col className="border bg-grey-light-5" >
<div className="p-2">Nine </div>
</Col>
<Col className="border bg-grey-light-5" >
<div className="p-2">Nine </div>
</Col>
<Col className="border bg-grey-light-5" >
<div className="p-2">Nine </div>
</Col>
<Col className="border bg-grey-light-5" >
<div className="p-2">Nine </div>
</Col>
</Row>
</Container>
);
}
export default RowColumns;