Typography
Headings
All HTML headings, <h1> through <h6> are available.
h1. Heading 1
h2. Heading 2
h3. Heading 3
h4. Heading 4
h5. Heading 5
h6. Heading 6
Body copy
Bootstrap's global default font-size is 14px, with a line-height of 20px. This is applied to the <body> and all paragraphs. In addition, <p> (paragraphs) receive a bottom margin of half their line-height (10px by default).
Nullam quis risus eget urna mollis ornare vel eu leo. Cum sociis natoque penatibus et magnis dis parturient montes, nascetur ridiculus mus. Nullam id dolor id nibh ultricies vehicula.
Cum sociis natoque penatibus et magnis dis parturient montes, nascetur ridiculus mus. Donec ullamcorper nulla non metus auctor fringilla. Duis mollis, est non commodo luctus, nisi erat porttitor ligula, eget lacinia odio sem nec elit. Donec ullamcorper nulla non metus auctor fringilla.
Maecenas sed diam eget risus varius blandit sit amet non magna. Donec id elit non mi porta gravida at eget metus. Duis mollis, est non commodo luctus, nisi erat porttitor ligula, eget lacinia odio sem nec elit.
<p>...</p>
Lead body copy
Make a paragraph stand out by adding .lead.
Vivamus sagittis lacus vel augue laoreet rutrum faucibus dolor auctor. Duis mollis, est non commodo luctus.
<p class="lead">...</p>
Built with Less
The typographic scale is based on two LESS variables in variables.less: @baseFontSize and @baseLineHeight. The first is the base font-size used throughout and the second is the base line-height. We use those variables and some simple math to create the margins, paddings, and line-heights of all our type and more. Customize them and Bootstrap adapts.
Emphasis
Make use of HTML's default emphasis tags with lightweight styles.
<small>
For de-emphasizing inline or blocks of text, use the small tag.
This line of text is meant to be treated as fine print.
<p> <small>This line of text is meant to be treated as fine print.</small> </p>
Bold
For emphasizing a snippet of text with important
The following snippet of text is rendered as bold text.
<strong>rendered as bold text</strong>
Italics
For emphasizing a snippet of text with stress
The following snippet of text is rendered as italicized text.
<em>rendered as italicized text</em>
Heads up! Feel free to use <b> and <i> in HTML5. <b> is meant to highlight words or phrases without conveying additional importance while <i> is mostly for voice, technical terms, etc.
Emphasis classes
Convey meaning through color with a handful of emphasis utility classes.
Fusce dapibus, tellus ac cursus commodo, tortor mauris nibh.
Etiam porta sem malesuada magna mollis euismod.
Donec ullamcorper nulla non metus auctor fringilla.
Aenean eu leo quam. Pellentesque ornare sem lacinia quam venenatis.
Duis mollis, est non commodo luctus, nisi erat porttitor ligula.
<p class="muted">Fusce dapibus, tellus ac cursus commodo, tortor mauris nibh.</p> <p class="text-warning">Etiam porta sem malesuada magna mollis euismod.</p> <p class="text-error">Donec ullamcorper nulla non metus auctor fringilla.</p> <p class="text-info">Aenean eu leo quam. Pellentesque ornare sem lacinia quam venenatis.</p> <p class="text-success">Duis mollis, est non commodo luctus, nisi erat porttitor ligula.</p>
Abbreviations
Stylized implemenation of HTML's <abbr> element for abbreviations and acronyms to show the expanded version on hover. Abbreviations with a title attribute have a light dotted bottom border and a help cursor on hover, providing additional context on hover.
<abbr>
For expanded text on long hover of an abbreviation, include the title attribute.
An abbreviation of the word attribute is attr.
<abbr title="attribute">attr</abbr>
<abbr class="initialism">
Add .initialism to an abbreviation for a slightly smaller font-size.
HTML is the best thing since sliced bread.
<abbr title="HyperText Markup Language" class="initialism">HTML</abbr>
Addresses
Present contact information for the nearest ancestor or the entire body of work.
<address>
Preserve formatting by ending all lines with <br>.
795 Folsom Ave, Suite 600
San Francisco, CA 94107
P: (123) 456-7890 Full Name
first.last@gmail.com
<address> <strong>Twitter, Inc.</strong><br> 795 Folsom Ave, Suite 600<br> San Francisco, CA 94107<br> <abbr title="Phone">P:</abbr> (123) 456-7890 </address> <address> <strong>Full Name</strong><br> <a href="mailto:#">first.last@gmail.com</a> </address>
Blockquotes
For quoting blocks of content from another source within your document.
Default blockquote
Wrap <blockquote> around any HTML as the quote. For straight quotes we recommend a <p>.
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Integer posuere erat a ante.
<blockquote> <p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Integer posuere erat a ante.</p> </blockquote>
Blockquote options
Style and content changes for simple variations on a standard blockquote.
Naming a source
Add <small> tag for identifying the source. Wrap the name of the source work in <cite>.
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Integer posuere erat a ante.
Someone famous in Source Title
<blockquote> <p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Integer posuere erat a ante.</p> <small>Someone famous <cite title="Source Title">Source Title</cite></small> </blockquote>
Alternate displays
Use .pull-right for a floated, right-aligned blockquote.
<blockquote class="pull-right"> ... </blockquote>
Lists
Unordered
A list of items in which the order does not explicitly matter.
- Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet
- Consectetur adipiscing elit
- Integer molestie lorem at massa
- Facilisis in pretium nisl aliquet
- Nulla volutpat aliquam velit
- Phasellus iaculis neque
- Purus sodales ultricies
- Vestibulum laoreet porttitor sem
- Ac tristique libero volutpat at
- Faucibus porta lacus fringilla vel
- Aenean sit amet erat nunc
- Eget porttitor lorem
<ul> <li>...</li> </ul>
Ordered
A list of items in which the order does explicitly matter.
- Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet
- Consectetur adipiscing elit
- Integer molestie lorem at massa
- Facilisis in pretium nisl aliquet
- Nulla volutpat aliquam velit
- Faucibus porta lacus fringilla vel
- Aenean sit amet erat nunc
- Eget porttitor lorem
<ol> <li>...</li> </ol>
Unstyled
A list of items with no list-style or additional left padding.
- Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet
- Consectetur adipiscing elit
- Integer molestie lorem at massa
- Facilisis in pretium nisl aliquet
- Nulla volutpat aliquam velit
- Phasellus iaculis neque
- Purus sodales ultricies
- Vestibulum laoreet porttitor sem
- Ac tristique libero volutpat at
- Faucibus porta lacus fringilla vel
- Aenean sit amet erat nunc
- Eget porttitor lorem
<ul class="unstyled"> <li>...</li> </ul>
Description
A list of terms with their associated descriptions.
- Description lists
- A description list is perfect for defining terms.
- Euismod
- Vestibulum id ligula porta felis euismod semper eget lacinia odio sem nec elit.
- Donec id elit non mi porta gravida at eget metus.
- Malesuada porta
- Etiam porta sem malesuada magna mollis euismod.
<dl> <dt>...</dt> <dd>...</dd> </dl>
Horizontal description
Make terms and descriptions in <dl> line up side-by-side.
- Description lists
- A description list is perfect for defining terms.
- Euismod
- Vestibulum id ligula porta felis euismod semper eget lacinia odio sem nec elit.
- Donec id elit non mi porta gravida at eget metus.
- Malesuada porta
- Etiam porta sem malesuada magna mollis euismod.
- Felis euismod semper eget lacinia
- Fusce dapibus, tellus ac cursus commodo, tortor mauris condimentum nibh, ut fermentum massa justo sit amet risus.
<dl class="dl-horizontal"> <dt>...</dt> <dd>...</dd> </dl>
Heads up! Horizontal description lists will truncate terms that are too long to fit in the left column fix text-overflow. In narrower viewports, they will change to the default stacked layout.
Code
Inline
Wrap inline snippets of code with <code>.
<section> should be wrapped as inline. For example, <code><section></code> should be wrapped as inline.
Basic block
Use <pre> for multiple lines of code. Be sure to escape any angle brackets in the code for proper rendering.
<p>Sample text here...</p>
<pre> <p>Sample text here...</p> </pre>
Heads up! Be sure to keep code within <pre> tags as close to the left as possible; it will render all tabs.
You may optionally add the .pre-scrollable class which will set a max-height of 350px and provide a y-axis scrollbar.
Tables
Default styles
For basic styling—light padding and only horizontal dividers—add the base class .table to any <table>.
| # | First Name | Last Name | Username |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mark | Otto | @mdo |
| 2 | Jacob | Thornton | @fat |
| 3 | Larry | the Bird |
<table class="table"> � </table>
Optional classes
Add any of the follow classes to the .table base class.
.table-striped
Adds zebra-striping to any table row within the <tbody> via the :nth-child CSS selector (not available in IE7-IE8).
| # | First Name | Last Name | Username |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mark | Otto | @mdo |
| 2 | Jacob | Thornton | @fat |
| 3 | Larry | the Bird |
<table class="table table-striped"> � </table>
.table-bordered
Add borders and rounded corners to the table.
| # | First Name | Last Name | Username |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mark | Otto | @mdo |
| Mark | Otto | @TwBootstrap | |
| 2 | Jacob | Thornton | @fat |
| 3 | Larry the Bird | ||
<table class="table table-bordered"> � </table>
.table-hover
Enable a hover state on table rows within a <tbody>.
| # | First Name | Last Name | Username |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mark | Otto | @mdo |
| 2 | Jacob | Thornton | @fat |
| 3 | Larry the Bird | ||
<table class="table table-hover"> � </table>
.table-condensed
Makes tables more compact by cutting cell padding in half.
| # | First Name | Last Name | Username |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mark | Otto | @mdo |
| 2 | Jacob | Thornton | @fat |
| 3 | Larry the Bird | ||
<table class="table table-condensed"> � </table>
Optional row classes
Use contextual classes to color table rows.
| Class | Description |
|---|---|
.success |
Indicates a successful or positive action. |
.error |
Indicates a dangerous or potentially negative action. |
.warning |
Indicates a warning that might need attention. |
.info |
Used as an alternative to the default styles. |
| # | Product | Payment Taken | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | TB - Monthly | 01/04/2012 | Approved |
| 2 | TB - Monthly | 02/04/2012 | Declined |
| 3 | TB - Monthly | 03/04/2012 | Pending |
| 4 | TB - Monthly | 04/04/2012 | Call in to confirm |
...
<tr class="success">
<td>1</td>
<td>TB - Monthly</td>
<td>01/04/2012</td>
<td>Approved</td>
</tr>
...
Supported table markup
List of supported table HTML elements and how they should be used.
| Tag | Description |
|---|---|
<table> |
Wrapping element for displaying data in a tabular format |
<thead> |
Container element for table header rows (<tr>) to label table columns |
<tbody> |
Container element for table rows (<tr>) in the body of the table |
<tr> |
Container element for a set of table cells (<td> or <th>) that appears on a single row |
<td> |
Default table cell |
<th> |
Special table cell for column (or row, depending on scope and placement) labels Must be used within a <thead> |
<caption> |
Description or summary of what the table holds, especially useful for screen readers |
<table>
<caption>...</caption>
<thead>
<tr>
<th>...</th>
<th>...</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>...</td>
<td>...</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
Forms
Default styles
Individual form controls receive styling, but without any required base class on the <form> or large changes in markup. Results in stacked, left-aligned labels on top of form controls.
<form>
<legend>Legend</legend>
<label>Label name</label>
<input type="text" placeholder="Type something�>
<span class="help-block">Example block-level help text here.</span>
<label class="checkbox">
<input type="checkbox"> Check me out
</label>
<button type="submit" class="btn">Submit</button>
</form>
Optional layouts
Included with Bootstrap are three optional form layouts for common use cases.
Search form
Add .form-search to the form and .search-query to the <input> for an extra-rounded text input.
<form class="form-search"> <input type="text" class="input-medium search-query"> <button type="submit" class="btn">Search</button> </form>
Inline form
Add .form-inline for left-aligned labels and inline-block controls for a compact layout.
<form class="form-inline">
<input type="text" class="input-small" placeholder="Email">
<input type="password" class="input-small" placeholder="Password">
<label class="checkbox">
<input type="checkbox"> Remember me
</label>
<button type="submit" class="btn">Sign in</button>
</form>
Horizontal form
Right align labels and float them to the left to make them appear on the same line as controls. Requires the most markup changes from a default form:
- Add
.form-horizontalto the form - Wrap labels and controls in
.control-group - Add
.control-labelto the label - Wrap any associated controls in
.controlsfor proper alignment
<form class="form-horizontal">
<div class="control-group">
<label class="control-label" for="inputEmail">Email</label>
<div class="controls">
<input type="text" id="inputEmail" placeholder="Email">
</div>
</div>
<div class="control-group">
<label class="control-label" for="inputPassword">Password</label>
<div class="controls">
<input type="password" id="inputPassword" placeholder="Password">
</div>
</div>
<div class="control-group">
<div class="controls">
<label class="checkbox">
<input type="checkbox"> Remember me
</label>
<button type="submit" class="btn">Sign in</button>
</div>
</div>
</form>
Supported form controls
Examples of standard form controls supported in an example form layout.
Inputs
Most common form control, text-based input fields. Includes support for all HTML5 types: text, password, datetime, datetime-local, date, month, time, week, number, email, url, search, tel, and color.
Requires the use of a specified type at all times.
<input type="text" placeholder="Text input">
Textarea
Form control which supports multiple lines of text. Change rows attribute as necessary.
<textarea rows="3"></textarea>
Checkboxes and radios
Checkboxes are for selecting one or several options in a list while radios are for selecting one option from many.
Default (stacked)
<label class="checkbox"> <input type="checkbox" value=""> Option one is this and that—be sure to include why it's great </label> <label class="radio"> <input type="radio" name="optionsRadios" id="optionsRadios1" value="option1" checked> Option one is this and that—be sure to include why it's great </label> <label class="radio"> <input type="radio" name="optionsRadios" id="optionsRadios2" value="option2"> Option two can be something else and selecting it will deselect option one </label>
Inline checkboxes
Add the .inline class to a series of checkboxes or radios for controls appear on the same line.
<label class="checkbox inline"> <input type="checkbox" id="inlineCheckbox1" value="option1"> 1 </label> <label class="checkbox inline"> <input type="checkbox" id="inlineCheckbox2" value="option2"> 2 </label> <label class="checkbox inline"> <input type="checkbox" id="inlineCheckbox3" value="option3"> 3 </label>
Selects
Use the default option or specify a multiple="multiple" to show multiple options at once.
<select> <option>1</option> <option>2</option> <option>3</option> <option>4</option> <option>5</option> </select> <select multiple="multiple"> <option>1</option> <option>2</option> <option>3</option> <option>4</option> <option>5</option> </select>
Extending form controls
Adding on top of existing browser controls, Bootstrap includes other useful form components.
Prepended and appended inputs
Add text or buttons before or after any text-based input. Do note that select elements are not supported here.
Default options
Wrap an .add-on and an input with one of two classes to prepend or append text to an input.
<div class="input-prepend"> <span class="add-on">@</span><input class="span2" id="prependedInput" size="16" type="text" placeholder="Username"> </div> <div class="input-append"> <input class="span2" id="appendedInput" size="16" type="text"><span class="add-on">.00</span> </div>
Combined
Use both classes and two instances of .add-on to prepend and append an input.
<div class="input-prepend input-append"> <span class="add-on">$</span><input class="span2" id="appendedPrependedInput" size="16" type="text"><span class="add-on">.00</span> </div>
Buttons instead of text
Instead of a <span> with text, use a .btn to attach a button (or two) to an input.
<div class="input-append"> <input class="span2" id="appendedInputButton" size="16" type="text"><button class="btn" type="button">Go!</button> </div> <div class="input-append"> <input class="span2" id="appendedInputButtons" size="16" type="text"><button class="btn" type="button">Search</button><button class="btn" type="button">Options</button> </div>
Search form
<form class="form-search">
<div class="input-append">
<input type="text" class="span2 search-query">
<button type="submit" class="btn">Search</button>
</div>
<div class="input-prepend">
<button type="submit" class="btn">Search</button>
<input type="text" class="span2 search-query">
</div>
</form>
Control sizing
Use relative sizing classes like .input-large or match your inputs to the grid column sizes using .span* classes.
Relative sizing
<input class="input-mini" type="text" placeholder=".input-mini"> <input class="input-small" type="text" placeholder=".input-small"> <input class="input-medium" type="text" placeholder=".input-medium"> <input class="input-large" type="text" placeholder=".input-large"> <input class="input-xlarge" type="text" placeholder=".input-xlarge"> <input class="input-xxlarge" type="text" placeholder=".input-xxlarge">
Heads up! In future versions, we'll be altering the use of these relative input classes to match our button sizes. For example, .input-large will increase the padding and font-size of an input.
Grid sizing
Use .span1 to .span12 for inputs that match the same sizes of the grid columns.
<input class="span1" type="text" placeholder=".span1"> <input class="span2" type="text" placeholder=".span2"> <input class="span3" type="text" placeholder=".span3"> <select class="span1"> ... </select> <select class="span2"> ... </select> <select class="span3"> ... </select>
For multiple grid inputs per line, use the .controls-row modifier class for proper spacing. It floats the inputs to collapse white-space, sets the proper margins, and the clears the float.
<div class="controls"> <input class="span5" type="text" placeholder=".span5"> </div> <div class="controls controls-row"> <input class="span4" type="text" placeholder=".span4"> <input class="span1" type="text" placeholder=".span1"> </div> ...
Uneditable inputs
Present data in a form that's not editable without using actual form markup.
<span class="input-xlarge uneditable-input">Some value here</span>
Form actions
End a form with a group of actions (buttons). When placed within a .form-horizontal, the buttons will automatically indent to line up with the form controls.
<div class="form-actions"> <button type="submit" class="btn btn-primary">Save changes</button> <button type="button" class="btn">Cancel</button> </div>
Help text
Inline and block level support for help text that appears around form controls.
Inline help
<input type="text"><span class="help-inline">Inline help text</span>
Block help
<input type="text"><span class="help-block">A longer block of help text that breaks onto a new line and may extend beyond one line.</span>
Form control states
Provide feedback to users or visitors with basic feedback states on form controls and labels.
Input focus
We remove the default outline styles on some form controls and apply a box-shadow in its place for :focus.
<input class="input-xlarge" id="focusedInput" type="text" value="This is focused...">
Disabled inputs
Add the disabled attribute on an input to prevent user input and trigger a slightly different look.
<div class="control-group warning"> <label class="control-label" for="inputWarning">Input with warning</label> <div class="controls"> <input type="text" id="inputWarning"> <span class="help-inline">Something may have gone wrong</span> </div> </div> <div class="control-group error"> <label class="control-label" for="inputError">Input with error</label> <div class="controls"> <input type="text" id="inputError"> <span class="help-inline">Please correct the error</span> </div> </div> <div class="control-group success"> <label class="control-label" for="inputSuccess">Input with success</label> <div class="controls"> <input type="text" id="inputSuccess"> <span class="help-inline">Woohoo!</span> </div> </div>
Images
Add classes to an <img> element to easily style images in any project.
<img src="..." class="img-rounded"> <img src="..." class="img-circle"> <img src="..." class="img-polaroid">
Heads up! .img-rounded and .img-circle do not work in IE7-8 due to lack of border-radius support.
Icons by Glyphicons
Icon glyphs
140 icons in sprite form, available in dark gray (default) and white, provided by Glyphicons.
Glyphicons attribution
Glyphicons Halflings are normally not available for free, but an arrangement between Bootstrap and the Glyphicons creators have made this possible at no cost to you as developers. As a thank you, we ask you to include an optional link back to Glyphicons whenever practical.
How to use
All icons require an <i> tag with a unique class, prefixed with icon-. To use, place the following code just about anywhere:
<i class="icon-search"></i>
There are also styles available for inverted (white) icons, made ready with one extra class. We will specifically enforce this class on hover and active states for nav and dropdown links.
<i class="icon-search icon-white"></i>
Heads up! When using beside strings of text, as in buttons or nav links, be sure to leave a space after the <i> tag for proper spacing.
Icon examples
Use them in buttons, button groups for a toolbar, navigation, or prepended form inputs.
Buttons
Button group in a button toolbar
<div class="btn-toolbar"> <div class="btn-group"> <a class="btn" href="#"><i class="icon-align-left"></i></a> <a class="btn" href="#"><i class="icon-align-center"></i></a> <a class="btn" href="#"><i class="icon-align-right"></i></a> <a class="btn" href="#"><i class="icon-align-justify"></i></a> </div> </div>
Dropdown in a button group
<div class="btn-group"> <a class="btn btn-primary" href="#"><i class="icon-user icon-white"></i> User</a> <a class="btn btn-primary dropdown-toggle" data-toggle="dropdown" href="#"><span class="caret"></span></a> <ul class="dropdown-menu"> <li><a href="#"><i class="icon-pencil"></i> Edit</a></li> <li><a href="#"><i class="icon-trash"></i> Delete</a></li> <li><a href="#"><i class="icon-ban-circle"></i> Ban</a></li> <li class="divider"></li> <li><a href="#"><i class="i"></i> Make admin</a></li> </ul> </div>
Small button
<a class="btn btn-small" href="#"><i class="icon-star"></i></a>
Navigation
<ul class="nav nav-list"> <li class="active"><a href="#"><i class="icon-home icon-white"></i> Home</a></li> <li><a href="#"><i class="icon-book"></i> Library</a></li> <li><a href="#"><i class="icon-pencil"></i> Applications</a></li> <li><a href="#"><i class="i"></i> Misc</a></li> </ul>
Form fields
<div class="control-group"> <label class="control-label" for="inputIcon">Email address</label> <div class="controls"> <div class="input-prepend"> <span class="add-on"><i class="icon-envelope"></i></span> <input class="span2" id="inputIcon" type="text"> </div> </div> </div>