Example
Toggleable, contextual menu for displaying lists of links. Made interactive with the dropdown JavaScript plugin.
- <ul class="dropdown-menu" role="menu" aria-labelledby="dropdownMenu">
- <li><a tabindex="-1" href="#">Action</a></li>
- <li><a tabindex="-1" href="#">Another action</a></li>
- <li><a tabindex="-1" href="#">Something else here</a></li>
- <li class="divider"></li>
- <li><a tabindex="-1" href="#">Separated link</a></li>
- </ul>
Markup
Looking at just the dropdown menu, here's the required HTML. You need to wrap the dropdown's trigger and the dropdown menu within .dropdown
, or another element that declares position: relative;
. Then just create the menu.
- <div class="dropdown">
- <!-- Link or button to toggle dropdown -->
- <ul class="dropdown-menu" role="menu" aria-labelledby="dLabel">
- <li><a tabindex="-1" href="#">Action</a></li>
- <li><a tabindex="-1" href="#">Another action</a></li>
- <li><a tabindex="-1" href="#">Something else here</a></li>
- <li class="divider"></li>
- <li><a tabindex="-1" href="#">Separated link</a></li>
- </ul>
- </div>
Options
Align menus to the right and add include additional levels of dropdowns.
Aligning the menus
Add .pull-right
to a .dropdown-menu
to right align the dropdown menu.
- <ul class="dropdown-menu pull-right" role="menu" aria-labelledby="dLabel">
- ...
- </ul>
Disabled menu options
Add .disabled
to a <li>
in the dropdown to disable the link.
- <ul class="dropdown-menu" role="menu" aria-labelledby="dropdownMenu">
- <li><a tabindex="-1" href="#">Regular link</a></li>
- <li class="disabled"><a tabindex="-1" href="#">Disabled link</a></li>
- <li><a tabindex="-1" href="#">Another link</a></li>
- </ul>
Sub menus on dropdowns
Add an extra level of dropdown menus, appearing on hover like those of OS X, with some simple markup additions. Add .dropdown-submenu
to any li
in an existing dropdown menu for automatic styling.
- <ul class="dropdown-menu" role="menu" aria-labelledby="dLabel">
- ...
- <li class="dropdown-submenu">
- <a tabindex="-1" href="#">More options</a>
- <ul class="dropdown-menu">
- ...
- </ul>
- </li>
- </ul>
Lightweight defaults Same markup, different classes
All nav components here—tabs, pills, and lists—share the same base markup and styles through the .nav
class.
Basic tabs
Take a regular <ul>
of links and add .nav-tabs
:
- <ul class="nav nav-tabs">
- <li class="active">
- <a href="#">Home</a>
- </li>
- <li><a href="#">...</a></li>
- <li><a href="#">...</a></li>
- </ul>
Basic pills
Take that same HTML, but use .nav-pills
instead:
- <ul class="nav nav-pills">
- <li class="active">
- <a href="#">Home</a>
- </li>
- <li><a href="#">...</a></li>
- <li><a href="#">...</a></li>
- </ul>
Disabled state
For any nav component (tabs, pills, or list), add .disabled
for gray links and no hover effects. Links will remain clickable, however, unless you remove the href
attribute. Alternatively, you could implement custom JavaScript to prevent those clicks.
- <ul class="nav nav-pills">
- ...
- <li class="disabled"><a href="#">Home</a></li>
- ...
- </ul>
Component alignment
To align nav links, use the .pull-left
or .pull-right
utility classes. Both classes will add a CSS float in the specified direction.
Stackable
As tabs and pills are horizontal by default, just add a second class, .nav-stacked
, to make them appear vertically stacked.
Stacked tabs
- <ul class="nav nav-tabs nav-stacked">
- ...
- </ul>
Stacked pills
- <ul class="nav nav-pills nav-stacked">
- ...
- </ul>
Dropdowns
Add dropdown menus with a little extra HTML and the dropdowns JavaScript plugin.
Tabs with dropdowns
- <ul class="nav nav-tabs">
- <li class="dropdown">
- <a class="dropdown-toggle"
- data-toggle="dropdown"
- href="#">
- Dropdown
- <b class="caret"></b>
- </a>
- <ul class="dropdown-menu">
- <!-- links -->
- </ul>
- </li>
- </ul>
Pills with dropdowns
- <ul class="nav nav-pills">
- <li class="dropdown">
- <a class="dropdown-toggle"
- data-toggle="dropdown"
- href="#">
- Dropdown
- <b class="caret"></b>
- </a>
- <ul class="dropdown-menu">
- <!-- links -->
- </ul>
- </li>
- </ul>
Nav lists
A simple and easy way to build groups of nav links with optional headers. They're best used in sidebars like the Finder in OS X.
Example nav list
Take a list of links and add class="nav nav-list"
:
- <ul class="nav nav-list">
- <li class="nav-header">List header</li>
- <li class="active"><a href="#">Home</a></li>
- <li><a href="#">Library</a></li>
- ...
- </ul>
Note For nesting within a nav list, include class="nav nav-list"
on any nested <ul>
.
Horizontal dividers
Add a horizontal divider by creating an empty list item with the class .divider
, like so:
- <ul class="nav nav-list">
- ...
- <li class="divider"></li>
- ...
- </ul>
Tabbable nav
Bring your tabs to life with a simple plugin to toggle between content via tabs. Bootstrap integrates tabbable tabs in four styles: top (default), right, bottom, and left.
Tabbable example
To make tabs tabbable, create a .tab-pane
with unique ID for every tab and wrap them in .tab-content
.
What up girl, this is Section 3.
- <div class="tabbable"> <!-- Only required for left/right tabs -->
- <ul class="nav nav-tabs">
- <li class="active"><a href="#tab1" data-toggle="tab">Section 1</a></li>
- <li><a href="#tab2" data-toggle="tab">Section 2</a></li>
- </ul>
- <div class="tab-content">
- <div class="tab-pane active" id="tab1">
- <p>I'm in Section 1.</p>
- </div>
- <div class="tab-pane" id="tab2">
- <p>Howdy, I'm in Section 2.</p>
- </div>
- </div>
- </div>
Fade in tabs
To make tabs fade in, add .fade
to each .tab-pane
.
Requires jQuery plugin
All tabbable tabs are powered by our lightweight jQuery plugin. Read more about how to bring tabbable tabs to life on the JavaScript docs page.
Tabbable in any direction
Tabs on the bottom
Flip the order of the HTML and add a class to put tabs on the bottom.
What up girl, this is Section C.
- <div class="tabbable tabs-below">
- <div class="tab-content">
- ...
- </div>
- <ul class="nav nav-tabs">
- ...
- </ul>
- </div>
Tabs on the left
Swap the class to put tabs on the left.
What up girl, this is Section C.
- <div class="tabbable tabs-left">
- <ul class="nav nav-tabs">
- ...
- </ul>
- <div class="tab-content">
- ...
- </div>
- </div>
Tabs on the right
Swap the class to put tabs on the right.
What up girl, this is Section C.
- <div class="tabbable tabs-right">
- <ul class="nav nav-tabs">
- ...
- </ul>
- <div class="tab-content">
- ...
- </div>
- </div>
Basic navbar
To start, navbars are static (not fixed to the top) and include support for a project name and basic navigation. Place one anywhere within a .container
, which sets the width of your site and content.
- <div class="navbar">
- <div class="navbar-inner">
- <a class="brand" href="#">Title</a>
- <ul class="nav">
- <li class="active"><a href="#">Home</a></li>
- <li><a href="#">Link</a></li>
- <li><a href="#">Link</a></li>
- </ul>
- </div>
- </div>
Navbar components
Brand
A simple link to show your brand or project name only requires an anchor tag.
- <a class="brand" href="#">Project name</a>
Nav links
Nav items are simple to add via unordered lists.
- <ul class="nav">
- <li class="active">
- <a href="#">Home</a>
- </li>
- <li><a href="#">Link</a></li>
- <li><a href="#">Link</a></li>
- </ul>
You can easily add dividers to your nav links with an empty list item and a simple class. Just add this between links:
- <ul class="nav">
- ...
- <li class="divider-vertical"></li>
- ...
- </ul>
Forms
To properly style and position a form within the navbar, add the appropriate classes as shown below. For a default form, include .navbar-form
and either .pull-left
or .pull-right
to properly align it.
- <form class="navbar-form pull-left">
- <input type="text" class="span2">
- <button type="submit" class="btn">Submit</button>
- </form>
Search form
For a more customized search form, add .navbar-search
to the form
and .search-query
to the input for specialized styles in the navbar.
- <form class="navbar-search pull-left">
- <input type="text" class="search-query" placeholder="Search">
- </form>
Component alignment
Align nav links, search form, or text, use the .pull-left
or .pull-right
utility classes. Both classes will add a CSS float in the specified direction.
Using dropdowns
Add dropdowns and dropups to the nav with a bit of markup and the dropdowns JavaScript plugin.
- <ul class="nav">
- <li class="dropdown">
- <a href="#" class="dropdown-toggle" data-toggle="dropdown">
- Account
- <b class="caret"></b>
- </a>
- <ul class="dropdown-menu">
- ...
- </ul>
- </li>
- </ul>
Visit the JavaScript dropdowns documentation for more markup and information on calling dropdowns.
Text
Wrap strings of text in an element with .navbar-text
, usually on a <p>
tag for proper leading and color.
Optional display variations
Fix the navbar to the top or bottom of the viewport with an additional class on the outermost div, .navbar
.
Fixed to top
Add .navbar-fixed-top
and remember to account for the hidden area underneath it by adding at least 40px padding
to the <body>
. Be sure to add this after the core Bootstrap CSS and before the optional responsive CSS.
- <div class="navbar navbar-fixed-top">
- ...
- </div>
Fixed to bottom
Add .navbar-fixed-bottom
instead.
- <div class="navbar navbar-fixed-bottom">
- ...
- </div>
Static top navbar
Create a full-width navbar that scrolls away with the page by adding .navbar-static-top
. Unlike the .navbar-fixed-top
class, you do not need to change any padding on the body
.
- <div class="navbar navbar-static-top">
- ...
- </div>
Responsive navbar
To implement a collapsing responsive navbar, wrap your navbar content in a containing div, .nav-collapse.collapse
, and add the navbar toggle button, .btn-navbar
.
- <div class="navbar">
- <div class="navbar-inner">
- <div class="container">
-
- <!-- .btn-navbar is used as the toggle for collapsed navbar content -->
- <a class="btn btn-navbar" data-toggle="collapse" data-target=".nav-collapse">
- <span class="icon-bar"></span>
- <span class="icon-bar"></span>
- <span class="icon-bar"></span>
- </a>
-
- <!-- Be sure to leave the brand out there if you want it shown -->
- <a class="brand" href="#">Project name</a>
-
- <!-- Everything you want hidden at 940px or less, place within here -->
- <div class="nav-collapse collapse">
- <!-- .nav, .navbar-search, .navbar-form, etc -->
- </div>
-
- </div>
- </div>
- </div>
Inverted variation
Modify the look of the navbar by adding .navbar-inverse
.
- <div class="navbar navbar-inverse">
- ...
- </div>
Examples
A single example shown as it might be displayed across multiple pages.
- <ul class="breadcrumb">
- <li><a href="#">Home</a> <span class="divider">/</span></li>
- <li><a href="#">Library</a> <span class="divider">/</span></li>
- <li class="active">Data</li>
- </ul>
Labels
Labels | Markup |
Default | <span class="label">Default</span> |
Success | <span class="label label-success">Success</span> |
Warning | <span class="label label-warning">Warning</span> |
Important | <span class="label label-important">Important</span> |
Info | <span class="label label-info">Info</span> |
Inverse | <span class="label label-inverse">Inverse</span> |
Badges
Name | Example | Markup |
Default | 1 | <span class="badge">1</span> |
Success | 2 | <span class="badge badge-success">2</span> |
Warning | 4 | <span class="badge badge-warning">4</span> |
Important | 6 | <span class="badge badge-important">6</span> |
Info | 8 | <span class="badge badge-info">8</span> |
Inverse | 10 | <span class="badge badge-inverse">10</span> |
Easily collapsible
For easy implementation, labels and badges will simply collapse (via CSS's :empty
selector) when no content exists within.
Hero unit
A lightweight, flexible component to showcase key content on your site. It works well on marketing and content-heavy sites.
Hello, world!
This is a simple hero unit, a simple jumbotron-style component for calling extra attention to featured content or information.
Learn more
- <div class="hero-unit">
- <h1>Heading</h1>
- <p>Tagline</p>
- <p>
- <a class="btn btn-primary btn-large">
- Learn more
- </a>
- </p>
- </div>
Page header
A simple shell for an h1
to appropriately space out and segment sections of content on a page. It can utilize the h1
's default small
, element as well most other components (with additional styles).
- <div class="page-header">
- <h1>Example page header <small>Subtext for header</small></h1>
- </div>
Default thumbnails
By default, Bootstrap's thumbnails are designed to showcase linked images with minimal required markup.
Highly customizable
With a bit of extra markup, it's possible to add any kind of HTML content like headings, paragraphs, or buttons into thumbnails.
-
Thumbnail label
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Action Action
-
Thumbnail label
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Action Action
-
Thumbnail label
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Action Action
Why use thumbnails
Thumbnails (previously .media-grid
up until v1.4) are great for grids of photos or videos, image search results, retail products, portfolios, and much more. They can be links or static content.
Simple, flexible markup
Thumbnail markup is simple—a ul
with any number of li
elements is all that is required. It's also super flexible, allowing for any type of content with just a bit more markup to wrap your contents.
Uses grid column sizes
Lastly, the thumbnails component uses existing grid system classes—like .span2
or .span3
—for control of thumbnail dimensions.
Markup
As mentioned previously, the required markup for thumbnails is light and straightforward. Here's a look at the default setup for linked images:
- <ul class="thumbnails">
- <li class="span4">
- <a href="#" class="thumbnail">
- <img data-src="holder.js/300x200" alt="">
- </a>
- </li>
- ...
- </ul>
For custom HTML content in thumbnails, the markup changes slightly. To allow block level content anywhere, we swap the <a>
for a <div>
like so:
- <ul class="thumbnails">
- <li class="span4">
- <div class="thumbnail">
- <img data-src="holder.js/300x200" alt="">
- <h3>Thumbnail label</h3>
- <p>Thumbnail caption...</p>
- </div>
- </li>
- ...
- </ul>
More examples
Explore all your options with the various grid classes available to you. You can also mix and match different sizes.
Default alert
Wrap any text and an optional dismiss button in .alert
for a basic warning alert message.
Warning! Best check yo self, you're not looking too good.
- <div class="alert">
- <button type="button" class="close" data-dismiss="alert">×</button>
- <strong>Warning!</strong> Best check yo self, you're not looking too good.
- </div>
Dismiss buttons
Mobile Safari and Mobile Opera browsers, in addition to the data-dismiss="alert"
attribute, require an href="#"
for the dismissal of alerts when using an <a>
tag.
- <a href="#" class="close" data-dismiss="alert">×</a>
Alternatively, you may use a <button>
element with the data attribute, which we have opted to do for our docs. When using <button>
, you must include type="button"
or your forms may not submit.
- <button type="button" class="close" data-dismiss="alert">×</button>
Dismiss alerts via JavaScript
Use the alerts jQuery plugin for quick and easy dismissal of alerts.
Options
For longer messages, increase the padding on the top and bottom of the alert wrapper by adding .alert-block
.
Warning!
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- <div class="alert alert-block">
- <button type="button" class="close" data-dismiss="alert">×</button>
- <h4>Warning!</h4>
- Best check yo self, you're not...
- </div>
Contextual alternatives
Add optional classes to change an alert's connotation.
Error or danger
Oh snap! Change a few things up and try submitting again.
- <div class="alert alert-error">
- ...
- </div>
Success
Well done! You successfully read this important alert message.
- <div class="alert alert-success">
- ...
- </div>
Information
Heads up! This alert needs your attention, but it's not super important.
- <div class="alert alert-info">
- ...
- </div>
Examples and markup
Basic
Default progress bar with a vertical gradient.
- <div class="progress">
- <div class="bar" style="width: 60%;"></div>
- </div>
Striped
Uses a gradient to create a striped effect. Not available in IE7-8.
- <div class="progress progress-striped">
- <div class="bar" style="width: 20%;"></div>
- </div>
Animated
Add .active
to .progress-striped
to animate the stripes right to left. Not available in all versions of IE.
- <div class="progress progress-striped active">
- <div class="bar" style="width: 40%;"></div>
- </div>
Stacked
Place multiple bars into the same .progress
to stack them.
- <div class="progress">
- <div class="bar bar-success" style="width: 35%;"></div>
- <div class="bar bar-warning" style="width: 20%;"></div>
- <div class="bar bar-danger" style="width: 10%;"></div>
- </div>
Options
Additional colors
Progress bars use some of the same button and alert classes for consistent styles.
- <div class="progress progress-info">
- <div class="bar" style="width: 20%"></div>
- </div>
- <div class="progress progress-success">
- <div class="bar" style="width: 40%"></div>
- </div>
- <div class="progress progress-warning">
- <div class="bar" style="width: 60%"></div>
- </div>
- <div class="progress progress-danger">
- <div class="bar" style="width: 80%"></div>
- </div>
Striped bars
Similar to the solid colors, we have varied striped progress bars.
- <div class="progress progress-info progress-striped">
- <div class="bar" style="width: 20%"></div>
- </div>
- <div class="progress progress-success progress-striped">
- <div class="bar" style="width: 40%"></div>
- </div>
- <div class="progress progress-warning progress-striped">
- <div class="bar" style="width: 60%"></div>
- </div>
- <div class="progress progress-danger progress-striped">
- <div class="bar" style="width: 80%"></div>
- </div>
Browser support
Progress bars use CSS3 gradients, transitions, and animations to achieve all their effects. These features are not supported in IE7-9 or older versions of Firefox.
Versions earlier than Internet Explorer 10 and Opera 12 do not support animations.
Wells
Use the well as a simple effect on an element to give it an inset effect.
- <div class="well">
- ...
- </div>
Optional classes
Control padding and rounded corners with two optional modifier classes.
- <div class="well well-large">
- ...
- </div>
- <div class="well well-small">
- ...
- </div>
Close icon
Use the generic close icon for dismissing content like modals and alerts.
- <button class="close">×</button>
iOS devices require an href="#"
for click events if you would rather use an anchor.
- <a class="close" href="#">×</a>
Helper classes
Simple, focused classes for small display or behavior tweaks.
.pull-left
Float an element left
- class="pull-left"
- .pull-left {
- float: left;
- }
.pull-right
Float an element right
- class="pull-right"
- .pull-right {
- float: right;
- }
.muted
Change an element's color to #999
- class="muted"
- .muted {
- color: #999;
- }
.clearfix
Clear the float
on any element
- class="clearfix"
- .clearfix {
- *zoom: 1;
- &:before,
- &:after {
- display: table;
- content: "";
- }
- &:after {
- clear: both;
- }
- }