What's the best way to add vertical whitespace using Twitter's Bootstrap?
For example, let's say that I am creating a landing page and would like a bit (100px) of blank whitespace above and below a certain button. Obviously, I could create a certain class for that particular button. But, I would think that Bootstrap should have a DRY way of adding in vertical blank spaces.
In Bootstrap 4/5 there are spacing utilites (BS4, BS5).
Excerpt from the documentation:
Spacing utilities that apply to all breakpoints, from
xstoxl, have no breakpoint abbreviation in them. This is because those classes are applied frommin-width: 0and 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}forxsand{property}{sides}-{breakpoint}-{size}forsm,md,lg, andxl.Where property is one of:
m- for classes that setmarginp- for classes that setpaddingWhere sides is one of (please note differences in BS4 and BS5):
t- for classes that setmargin-toporpadding-topb- for classes that setmargin-bottomorpadding-bottoml- for classes that setmargin-leftorpadding-left(Bootstrap 4)s- for classes that setmargin-leftorpadding-left(Bootstrap 5)r- for classes that setmargin-rightorpadding-right(Bootstrap 4)e- for classes that setmargin-rightorpadding-right(Bootstrap 5)x- for classes that set both*-leftand*-righty- for classes that set both*-topand*-bottom- blank - for classes that set a
marginorpaddingon all 4 sides of the elementWhere size is one of:
0- for classes that eliminate the margin or padding by setting it to01- (by default) for classes that set themarginorpaddingto$spacer * .252- (by default) for classes that set themarginorpaddingto$spacer * .53- (by default) for classes that set themarginorpaddingto$spacer4- (by default) for classes that set themarginorpaddingto$spacer * 1.55- (by default) for classes that set themarginorpaddingto$spacer * 3
So to have some extra vertical space above and below an element you would use my-5 class.
In v2, there isn't anything built-in for that much vertical space, so you'll want to stick with a custom class. For smaller heights, I usually just throw a <div class="control-group"> around a button.
@extend in your SCSS (or something comparable in LESS) to avoid littering your HTML with Bootstrap-specific classes. –
Paris @extend it in SCSS or apply a new class. –
Paris .btn-toolbar, so you should just add a new class with your own margins. –
Paris Wrapping works but when you just want a space, I like:
<div class="col-xs-12" style="height:50px;"></div>
In Bootstrap 4/5 there are spacing utilites (BS4, BS5).
Excerpt from the documentation:
Spacing utilities that apply to all breakpoints, from
xstoxl, have no breakpoint abbreviation in them. This is because those classes are applied frommin-width: 0and up, and thus are not bound by a media query. The remaining breakpoints, however, do include a breakpoint abbreviation.The classes are named using the format
{property}{sides}-{size}forxsand{property}{sides}-{breakpoint}-{size}forsm,md,lg, andxl.Where property is one of:
m- for classes that setmarginp- for classes that setpaddingWhere sides is one of (please note differences in BS4 and BS5):
t- for classes that setmargin-toporpadding-topb- for classes that setmargin-bottomorpadding-bottoml- for classes that setmargin-leftorpadding-left(Bootstrap 4)s- for classes that setmargin-leftorpadding-left(Bootstrap 5)r- for classes that setmargin-rightorpadding-right(Bootstrap 4)e- for classes that setmargin-rightorpadding-right(Bootstrap 5)x- for classes that set both*-leftand*-righty- for classes that set both*-topand*-bottom- blank - for classes that set a
marginorpaddingon all 4 sides of the elementWhere size is one of:
0- for classes that eliminate the margin or padding by setting it to01- (by default) for classes that set themarginorpaddingto$spacer * .252- (by default) for classes that set themarginorpaddingto$spacer * .53- (by default) for classes that set themarginorpaddingto$spacer4- (by default) for classes that set themarginorpaddingto$spacer * 1.55- (by default) for classes that set themarginorpaddingto$spacer * 3
So to have some extra vertical space above and below an element you would use my-5 class.
Sorry to dig an old grave here, but why not just do this?
<div class="form-group">
</div>
It will add a space the height of a normal form element.
It seems about 1 line on a form is roughly 50px (47px on my element I just inspected). This is a horizontal form, with label on left 2col and input on right 10col. So your pixels may vary.
Since mine is basically 50px, I would create a spacer of 50px tall with no margins or padding;
.spacer { margin:0; padding:0; height:50px; }
<div class="spacer"></div>
form-group class around what ever element needed spacing. But what you're suggesting is to put this div element above and below to create space. –
Understandable I know this is old, but I came here searching for the same thing, I found that Bootstrap has the help-block, very handy for these situations:
<div class="help-block"></div>
For version 3 there doesn't appear to be "bootstrap" way to achieve this neatly.
A panel, a well and a form-group all provide some vertical spacing.
A more formal specific vertical spacing solution is, apparently, on the roadmap for bootstrap v4
https://github.com/twbs/bootstrap/issues/4286#issuecomment-36331550 https://github.com/twbs/bootstrap/issues/13532
I merely created a div class using various heights i.e.
<div class="divider-10"></div>
The CSS is:
.divider-10 {
width:100%;
min-height:1px;
margin-top:10px;
margin-bottom:10px;
display:inline-block;
position:relative;
}
Just create a divider class for what ever heights are needed.
My trick. Not elegant, but it works:
<p> </p>
I know this is old and there are several good solutions already posted, but a simple solution that worked for me is the following CSS
<style>
.divider{
margin: 0cm 0cm .5cm 0cm;
}
</style>
and then create a div in your html
<div class="divider"></div>
Just use <br/>. I found myself here looking for the answer to this question and then felt sort of silly for not thinking about using a simple line break as suggested by user JayKilleen in a comment.
I tried using <div class="control-group"> and it did not change my layout. It did not add vertical space. The solution that worked for me was:
<ol style="visibility:hidden;"></ol>
If that doesn't give you enough vertical space, you can incrementally get more by adding nested <li> </li> tags.
<form>
<fieldset class="form-group"><input type="text" class="form-control" placeholder="Input"/></fieldset>
<fieldset class="form-group"><button class="btn btn-primary"/>Button</fieldset>
</form>
http://v4-alpha.getbootstrap.com/components/forms/#form-controls
There is nothing more DRY than
.btn {
margin-bottom:5px;
}
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