Introduction To BOOTSTRAP
Introduction To BOOTSTRAP
Introduction To BOOTSTRAP
By,
K. Ranjith Kumar
SYNOPSIS
Bootstrap Overview – Introduction
File Structure
Grid System
CSS Overview
Typography
Tables
Forms
Buttons
Images
Helper Class
What is Twitter Bootstrap?
Download Bootstrap
You can download the latest version of Bootstrap from
http://getbootstrap.com/.
File structure
PRECOMPILED BOOTSTRAP
Once the compiled version Bootstrap is downloaded, extract the ZIP
file, and you will see the following file/directory structure:
As you can see there are compiled CSS and JS (bootstrap.*), as well
as compiled and minified CSS and JS (bootstrap.min.*). Fonts from
Glyphicons are included, as is the optional Bootstrap theme.
Basic HTML Template using Bootstrap:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Bootstrap 101 Template</title>
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
<!-- Bootstrap -->
<link href="css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet">
<!-- HTML5 Shim and Respond.js IE8 support of HTML5 elements and media
queries -->
<!-- WARNING: Respond.js doesn't work if you view the page
TUTORIALS POINT
Simply Easy Learningvia file:// -->
<!--[if lt IE 9]>
<script src="https://oss.maxcdn.com/libs/html5shiv/3.7.0/
html5shiv.js"></script>
<script src="https://oss.maxcdn.com/libs/respond.js/1.3.0/
respond.min.js"></script>
<![endif]-->
</head>
Basic HTML Template using Bootstrap:
<body>
<h1>Hello, world!</h1>
<!-- jQuery (necessary for Bootstrap's JavaScript plugins) -->
<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery.js"></script>
<!-- Include all compiled plugins (below), or include individual files
as needed -->
<script src="js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
What is Bootstrap Grid System?
As put by the official documentation of Bootstrap for grid
system:
Bootstrap includes a responsive, mobile first fluid grid
system that appropriately scales up to 12 columns as the
device or view port size increases. It includes predefined
classes for easy layout options, as well as powerful mixins for
generating more semantic layouts.
Let us understand the above statement. Bootstrap 3 is
mobile first in the sense that the code for Bootstrap now
starts by targeting smaller screens like mobile devices,
tablets, and then “expands” components and grids for larger
screens such as laptops, desktops.
Working of Bootstrap Grid System
Grid systems are used for creating page layouts through a series of
rows and columns that house your content.
Here's how the Bootstrap grid system works:
Rows must be placed within a .container class for proper alignment and
padding.
Use rows to create horizontal groups of columns.
Content should be placed within columns, and only columns may be immediate
children of rows.
Predefined grid classes like .row and .col-xs-4 are available for quickly making
grid layouts. LESS mixins can also be used for more semantic layouts.
Columns create gutters (gaps between column content) via padding. That
padding is offset in rows for the first and last column via negative margin on
.rows.
Grid columns are created by specifying the number of twelve available columns
you wish to span. For example, three equal columns would use three .col-xs-4.
Media Queries :
Media query is a really fancy term for "conditional CSS rule". It simply
applies some CSS based on certain conditions set forth. If those conditions
are met, the style is applied.
Media Queries in Bootstrap allow you to move, show and hide content based on
viewport size. Following media queries are used in LESS files to create the key
breakpoints in the Bootstrap grid system.
Media Queries :
Example: Stacked-to-horizontal
Example: Medium and Large Device
Example: Mobile, tablet, desktops
Bootstrap Grid System Example: Stacked-to-
horizontal
Let us see a simple grid example with simple layout: two columns
<div class="container">
<div class="row">
<div class="col-md-6">
<p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit...</p>
<p>Sed ut perspiciatis...</p>
</div>
<div class="col-md-6">
<p>Sed ut perspiciatis unde ...</p>
<p> Neque porro quisquam est...</p>
</div>
</div>
OUTPUT:
Details:
<div class="container">...</div> element is added to ensure proper
centering and maximum width for layout.
Once container is added, next you need think in terms of rows. Add
<div class="row">...</div>and columns <div class="col-md-6"></div>
inside rows.
Every row in the grid is made up of 12 units and you can define the
desired size of your columns using those units. In our example we
have two columns each made of 6 units wide i.e 6+6=12.
You can try some more options like <div class="col-md-3"></div> and <div
class="col-md-9"></div>or <div class="col-md-7"></div> and <div
class="col-md-5"></div>
Bootstrap Grid System Example: Medium and
Large Device
Here we had used 2 divs and gave them the 50%/50% split at the
medium viewport width:
<div class="container">
<div class="row">
<div class="col-md-6 col-lg-4">
<p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit ...</p>
<p>Sed ut perspiciatis unde ...</p>
</div>
<div class="col-md-6 col-lg-8">
<p>Sed ut perspiciatis un ...</p>
<p> Neque porro quisquam est ...</p>
</div>
</div>
OUTPUT:
OUTPUT:
CSS Overview
HTML5 doctype:
Bootstrap makes use of certain HTML elements and
CSS properties that require the use of the HTML5 doctype.
Hence include the below piece of code for HTML5 doctype at
the beginning of all your projects using Bootstrap.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
....
</html>
Responsive images
Bootstrap 3 allows to make the images responsive by
adding a class .img-responsive to the <img>tag. This class
applies max-width: 100%; and height: auto; to the image so
that it scales nicely to the parent element.
<img src="..." class="img-responsive" alt="Responsive image">
Containers:
Use class .container to wrap a page's content and easily center the
content's as shown below.
<div class="container"> ... </div>
Take a look at the .container class in bootstrap.css file:
.container {
padding-right: 15px;
padding-left: 15px;
margin-right: auto;
margin-left: auto;
}
Note that, due to padding and fixed widths, containers are not nestable by default.
Take a look at bootstrap.css file:
@media (min-width: 768px) {
.container {
width: 750px;
}
Typography
Bootstrap uses Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, and sans-serif
in its default font stack. Using typography feature of Bootstrap
you can create headings, paragraphs, lists and other inline
elements.
Headings:
All HTML headings (h1 to h6) are styled in Bootstrap. An
example is as shown below:
<h1>I'm Heading1 h1</h1>
<h2>I'm Heading2 h2</h2>
<h3>I'm Heading3 h3</h3>
<h4>I'm Heading4 h4</h4>
<h5>I'm Heading5 h5</h5>
<h6>I'm Heading6 h6</h6>
Typography
INLINE SUBHEADINGS:
To add an inline subheading to any of the headings, simply add
<small> around any of the elements or add .small class and you will get
smaller text in a lighter color as shown in the example below:
<table class="table">
<caption>Basic Table Layout</caption>
.
.
.
</table>
Tables
STRIPED TABLE :
By adding the .table-striped class, you will get stripes on
rows within the <tbody> as seen in the following example:
<div class="table-responsive">
<table class="table">
<caption>Responsive Table Layout</caption>
.
.
.
</table>
</div>
Forms
Here we will discuss, how to create forms with ease
using Bootstrap.
Form Layout:
Bootstrap provides you with following types of form
layouts:
Vertical (default) form
Inline form
Horizontal form
Forms
VERTICAL OR BASIC FORM:
Add a role form to the parent <form> element.
Wrap labels and controls in a <div> with class .form-group. This is
needed for optimum spacing.
Add a class of .form-control to all textual <input>, <textarea>, and
<select> elements.
<form role="form">
<div class="form-group">
<label for="name">Name</label>
<input type="text" class="form-control" id="name"
placeholder="Enter Name">
</div>
</form>
Forms
VERTICAL OR BASIC FORM:
Add a role form to the parent <form> element.
Wrap labels and controls in a <div> with class .form-group.
This is needed for optimum spacing.
Add a class of .form-control to all textual <input>,
<textarea>, and <select> elements.
<form role="form">
<div class="form-group">
<label for="name">Name</label>
<input type="text" class="form-control" id="name"
placeholder="Enter Name">
</div>
</form>
Forms
INLINE FORM :
To create a form where all of the elements are
inline, left aligned and labels are alongside, add the
class .forminline to the <form> tag.
<form class="form-inline" role="form">
<div class="form-group">
<label class="sr-only" for="name">Name</label>
<input type="text" class="form-control" id="name"
placeholder="Enter Name">
</div>
</form>
Forms
HORIZONTAL FORM:
Add a class of .form-horizontal to the parent <form> element.
Wrap labels and controls in a <div> with class .form-group.
Add a class of .control-label to the labels.
OUTPUT:
Images
Bootstrap provides three classes that can be used to
apply some simple styles to images:
OUTPUT:
Helper Classes
Close icon :
Use the generic close icon for dismissing content like modals and
alerts. Use the class close to get the close icon.
Carets:
Use carets to indicate dropdown functionality and direction. To get
this functionality use the class caretwith a <span> element.
QUESTIONS…
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