Containers are the most basic layout element in Bootstrap and are required when using our default grid system. Containers are used to contain, pad, and (sometimes) center the content within them. While containers can be nested, most layouts do not require a nested container.
Detailed documentation and more examples you can find in our Bootstrap Containers Docs
Basic example
Simple use .container class to create a bootstrap container.
Bootstrap comes with three different containers:
.container, which sets a max-width at each responsive breakpoint
.container-fluid, which is width: 100% at all breakpoints.container-{breakpoint}, which is width: 100% until the specified
breakpoint
The table below illustrates how each container’s max-width compares to the
original .container and .container-fluid across each breakpoint.
See them in action and compare them in our Grid example.
|
Extra small <576px |
Small ≥576px |
Medium ≥768px |
Large ≥992px |
X-Large ≥1200px |
XX-Large ≥1400px |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
.container |
100% | 540px | 720px | 960px | 1140px | 1320px |
.container-sm |
100% | 540px | 720px | 960px | 1140px | 1320px |
.container-md |
100% | 100% | 720px | 960px | 1140px | 1320px |
.container-lg |
100% | 100% | 100% | 960px | 1140px | 1320px |
.container-xl |
100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 1140px | 1320px |
.container-xxl |
100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 1320px |
.container-fluid |
100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |