Containers

Bootstrap 5 Containers component

Responsive containers built with Bootstrap 5. Create flexible, user-friendly layouts with intuitive, responsive container elements for any web design.

How it works

Containers are the most basic layout element in Bootstrap and are required when using default grid system. Containers are used to contain, pad, and (sometimes) center the content within them. Although containers can be nested, most layouts do not require a nested container.

There are three different containers available in Bootstrap:

  • .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%

Default container

Our default .container class is a responsive, fixed-width container, meaning its max-width changes at each breakpoint.

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          <div class="container">
            <!-- Content here -->
          </div>

Responsive containers

Responsive containers allow you to specify a class that is 100% wide until the specified breakpoint is reached, after which we apply max-widths for each of the higher breakpoints. For example, .container-sm is 100% wide to start until the sm breakpoint is reached, where it will scale up with md, lg, xl, and xxl.

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          <div class="container-sm">100% wide until small breakpoint</div>
          <div class="container-md">100% wide until medium breakpoint</div>
          <div class="container-lg">100% wide until large breakpoint</div>
          <div class="container-xl">100% wide until extra large breakpoint</div>
          <div class="container-xxl">100% wide until extra extra large breakpoint</div>

Fluid containers

Use .container-fluid to get a full width container that covers the entire width of the viewport.

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          <div class="container-fluid">
            ...
          </div>