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Layout overview

Layout overview - Bootstrap Tutorial

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Layout overview

- By far the most useful part of Bootstrap is the grid, so this is the first thing you should master. The Bootstrap grid gives you a framework to create any layout that you can think of. Now, Bootstrap layouts have three main pieces. The first is containers, which can be either responsive fixed width that snap to certain breakpoints, or completely fluid containers which take up 100% of the width of the view port, which is the browser window or the width of your device. Inside containers, you can also place content in rows and columns. Bootstrap uses a 12-column grid system that has breakpoints for extra small, small, medium, large, and extra large devices. If you're coming from a previous version of Bootstrap, note that there is an additional breakpoint for smaller devices. The grid is extremely flexible. You can create multiple layouts for different breakpoints, reset, offset, nest, and even customize the order of the columns at different breakpoints. Bootstrap's grid is very…

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