Introduction Bootstrap v4.6
Introduction Bootstrap v4.6
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Introduction
Get started with Bootstrap, the world’s most popular framework for building responsive, mobile-first sites, with jsDelivr and
a template starter page.
Quick start
Looking to quickly add Bootstrap to your project? Use jsDelivr, a free open source CDN. Using a package manager or need to download the source files? Head to the
downloads page.
CSS
Copy-paste the stylesheet <link> into your <head> before all other stylesheets to load our CSS.
JS
Many of our components require the use of JavaScript to function. Specifically, they require jQuery, Popper, and our own JavaScript plugins. We use jQuery’s slim build, but
the full version is also supported.
Place one of the following <script>s near the end of your pages, right before the closing </body> tag, to enable them. jQuery must come first, then Popper, and then our
JavaScript plugins.
Bundle
Include every Bootstrap JavaScript plugin with one of our two bundles. Both bootstrap.bundle.js and bootstrap.bundle.min.js include Popper for our tooltips and
popovers, but not jQuery. Include jQuery first, then a Bootstrap JavaScript bundle. For more information about what’s included in Bootstrap, please see our contents
section.
Separate
If you decide to go with the separate scripts solution, Popper must come first (if you’re using tooltips or popovers), and then our JavaScript plugins.
Components
Curious which components explicitly require jQuery, our JavaScript, and Popper? Click the show components link below. If you’re unsure about the page structure, keep
reading for an example page template.
Starter template
Be sure to have your pages set up with the latest design and development standards. That means using an HTML5 doctype and including a viewport meta tag for proper
responsive behaviors. Put it all together and your pages should look like this:
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<!-- Required meta tags -->
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1, shrink-to-fit=no">
<title>Hello, world!</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Hello, world!</h1>
That’s all you need for overall page requirements. Visit the Layout docs or our official examples to start laying out your site’s content and components.
Important globals
Bootstrap employs a handful of important global styles and settings that you’ll need to be aware of when using it, all of which are almost exclusively geared towards the
normalization of cross browser styles. Let’s dive in.
HTML5 doctype
Bootstrap requires the use of the HTML5 doctype. Without it, you’ll see some funky incomplete styling, but including it shouldn’t cause any considerable hiccups.
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
...
</html>
Box-sizing
For more straightforward sizing in CSS, we switch the global box-sizing value from content-box to border-box. This ensures padding does not affect the final
computed width of an element, but it can cause problems with some third party software like Google Maps and Google Custom Search Engine.
On the rare occasion you need to override it, use something like the following:
.selector-for-some-widget {
box-sizing: content-box;
}
With the above snippet, nested elements—including generated content via ::before and ::after—will all inherit the specified box-sizing for that .selector-for-some-
widget.
Reboot
For improved cross-browser rendering, we use Reboot to correct inconsistencies across browsers and devices while providing slightly more opinionated resets to
common HTML elements.
Community
Stay up to date on the development of Bootstrap and reach out to the community with these helpful resources.
You can also follow @getbootstrap on Twitter for the latest gossip and awesome music videos.
Based on community conversation, some options for addressing this in your own codebase include replacing the URLs with locally hosted assets, removing the images
and using inline images (not possible in all components), and modifying your CSP. Our recommendation is to carefully review your own security policies and decide on a
best path forward, if necessary.