Spacing

Margin and paddingLink to this section: Margin and padding

Assign responsive-friendly margin or padding values to an element or a subset of its sides with shorthand classes. Includes support for individual properties, all properties, and vertical and horizontal properties. Classes are built from a default Sass map ranging from .25rem to 3rem.

NotationLink to this section: Notation

Spacing utilities that apply to all breakpoints, from xs to xxl, have no breakpoint abbreviation in them. This is because those classes are applied from min-width: 0 and up, and thus are not bound by a media query. The remaining breakpoints, however, do include a breakpoint abbreviation.

The classes are named using the format {property}{sides}-{size} for xs and {property}{sides}-{breakpoint}-{size} for sm, md, lg, xl, and xxl.

Where property is one of:

• m - for classes that set margin
• p - for classes that set padding

Where sides is one of:

• t - for classes that set margin-top or padding-top
• b - for classes that set margin-bottom or padding-bottom
• s - (start) for classes that set margin-left or padding-left in LTR, margin-right or padding-right in RTL
• e - (end) for classes that set margin-right or padding-right in LTR, margin-left or padding-left in RTL
• x - for classes that set both *-left and *-right
• y - for classes that set both *-top and *-bottom
• blank - for classes that set a margin or padding on all 4 sides of the element

Where size is one of:

• 0 - for classes that eliminate the margin or padding by setting it to 0
• 1 - (by default) for classes that set the margin or padding to $spacer * .25
• 2 - (by default) for classes that set the margin or padding to $spacer * .5
• 3 - (by default) for classes that set the margin or padding to $spacer
• 4 - (by default) for classes that set the margin or padding to $spacer * 1.5
• 5 - (by default) for classes that set the margin or padding to $spacer * 3
• auto - for classes that set the margin to auto

(You can add more sizes by adding entries to the $spacers Sass map variable.)

ExamplesLink to this section: Examples

Here are some representative examples of these classes:

.mt-0 {
  margin-top: 0 !important;
}

.ms-1 {
  margin-left: ($spacer * .25) !important;
}

.px-2 {
  padding-left: ($spacer * .5) !important;
  padding-right: ($spacer * .5) !important;
}

.p-3 {
  padding: $spacer !important;
}

Horizontal centeringLink to this section: Horizontal centering

Additionally, Boosted also includes an .mx-auto class for horizontally centering fixed-width block level content—that is, content that has display: block and a width set—by setting the horizontal margins to auto.

<div class="mx-auto p-2" style="width: 200px;">
  Centered element
</div>

Negative marginLink to this section: Negative margin

In CSS, margin properties can utilize negative values (padding cannot). These negative margins are disabled by default, but can be enabled in Sass by setting $enable-negative-margins: true.

The syntax is nearly the same as the default, positive margin utilities, but with the addition of n before the requested size. Here's an example class that's the opposite of .mt-1:

.mt-n1 {
  margin-top: -0.25rem !important;
}

GapLink to this section: Gap

When using display: grid or display: flex, you can make use of gap utilities on the parent element. This can save on having to add margin utilities to individual children of a grid or flex container. Gap utilities are responsive by default, and are generated via our utilities API, based on the $spacers Sass map.

<div style="grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr;" class="d-grid gap-3">
  <div class="p-2">Grid item 1</div>
  <div class="p-2">Grid item 2</div>
  <div class="p-2">Grid item 3</div>
  <div class="p-2">Grid item 4</div>
</div>

Support includes responsive options for all of Boosted's grid breakpoints, as well as six sizes from the $spacers map (0–5). There is no .gap-auto utility class as it's effectively the same as .gap-0.

row-gapLink to this section: row-gap

row-gap sets the vertical space between children items in the specified container.

<div style="grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr;" class="d-grid gap-0 row-gap-3">
  <div class="p-2">Grid item 1</div>
  <div class="p-2">Grid item 2</div>
  <div class="p-2">Grid item 3</div>
  <div class="p-2">Grid item 4</div>
</div>

column-gapLink to this section: column-gap

column-gap sets the horizontal space between children items in the specified container.

<div style="grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr;" class="d-grid gap-0 column-gap-3">
  <div class="p-2">Grid item 1</div>
  <div class="p-2">Grid item 2</div>
  <div class="p-2">Grid item 3</div>
  <div class="p-2">Grid item 4</div>
</div>

CSSLink to this section: CSS

Sass mapsLink to this section: Sass maps

Spacing utilities are declared via Sass map and then generated with our utilities API.

$spacer: 1.25rem; // Boosted mod
$spacers: (
  0: 0,
  1: $spacer * .25,
  2: $spacer * .5,
  3: $spacer,
  4: $spacer * 1.5,
  5: $spacer * 3,
);

Sass utilities APILink to this section: Sass utilities API

Spacing utilities are declared in our utilities API in scss/_utilities.scss. Learn how to use the utilities API.

"margin": (
  responsive: true,
  property: margin,
  class: m,
  values: map-merge($spacers, (auto: auto))
),
"margin-x": (
  responsive: true,
  property: margin-right margin-left,
  class: mx,
  values: map-merge($spacers, (auto: auto))
),
"margin-y": (
  responsive: true,
  property: margin-top margin-bottom,
  class: my,
  values: map-merge($spacers, (auto: auto))
),
"margin-top": (
  responsive: true,
  property: margin-top,
  class: mt,
  values: map-merge($spacers, (auto: auto))
),
"margin-end": (
  responsive: true,
  property: margin-right,
  class: me,
  values: map-merge($spacers, (auto: auto))
),
"margin-bottom": (
  responsive: true,
  property: margin-bottom,
  class: mb,
  values: map-merge($spacers, (auto: auto))
),
"margin-start": (
  responsive: true,
  property: margin-left,
  class: ms,
  values: map-merge($spacers, (auto: auto))
),
// Negative margin utilities
"negative-margin": (
  responsive: true,
  property: margin,
  class: m,
  values: $negative-spacers
),
"negative-margin-x": (
  responsive: true,
  property: margin-right margin-left,
  class: mx,
  values: $negative-spacers
),
"negative-margin-y": (
  responsive: true,
  property: margin-top margin-bottom,
  class: my,
  values: $negative-spacers
),
"negative-margin-top": (
  responsive: true,
  property: margin-top,
  class: mt,
  values: $negative-spacers
),
"negative-margin-end": (
  responsive: true,
  property: margin-right,
  class: me,
  values: $negative-spacers
),
"negative-margin-bottom": (
  responsive: true,
  property: margin-bottom,
  class: mb,
  values: $negative-spacers
),
"negative-margin-start": (
  responsive: true,
  property: margin-left,
  class: ms,
  values: $negative-spacers
),
// Padding utilities
"padding": (
  responsive: true,
  property: padding,
  class: p,
  values: $spacers
),
"padding-x": (
  responsive: true,
  property: padding-right padding-left,
  class: px,
  values: $spacers
),
"padding-y": (
  responsive: true,
  property: padding-top padding-bottom,
  class: py,
  values: $spacers
),
"padding-top": (
  responsive: true,
  property: padding-top,
  class: pt,
  values: $spacers
),
"padding-end": (
  responsive: true,
  property: padding-right,
  class: pe,
  values: $spacers
),
"padding-bottom": (
  responsive: true,
  property: padding-bottom,
  class: pb,
  values: $spacers
),
"padding-start": (
  responsive: true,
  property: padding-left,
  class: ps,
  values: $spacers
),
// Gap utility
"gap": (
  responsive: true,
  property: gap,
  class: gap,
  values: $spacers
),
"row-gap": (
  responsive: true,
  property: row-gap,
  class: row-gap,
  values: $spacers
),
"column-gap": (
  responsive: true,
  property: column-gap,
  class: column-gap,
  values: $spacers
),