Containers

Containers are a fundamental building block of Bootstrap Vue that contain, pad, and align your content within a given device or viewport.

How they work

Containers are the most basic layout element in Bootstrap Vue 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.

Bootstrap Vue comes with three different containers:

  • <CContainer>, which sets a max-width at each responsive breakpoint
  • <CContainer fluid>, which is width: 100% at all breakpoints
  • <CContainer {sm|md|lg|xl|xxl}>, which is width: 100% until the specified breakpoint

The table below illustrates how each container's max-width compares to the original <CContainer> and <CContainer fluid> across each breakpoint.

Extra small
<576px
Small
≥576px
Medium
≥768px
Large
≥992px
X-Large
≥1200px
XX-Large
≥1400px
<CContainer>100%540px720px960px1140px1320px
<CContainer sm>100%540px720px960px1140px1320px
<CContainer md>100%100%720px960px1140px1320px
<CContainer lg>100%100%100%960px1140px1320px
<CContainer xl>100%100%100%100%1140px1320px
<CContainer xxl>100%100%100%100%100%1320px
<CContainer fluid>100%100%100%100%100%100%

Default container

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

Content here
<CContainer>
  Content here
</CContainer>
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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, <CContainer sm> is 100% wide to start until the sm breakpoint is reached, where it will scale up with md, lg, xl, and xxl.

100% wide until small breakpoint
100% wide until medium breakpoint
100% wide until large breakpoint
100% wide until extra large breakpoint
100% wide until extra extra large breakpoint
<CContainer sm>100% wide until small breakpoint</CContainer>
<CContainer md>100% wide until medium breakpoint</CContainer>
<CContainer lg>100% wide until large breakpoint</CContainer>
<CContainer xl>100% wide until extra large breakpoint</CContainer>
<CContainer xxl>100% wide until extra extra large breakpoint</CContainer>
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Fluid containers

Use <CContainer fluid> for a full width container, spanning the entire width of the viewport.

Content here
<CContainer fluid>
  Content here
</CContainer>
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API

CContainer

import { CContainer } from '@coreui/bootstrap-vue'
// or
import CContainer from '@coreui/bootstrap-vue/src/components/grid/CContainer'
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Props

Prop nameDescriptionTypeValuesDefault
smSet container 100% wide until small breakpoint.boolean-
mdSet container 100% wide until medium breakpoint.boolean-
lgSet container 100% wide until large breakpoint.boolean-
xlSet container 100% wide until X-large breakpoint.boolean-
xxlSet container 100% wide until XX-large breakpoint.boolean-
fluidSet container 100% wide, spanning the entire width of the viewport.boolean-