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Position
Use these shorthand utilities for quickly configuring the position of an element.
Position values
Quick positioning classes are available, though they are not responsive.
<div class="position-static">...</div>
<div class="position-relative">...</div>
<div class="position-absolute">...</div>
<div class="position-fixed">...</div>
<div class="position-sticky">...</div>
Arrange elements
Arrange elements easily with the edge positioning utilities. The format is {property}-{position}
.
Where property is one of:
top
- for the verticaltop
positionstart
- for the horizontalleft
position (in LTR)bottom
- for the verticalbottom
positionend
- for the horizontalright
position (in LTR)
Where position is one of:
0
- for0
edge position50
- for50%
edge position100
- for100%
edge position
(You can add more position values by adding entries to the $position-values
Sass map variable.)
<div class="position-relative">
<div class="position-absolute top-0 start-0"></div>
<div class="position-absolute top-0 end-0"></div>
<div class="position-absolute top-50 start-50"></div>
<div class="position-absolute bottom-50 end-50"></div>
<div class="position-absolute bottom-0 start-0"></div>
<div class="position-absolute bottom-0 end-0"></div>
</div>
Center elements
In addition, you can also center the elements with the transform utility class .translate-middle
.
This class applies the transformations translateX(-50%)
and translateY(-50%)
to the element which, in combination with the edge positioning utilities, allows you to absolute center an element.
<div class="position-relative">
<div class="position-absolute top-0 start-0 translate-middle"></div>
<div class="position-absolute top-0 start-50 translate-middle"></div>
<div class="position-absolute top-0 start-100 translate-middle"></div>
<div class="position-absolute top-50 start-0 translate-middle"></div>
<div class="position-absolute top-50 start-50 translate-middle"></div>
<div class="position-absolute top-50 start-100 translate-middle"></div>
<div class="position-absolute top-100 start-0 translate-middle"></div>
<div class="position-absolute top-100 start-50 translate-middle"></div>
<div class="position-absolute top-100 start-100 translate-middle"></div>
</div>
By adding .translate-middle-x
or .translate-middle-y
classes, elements can be positioned only in horizontal or vertical direction.
<div class="position-relative">
<div class="position-absolute top-0 start-0"></div>
<div class="position-absolute top-0 start-50 translate-middle-x"></div>
<div class="position-absolute top-0 end-0"></div>
<div class="position-absolute top-50 start-0 translate-middle-y"></div>
<div class="position-absolute top-50 start-50 translate-middle"></div>
<div class="position-absolute top-50 end-0 translate-middle-y"></div>
<div class="position-absolute bottom-0 start-0"></div>
<div class="position-absolute bottom-0 start-50 translate-middle-x"></div>
<div class="position-absolute bottom-0 end-0"></div>
</div>
Examples
Here are some real life examples of these classes:
<button type="button" class="btn btn-primary position-relative">
Mails <span class="position-absolute top-0 start-100 translate-middle badge rounded-pill bg-secondary">+99 <span class="visually-hidden">unread messages</span></span>
</button>
<button type="button" class="btn btn-dark position-relative">
Marker <svg width="1em" height="1em" viewBox="0 0 16 16" class="position-absolute top-100 start-50 translate-middle mt-1" fill="#212529" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><path d="M7.247 11.14L2.451 5.658C1.885 5.013 2.345 4 3.204 4h9.592a1 1 0 0 1 .753 1.659l-4.796 5.48a1 1 0 0 1-1.506 0z"/></svg>
</button>
<button type="button" class="btn btn-primary position-relative">
Alerts <span class="position-absolute top-0 start-100 translate-middle badge border border-light rounded-circle bg-danger p-2"><span class="visually-hidden">unread messages</span></span>
</button>
You can use these classes with existing components to create new ones. Remember that you can extend its functionality by adding entries to the $position-values
variable.
<div class="position-relative m-4">
<div class="progress" style="height: 1px;">
<div class="progress-bar" role="progressbar" style="width: 50%;" aria-valuenow="50" aria-valuemin="0" aria-valuemax="100"></div>
</div>
<button type="button" class="position-absolute top-0 start-0 translate-middle btn btn-sm btn-primary rounded-pill" style="width: 2rem; height:2rem;">1</button>
<button type="button" class="position-absolute top-0 start-50 translate-middle btn btn-sm btn-primary rounded-pill" style="width: 2rem; height:2rem;">2</button>
<button type="button" class="position-absolute top-0 start-100 translate-middle btn btn-sm btn-secondary rounded-pill" style="width: 2rem; height:2rem;">3</button>
</div>
Sass
Maps
Default position utility values are declared in a Sass map, then used to generate our utilities.
$position-values: (
0: 0,
50: 50%,
100: 100%
);
Utilities API
Position utilities are declared in our utilities API in scss/_utilities.scss
. Learn how to use the utilities API.
"position": (
property: position,
values: static relative absolute fixed sticky
),
"top": (
property: top,
values: $position-values
),
"bottom": (
property: bottom,
values: $position-values
),
"start": (
property: left,
class: start,
values: $position-values
),
"end": (
property: right,
class: end,
values: $position-values
),
"translate-middle": (
property: transform,
class: translate-middle,
values: (
null: translate(-50%, -50%),
x: translateX(-50%),
y: translateY(-50%),
)
),