Reusable components built to provide alerts, button groups, cards, input groups, media objects, navigation, and much more.
Button Group
Group a series of buttons together on a single line with the button group. Add on optional JavaScript radio and checkbox style behavior with our Buttons widget.
Basic Example
Wrap a series of buttons with .btn
in .btn-group
.
<div class="btn-group" role="group" aria-label="Basic example">
<button type="button" class="btn">Left</button>
<button type="button" class="btn">Middle</button>
<button type="button" class="btn">Right</button>
</div>
Button Toolbar
Combine sets of button groups into button toolbars for more complex components. Use utility classes as needed to space out groups, buttons, and more.
<div class="btn-toolbar mb-1" role="toolbar" aria-label="Toolbar with button groups">
<div class="btn-group me-0_5" role="group" aria-label="First group">
<button type="button" class="btn">1</button>
<button type="button" class="btn">2</button>
<button type="button" class="btn">3</button>
<button type="button" class="btn">4</button>
</div>
<div class="btn-group me-0_5" role="group" aria-label="Second group">
<button type="button" class="btn btn-primary">5</button>
<button type="button" class="btn btn-primary">6</button>
<button type="button" class="btn btn-primary">7</button>
</div>
<div class="btn-group" role="group" aria-label="Third group">
<button type="button" class="btn btn-danger">8</button>
</div>
</div>
<div class="btn-toolbar flex-between" role="toolbar" aria-label="Toolbar with button groups">
<div class="btn-group me-0_5" role="group" aria-label="First group">
<button type="button" class="btn">1</button>
<button type="button" class="btn">2</button>
<button type="button" class="btn">3</button>
<button type="button" class="btn">4</button>
</div>
<div class="btn-group me-0_5" role="group" aria-label="Second group">
<button type="button" class="btn btn-primary">5</button>
<button type="button" class="btn btn-primary">6</button>
<button type="button" class="btn btn-primary">7</button>
</div>
<div class="btn-group" role="group" aria-label="Third group">
<button type="button" class="btn btn-danger">8</button>
</div>
</div>
With Input Groups
Mix input groups with button groups in your toolbars. Similar to the example above, you may need some utilities classes to space things out.
<div class="btn-toolbar mb-1" role="toolbar" aria-label="Toolbar with button groups">
<div class="btn-group me-0_5" role="group" aria-label="First group">
<button type="button" class="btn">1</button>
<button type="button" class="btn">2</button>
<button type="button" class="btn">3</button>
<button type="button" class="btn">4</button>
</div>
<div class="input-group">
<span class="input-group-addon" id="btnGroupAddon">@</span>
<input type="text" class="form-control" placeholder="Input group example" aria-label="Input group example" aria-describedby="btnGroupAddon">
</div>
</div>
<div class="btn-toolbar flex-between mb-1" role="toolbar" aria-label="Toolbar with button groups">
<div class="btn-group" role="group" aria-label="First group">
<button type="button" class="btn">1</button>
<button type="button" class="btn">2</button>
<button type="button" class="btn">3</button>
<button type="button" class="btn">4</button>
</div>
<div class="input-group">
<span class="input-group-addon" id="btnGroupAddon2">@</span>
<input type="text" class="form-control" placeholder="Input group example" aria-label="Input group example" aria-describedby="btnGroupAddon2">
</div>
</div>
Sizing
Instead of applying button sizing classes to every button in a group, just add .btn-group-*
to each .btn-group
, including each one when nesting multiple groups.
<div class="btn-group btn-group-xl" role="group" aria-label="...">...</div>
<div class="btn-group btn-group-lg" role="group" aria-label="...">...</div>
<div class="btn-group" role="group" aria-label="...">...</div>
<div class="btn-group btn-group-sm" role="group" aria-label="...">...</div>
<div class="btn-group btn-group-xs" role="group" aria-label="...">...</div>
Nesting
Place a .btn-group
within another .btn-group
when you want dropdown menus mixed with a series of buttons.
<div class="btn-group" role="group" aria-label="Button group with nested dropdown">
<button type="button" class="btn">1</button>
<button type="button" class="btn">2</button>
<div class="btn-group" role="group">
<button type="button" class="btn dropdown-toggle" data-cfw="dropdown">
Dropdown
</button>
<ul class="dropdown-menu">
<li><a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Dropdown link</a></li>
<li><a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Dropdown link</a></li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
Vertical Variation
Make a set of buttons appear vertically stacked rather than horizontally. Split button dropdowns are not supported here.
<div class="btn-group-vertical">
...
</div>
Tooltips and Popovers
Due to the specific implementation (and some other components), a bit of special casing is required for tooltips and popovers within button groups. You'll have to specify the option container: 'body'
to avoid unwanted side effects (such as the element growing wider and/or losing its rounded corners when the tooltip or popover is triggered).
Accessibility
Ensure correct role
and provide a label
In order for assistive technologies (such as screen readers) to convey that a series of buttons is grouped, an appropriate role
attribute needs to be provided. For button groups, this would be role="group"
, while toolbars should have a role="toolbar"
.
In addition, groups and toolbars should be given an explicit label, as most assistive technologies will otherwise not announce them, despite the presence of the correct role attribute. In the examples provided here, we use aria-label
, but alternatives such as aria-labelledby
can also be used.