Spacing

Margin and Padding

Assign margin or padding 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 generated from a Sass map with values ranging from 0.25rem to 2rem.

Notation

The classes are named using the format: {property}{sides}{-breakpoint}-{size}.

Where property is one of:

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

Where breakpoint is one of the responsive breakpoints, if above the minimum xs size. Please refer to how our breakpoint nomenclature is used.

Where sides is one of:

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

The start/end sides are designated as follows depending on which version of the Figuration CSS you are using. The default figuration.*.css uses the ltr mode, where figuration-rtl.*.css uses the rtl mode.

• For left-to-right mode (ltr - default);
  • start refers to the left side
  • end refers to the right side
• For right-to-left mode (rtl);
  • start refers to the right side
  • end refers to the left side

Where size is one of:

• 0 - for classes that eliminate the margin or padding by setting it to 0
• 0_25 - for classes that set the property to $spacer * 0.25
• 0_5 - for classes that set the property to $spacer * 0.5
• 1 - for classes that set the property to $spacer
• 1_5 - for classes that set the property to $spacer * 1.5
• 2 - for classes that set the property to $spacer * 2
• auto - for classes that set the margin to auto

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

Examples

Here are some representative examples of these classes:

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

.ms-1 {
  margin-left: $spacer !important;
}

.mt-md-1 {
  margin-top: $spacer !important;
}

.px-1_5 {
  padding-left: ($spacer * 1.5) !important;
  padding-right: ($spacer * 1.5) !important;
}

.p-2 {
  padding: ($spacer * 2) ($spacer * 2) !important;
}

Horizontal Centering

Additionally, we also include an .mx-auto class for horizontally centering fixed-width block level content— an element with display: block; and a defined width—by setting the horizontal margins to auto.

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

Negative Margins

In CSS, the margin properties can utilize negative values (padding cannot). Negative margin utilities are for every non-zero size listed above (e.g., 0_25, 0_5, 1, 1_5, 2). These utilities can also be used for customizing the grid column gutters across breakpoints.

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-0_25:

.mt-n0_25 {
  margin-top: -0.25rem !important;
}

Here is a comparison and example of customizing the grid at the medium (md) breakpoint and above. The .col horizontal padding is increased with .px-md-2 and then counteracted that with negative horizontal margin .mx-md-n2 on the parent .row.

<div class="row mb-1">
  <div class="col">Standard horizontal column padding</div>
  <div class="col">Standard horizontal column padding</div>
</div>

<div class="row mx-md-n2">
  <div class="col px-md-2">Custom horizontal column padding</div>
  <div class="col px-md-2">Custom horizontal column padding</div>
</div>

In some cases, you may also have to adjust the padding on the parent container of the .row element to prevent horizontal scrollbars from occuring. For example, using the custom negative margin example above, you may find the need to use .px-md-2 on the parent .container-fluid.

<div class="container-fluid px-md-2">
  <div class="row mx-md-n2">
    <div class="col px-md-2">Custom horizontal column padding</div>
    <div class="col px-md-2">Custom horizontal column padding</div>
  </div>
</div>

Gap

When using display: grid, you can make use of gap utilities on the parent grid container. This can save on having to add margin utilities to individual grid items (children of a display: grid container). Gap utilities based on the $spacers Sass map, and are available in responsive variants.

<div class="d-grid gap-1">
  <div class="p-0_25 bg-light border">Grid item 1</div>
  <div class="p-0_25 bg-light border">Grid item 2</div>
  <div class="p-0_25 bg-light border">Grid item 3</div>
</div>

SASS Reference

Variables

The available Customization options, or Sass variables, that can be customized for this grouping of utility classes.

"0":    0,
"0_25": ($spacer * .25),
"0_5":  ($spacer * .5),
"1":    $spacer,
"1_5":  ($spacer * 1.5),
"2":    ($spacer * 2)

Mixins

No mixins available.