You're reading from The Missing Bootstrap 5 Guide Customize and extend Bootstrap 5 with Sass and JavaScript to create unique website designs

Product type Paperback

Published in Aug 2022

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781801076432

Length 384 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

JavaScript

Tools

Bootstrap

Concepts

UI Development

Author (1):

Jeppe Schaumburg Jensen

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Table of Contents (17) Chapters

Preface

1. Part One – Customizing Bootstrap 5 with Sass

2. Chapter 1: Why and How to Customize Bootstrap FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 2: Using and Compiling Sass

4. Chapter 3: Downloading and Exploring the Bootstrap 5 Sass Files

5. Chapter 4: Bootstrap 5 Global Options and Colors

6. Chapter 5: Customizing Various Bootstrap 5 Elements

7. Chapter 6: Understanding and Using the Bootstrap 5 Utility API

8. Part Two – Creating a Unique-Looking Website Based on Bootstrap 5 and Customization

9. Chapter 7: Creating the Website Using Default Bootstrap 5 Elements

10. Chapter 8: Customizing the Website Using Bootstrap 5 Variables, Utility API, and Sass

11. Chapter 9: Improving the Website with Interactive Features Using JavaScript

12. Part Three – Advanced Topics Related to Bootstrap 5

13. Chapter 10: Using Bootstrap 5 with Advanced Sass and CSS Features

14. Chapter 11: Using Bootstrap 5 with Advanced JavaScript Features

15. Chapter 12: Optimizing Bootstrap 5 CSS and JavaScript Code

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Variable values using existing variables

Filename: _variable-value-using-variable.scss

In this file, we will add all customization code for content, some of the customization code for forms and components, and the customization code for one helper class. The reason we import this file after the import of the required Bootstrap 5 _variables.scss file is that we want to use existing variables from _variables.scss as the new value when overriding the different variables related to content, some variables for forms and components, and a variable for a helper class. This is especially helpful when we want to assign color variables to other variables.

Some of the code in the _variable-value-using-variable.scss file doesn’t have to be placed there and could as well have been placed in the _default-variable-overrides.scss file. But, I have chosen to group related variables together as much as possible, and that’s why all variables related to for example content have been...