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

16. Other Books You May Enjoy

Exploring the Bootstrap 5 variables

To customize any element of Bootstrap 5, you will start by looking at the _variables.scss file. This file contains all the variables used by Bootstrap 5, including variables for global options, colors, layout, content (including typography), forms, components, helpers, and utilities. So, for example, to know which part of a component can be customized, you simply need to search for the component name within the _variables.scss file. Then, you will find all the relevant variables with their default values grouped together. You now need to use these same variable names in your own Sass file to change it. You will learn exactly how to do this in the next chapter.

The variables have been carefully ordered by the team behind Bootstrap since some variables reference other variables. The order in which the variables for different components appear is not alphabetical, so my best suggestion to find them is to scroll through the file or search for the...