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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Utilities

Filename: _utilities.scss

In this file, we will add all customization code that uses the utility API. Some utilities have already been customized because their values are based on variables from the _variables.scss file, which we have already been overriding earlier in this chapter. This includes the spacing utilities and various text utilities. Additional customization requires code using the utility API.

Before modifying any utilities with the utility API, we should consider which utilities, of those we are already using, are not adequate or flexible enough in their current form, and then modify them.

For our website, we will improve two things on the Cart page. First, we want to improve the responsive layout of the elements in the Products overview in the Shopping Cart tab pane by using more flexible sizing utilities. Second, we want to adjust our existing use of borders on the <div> element that wraps around our Products overview in the Summary section...