Bootstrap Cheat Sheet
A searchable, printable Bootstrap 5.3 reference — grid, spacing, typography, colors, flex utilities, buttons, forms and components. Free.
Grid & layout
12<div class="container">
Fixed-width responsive container
<div class="container-fluid">
Full-width container at every breakpoint
<div class="container-md">
100% wide until the md breakpoint
<div class="row">
Grid row, holds columns
<div class="col">
Equal-width auto column
<div class="col-6">
Spans 6 of 12 columns
<div class="col-md-4">
4 columns from the md breakpoint up
<div class="col-auto">
Column sized to its content
<div class="offset-md-2">
Push column 2 columns to the right
<div class="row g-3">
Gutter spacing between columns
<div class="row row-cols-3">
Force 3 equal columns per row
<div class="order-2">
Reorder a flex/grid column
Spacing utilities
12m-3
Margin on all sides (scale 0-5)
mt-2
Margin top
mx-auto
Auto horizontal margins to center
p-4
Padding on all sides
py-2
Vertical padding (top and bottom)
ms-3
Margin start (left in LTR, RTL-aware)
me-3
Margin end (right in LTR, RTL-aware)
ps-2
Padding start, RTL-aware
pe-2
Padding end, RTL-aware
gap-3
Gap between flex/grid items
m-n1
Negative margin
p-md-5
Responsive padding from md up
Typography
14<h1>..<h6>
Heading levels with default styling
<p class="display-1">
Large display heading (display-1..6)
<p class="lead">
Stand-out lead paragraph
fw-bold
Bold font weight
fw-semibold
Semibold font weight
fst-italic
Italic font style
text-center
Center-align text
text-start
Start-align text, RTL-aware
text-end
End-align text, RTL-aware
text-truncate
Truncate overflow with ellipsis
text-uppercase
Transform text to uppercase
fs-1
Responsive font size (fs-1..6)
lh-base
Base line height (lh-1, lh-sm, lh-lg)
font-monospace
Monospace font family
Colors & background
10text-primary
Primary text color
bg-primary
Primary background color
bg-primary-subtle
Subtle primary background tint
text-primary-emphasis
Emphasis primary text, theme-aware
text-bg-primary
Primary bg with auto-contrast text
link-primary
Colored link helper
bg-opacity-50
Apply 50% background opacity
text-body-secondary
Muted secondary body text
text-body-emphasis
High-emphasis body text
border-primary-subtle
Subtle primary border color
Flex utilities
10d-flex
Create a flex container
flex-row
Lay items in a row
flex-column
Lay items in a column
justify-content-between
Space items along the main axis
align-items-center
Center items on the cross axis
flex-wrap
Allow items to wrap
flex-grow-1
Let an item grow to fill space
flex-fill
Force equal flexible widths
align-self-end
Align a single item to the end
flex-md-row
Responsive flex direction from md
Display & position
12d-none
Hide the element
d-md-block
Show as block from the md breakpoint
position-relative
Relative positioning
position-absolute
Absolute positioning
position-fixed
Fixed positioning
position-sticky
Sticky positioning
top-0 start-0
Pin to top-left, RTL-aware
translate-middle
Center via transform translate
fixed-top
Fix element to top of viewport
sticky-top
Stick to top on scroll
z-3
Set z-index (z-0..3)
invisible
Hide but keep layout space
Sizing & borders
12w-100
Width 100% of parent
w-50
Width 50% of parent
h-100
Height 100% of parent
mw-100
Max-width 100%
vh-100
Height 100% of the viewport
border
Add a default border on all sides
border-0
Remove all borders
border-primary
Color the border
rounded
Default border-radius
rounded-pill
Fully rounded pill shape
rounded-circle
Circular border-radius
shadow-sm
Small box shadow (shadow, shadow-lg)
Buttons
9<button class="btn btn-primary">
Solid primary button
<button class="btn btn-outline-primary">
Outline button variant
<button class="btn btn-lg">
Large button (also btn-sm)
<button class="btn btn-link">
Button styled like a link
<button class="btn-close">
Generic close (×) button
<button class="btn disabled">
Disabled button state
<button class="btn active">
Active button state
<div class="d-grid"><button class="btn">
Full-width block button via d-grid
<div class="btn-group">
Group buttons together
Forms
11<input class="form-control">
Styled text input
<label class="form-label">
Form field label
<select class="form-select">
Styled select dropdown
<div class="form-check">
Checkbox/radio wrapper
<input class="form-check-input">
Styled checkbox or radio input
<div class="form-check form-switch">
Toggle switch component
<input class="form-control-lg">
Large input (also form-control-sm)
<div class="input-group">
Group inputs with add-ons
is-invalid
Invalid validation state (is-valid)
<div class="form-floating">
Floating label input
col-form-label
Label aligned for horizontal forms
Components
14<div class="card">
Flexible content card
<nav class="navbar navbar-expand-lg">
Responsive navigation bar
data-bs-toggle="modal" data-bs-target="#m"
Trigger a modal dialog
data-bs-toggle="dropdown"
Toggle a dropdown menu
data-bs-toggle="collapse"
Toggle a collapsible element
<div class="accordion">
Stacked collapsible panels
<div class="alert alert-dismissible">
Dismissible alert message
<span class="badge text-bg-primary">
Small count or label badge
<ul class="list-group">
Styled list of items
<ul class="nav nav-tabs">
Tabbed navigation
<div class="toast">
Lightweight toast notification
<div class="offcanvas">
Off-canvas sidebar panel
<div class="spinner-border">
Loading spinner indicator
<nav><ul class="pagination">
Paginated navigation links
Helpers & misc
11data-bs-theme="dark"
Enable dark color mode on a scope
<div class="ratio ratio-16x9">
Responsive aspect-ratio box
visually-hidden
Hide visually, keep for screen readers
visually-hidden-focusable
Hidden until focused (skip links)
stretched-link
Make a parent fully clickable
clearfix
Clear floated children
<div class="vstack gap-2">
Vertical stack of elements
<div class="hstack gap-2">
Horizontal stack of elements
<a class="icon-link">
Link aligned with an inline icon
<div class="progress">
Progress bar container
<nav class="breadcrumb">
Breadcrumb navigation trail
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About Bootstrap Cheat Sheet
This Bootstrap cheat sheet targets Bootstrap 5.3 and collects the class names you type all day: grid and layout, spacing utilities, typography, colors and backgrounds, flex utilities, display and position, sizing and borders, buttons, forms, components, and helpers.
Bootstrap productivity is mostly vocabulary — knowing that a class exists and what its breakpoint-aware form looks like. Each row shows a class or markup snippet with a one-line description, so the answer to “what was that utility called?” is a search away instead of a docs crawl.
The sheet is free and client-side. Filter classes live with the search box, jump between sections from the sticky table of contents, copy any snippet with one click and print the page for a reference while building layouts.
How to use Bootstrap Cheat Sheet
- Skim the sections, from Grid & layout and Spacing utilities through Components and Helpers & misc.
- Search for a utility like gap, rounded or d-flex to filter the sheet instantly.
- Jump to a section such as Flex utilities or Forms via the sticky sidebar.
- Click a class or snippet, or its copy icon, to copy it into your markup.
- Print the sheet for a class-name reference beside your editor.
Frequently asked questions
Bootstrap 5.3. The utilities and component classes shown match the current 5.3 naming, including the spacing, flex and color conventions used in modern Bootstrap projects.
Eleven sections: grid and layout, spacing utilities, typography, colors and backgrounds, flex utilities, display and position, sizing and borders, buttons, forms, components, and helpers.
Yes. The spacing section lays out the margin and padding class pattern — property, sides, breakpoints and the size scale — which is the single most-used part of Bootstrap.
Yes. Click any snippet or its copy icon and the classes are on your clipboard, ready to paste into your HTML.
Yes, fully free — client-side, searchable and printable with no login required.
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