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Learn more about Labs Offset columns in Bootstrap Ask Question Asked 7 years, 11 months ago Modified 2 months ago Viewed 138k times 39

This is the idea of what I want to do:

<div class="container-fluid"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-2"></div> <div class="col-sm-4"></div> <div class="col-sm-4"></div> <div class="col-sm-2"></div> </div> </div>

How would it work using offset?

• html
• twitter-bootstrap
• offset

Share Improve this question Follow edited Dec 10, 2018 at 12:22 Philipp Kief 8,60355 gold badges3535 silver badges4343 bronze badges asked Jan 13, 2017 at 1:15 sumguysumguy 39111 gold badge33 silver badges55 bronze badges Add a comment |

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The offset works like a blank column that will stay before your column. For example, if you want a column that will have half of the size of the screen and will be exactly in the middle, you will have to do:

<div class="col-sm-6 col-sm-offset-3"></div>

A full row has 12 columns. This way you will have 6 columns (half of the row) and a offset of 3 columns. It will be exactly in the middle of the screen.

Take a look on Bootstrap documentation.

Share Improve this answer Follow answered Jan 13, 2017 at 1:24 Luiz HenriqueLuiz Henrique 95788 silver badges2727 bronze badges 4

• 1 Thank you very much! That explained the concept well :) – sumguy Commented Jan 13, 2017 at 1:25
• You are welcome! can you vote and accept the answer, please? – Luiz Henrique Commented Jan 13, 2017 at 1:31
• 29 In Bootstrap 4 use offset-sm-3 instead of col-sm-offset-3 – Ricardo D. Quiroga Commented Jul 24, 2018 at 1:59
• 1 such an underrated answer for people who were using the previous versions of bootstrap – Grijan Commented Jan 11 at 18:23

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In Bootstrap 3, like this..

<div class="container-fluid"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-4 col-sm-offset-2"></div> <div class="col-sm-4"></div> </div> </div>

http://codeply.com/go/7wofwfzrH3

In Bootstrap 4, like this..

<div class="container-fluid"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-4 offset-sm-2"></div> <div class="col-sm-4"></div> </div> </div>

https://codeply.com/go/t5DTGwero8

Share Improve this answer Follow edited Apr 11, 2023 at 13:26 answered Jan 13, 2017 at 1:20 Carol SkellyCarol Skelly 362k9191 gold badges733733 silver badges645645 bronze badges 2

• Thank you!! How come the second col-sm-4 didn't need an offset if I was trying to do "2 4 4 2"? – sumguy Commented Jan 13, 2017 at 1:28
• @sumguy Offset columns add margins to left so in this case, first there is margin/space of col-2 then two div's of col-4 and then the remaining col-2 is the remaining space. Consider a parent of 100% and a child of 70%(random), so now you have 30% of free space/ empty column to right side. – divy3993 Commented Jan 13, 2017 at 3:12

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The above doesn't work for me as I think the bootstrap classes have changed slightly.

<div class="col-md-4 offset-md-2">

Does work for me.

Hope this helps

Dave

Share Improve this answer Follow answered Dec 6, 2018 at 9:51 demsleydemsley 32733 silver badges66 bronze badges 0 Add a comment | 3

An example for Bootstrap 5 is below.

But note that offset is used for margin-left alignment. If you want to align items with margin-left, you can use offset classes. There are two types of offsets in Bootstrap 5: First is offset from 1-12 and second is responsive classes like offset-sm, offset-lg, offset-md.

It looks like this:

<div class="container-fluid"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-2 offset-sm-2"></div> <div class="col-sm-4 offset-sm-4"></div> </div> </div> Share Improve this answer Follow edited Dec 28, 2022 at 0:25 Michael M. 11.1k1111 gold badges2121 silver badges4343 bronze badges answered Dec 26, 2022 at 3:49 IMRAN HIMRAN H 12677 bronze badges 1

• Offset Bootstrap 4: getbootstrap.com/docs/4.0/layout/grid/#offset-classes Offset Bootstrap 5: getbootstrap.com/docs/5.0/layout/columns/#offset-classes – Bang Andre Commented Nov 23, 2023 at 7:51

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I am using bootstrap 3. Below code is worked for me to shift div right.

<div class="col-lg-4 offset-lg-4"></div> Share Improve this answer Follow answered Feb 19, 2021 at 9:29 Akash PawarAkash Pawar 911 bronze badge Add a comment | 0

In bootstrap 5 + check order column

<div class="col-lg-4 offset-lg-4"></div> Share Improve this answer Follow answered Oct 16 at 8:15 Ridha RahmiRidha Rahmi 1 Add a comment |

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