layout: docs title: Position description: Use these shorthand utilities for quickly configuring the position of an element. group: utilities
Quick positioning classes are available, though they are not responsive.
<div class="position-static">...</div>
<div class="position-relative">...</div>
<div class="position-absolute">...</div>
<div class="position-fixed">...</div>
<div class="position-sticky">...</div>
Arrange elements easily with the edge positioning utilities. The format is {property}-{position}
.
Where property is one of:
top
- for the vertical top
positionstart
- for the horizontal left
position (in LTR)bottom
- for the vertical bottom
positionend
- for the horizontal right
position (in LTR)Where position is one of:
0
- for 0
edge position50
- for 50%
edge position100
- for 100%
edge position(You can add more position values by adding entries to the $position-values
Sass map variable.)
{{< example class="bd-example-position-utils" >}}
In addition, you can also center the elements with the transform utility class .translate-middle
.
This class applies the transformations translateX(-50%)
and translateY(-50%)
to the element which, in combination with the edge positioning utilities, allows you to absolute center an element.
{{< example class="bd-example-position-utils" >}}
By adding .translate-middle-x
or .translate-middle-y
classes, elements can be positioned only in horizontal or vertical direction.
{{< example class="bd-example-position-utils" >}}
Here are some real life examples of these classes:
{{< example class="bd-example-position-examples d-flex justify-content-around" >}} Mails +99 unread messages
Marker
Alerts unread messages {{< /example >}}
You can use these classes with existing components to create new ones. Remember that you can extend its functionality by adding entries to the $position-values
variable.
{{< example class="bd-example-position-examples" >}}
<div class="progress-bar" role="progressbar" style="width: 50%;" aria-valuenow="50" aria-valuemin="0" aria-valuemax="100"></div>
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Default position utility values are declared in a Sass map, then used to generate our utilities.
{{< scss-docs name="position-map" file="scss/_variables.scss" >}}
Position utilities are declared in our utilities API in scss/_utilities.scss
. Learn how to use the utilities API.
{{< scss-docs name="utils-position" file="scss/_utilities.scss" >}}