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Bootstrap - Removing padding or margin when screen size is smaller


EDITED: Maybe I should ask which selector sets up the side padding when the screen is reduced to below 480px width? I have been browsing bootstrap-responsiveness.css for a while to locate this but nothing seems to affect this.

Original I basically want to remove any default padding or margin set for responsiveness on smaller device screens.

I have a background color overridden on container-fluid selector and for larger screen they render perfectly 100% across the width but they the screen is reduced to smaller sizes, by default, Bootstrap seems to add a margin or padding oncontainer-fluid or container.

<div class="container-fluid">
    <div class="row-fluid">
      test
    </div>
</div>

If I use custom css to overwriting Bootstrap's default style, what media query or selector should I overwrite to for removing this padding on smaller screens?


Solution

  • The @media query specifically for 'phones' is..

    @media (max-width: 480px) { ... }
    

    But, you may want to remove the padding/margin for any smaller screen sizes. By default, Bootstrap adjusts margins/padding to the body, container and navbars at 978px.

    Here are some queries that have worked (in most cases) for me:

    @media (max-width: 978px) {
        .container {
          padding:0;
          margin:0;
        }
    
        body {
          padding:0;
        }
    
        .navbar-fixed-top, .navbar-fixed-bottom, .navbar-static-top {
          margin-left: 0;
          margin-right: 0;
          margin-bottom:0;
        }
    }
    

    Demo


    Update for Bootstrap 4

    Use the new responsive spacing utils which let you set padding/margins for different screen widths (breakpoints): https://stackoverflow.com/a/43208888/171456