Left align and right align within div in Bootstrap
What are some of the common ways to left align some text and right align some other text within a div container in bootstrap?
e.g.
Total cost $42
Above total cost should be left aligned text and $42 is right aligned text
2021 Update...
Bootstrap 5 (beta)
For aligning within a flexbox div or row
...
-
ml-auto
is nowms-auto
-
mr-auto
is nowme-auto
For text align or floats..
-
text-left
is nowtext-start
-
text-right
is nowtext-end
-
float-left
is nowfloat-start
-
float-right
is nowfloat-end
Bootstrap 4+
-
pull-right
is nowfloat-right
-
text-right
is the same as 3.x, and works for inline elements - both
float-*
andtext-*
are responsive for different alignment at different widths (ie:float-sm-right
)
The flexbox utils (eg:justify-content-between
) can also be used for alignment:
<div class="d-flex justify-content-between">
<div>
left
</div>
<div>
right
</div>
</div>
or, auto-margins (eg:ml-auto
) in any flexbox container (row,navbar,card,d-flex,etc...)
<div class="d-flex">
<div>
left
</div>
<div class="ml-auto">
right
</div>
</div>
Bootstrap 4 Align Demo
Bootstrap 4 Right Align Examples(float, flexbox, text-right, etc...)
Bootstrap 3
Use the pull-right
class..
<div class="container">
<div class="row">
<div class="col-md-6">Total cost</div>
<div class="col-md-6"><span class="pull-right">$42</span></div>
</div>
</div>
Bootstrap 3 Demo
You can also use the text-right
class like this:
<div class="row">
<div class="col-md-6">Total cost</div>
<div class="col-md-6 text-right">$42</div>
</div>
Bootstrap 3 Demo 2
Instead of using pull-right
class, it is better to use text-right
class in the column, because pull-right
creates problems sometimes while resizing the page.
In Bootstrap 4 the correct answer is to use the text-xs-right
class.
This works because xs
denotes the smallest viewport size in BS. If you wanted to, you could apply the alignment only when the viewport is medium or larger by using text-md-right
.
In the latest alpha, text-xs-right
has been simplified to text-right
.
<div class="row">
<div class="col-md-6">Total cost</div>
<div class="col-md-6 text-right">$42</div>
</div>
Bootstrap v4 introduces flexbox support
<div class="d-flex justify-content-end">
<div class="mr-auto p-2">Flex item</div>
<div class="p-2">Flex item</div>
<div class="p-2">Flex item</div>
</div>
Learn more at https://v4-alpha.getbootstrap.com/utilities/flexbox/