The .badge class is used to add additional information to the content. For example, some websites associate a number of notifications to the link. The notification number is seen when logged in to a particular website which tells the numbers of news or notifications to see by clicking it.
Example:
HTML
<!DOCTYPE html>
< html lang = "en" >
< head >
< title >Bootstrap Badges</ title >
< meta charset = "utf-8" >
< meta name = "viewport"
content = "width=device-width, initial-scale=1" >
< link rel = "stylesheet" href =
< script src =
</ script >
< script src =
</ script >
< script src =
</ script >
</ head >
< body >
< h1 style = "color:green;text-align:center;" >
GeeksforGeeks
</ h1 >
< div class = "container" >
< h4 >Notifications heading
< span class = "badge badge-secondary" >
4
</ span >
</ h4 >
< h4 >Updates
< span class = "badge badge-secondary" >
2
</ span >
</ h4 >
< h4 >Messages
< span class = "badge badge-secondary" >
1
</ span >
</ h4 >
< h4 >Request
< span class = "badge badge-secondary" >
0
</ span >
</ h4 >
</ div >
</ body >
</ html >
|
Output:

Contextual Badges: The contextual classes (.badge-*) is used to change the color of badges. Badges can be used as part of links or button to provide a counter. Depending on how they used, badges must be confusing for the users. For this purpose different color of variations are used so that the user may not get confused.
Example:
HTML
<!DOCTYPE html>
< html lang = "en" >
< head >
< title >Bootstrap Badges</ title >
< meta charset = "utf-8" >
< meta name = "viewport"
content = "width=device-width, initial-scale=1" >
< link rel = "stylesheet" href =
< script src =
</ script >
< script src =
</ script >
< script src =
</ script >
</ head >
< body >
< h1 style = "color:green;text-align:center;" >
GeeksforGeeks
</ h1 >
< div class = "container" >
< h4 >Notifications heading
< span class = "badge badge-primary" >
4
</ span >
</ h4 >
< h4 >Updates
< span class = "badge badge-warning" >
2
</ span >
</ h4 >
< h4 >Messages
< span class = "badge badge-success" >
1
</ span >
</ h4 >
< h4 >Request
< span class = "badge badge-danger" >
0
</ span >
</ h4 >
</ div >
</ body >
</ html >
|
Output:

Pill Badges: The .badge-pill class is used to make badges corner more rounded.
Example:
HTML
<!DOCTYPE html>
< html lang = "en" >
< head >
< title >Bootstrap Badges</ title >
< meta charset = "utf-8" >
< meta name = "viewport"
content = "width=device-width, initial-scale=1" >
< link rel = "stylesheet" href =
< script src =
</ script >
< script src =
</ script >
< script src =
</ script >
</ head >
< body >
< h1 style = "color:green;text-align:center;" >
GeeksforGeeks
</ h1 >
< div class = "container" >
< h4 >Notifications heading
< span class = "badge badge-primary badge-pill" >
4
</ span >
</ h4 >
< h4 >Updates
< span class = "badge badge-warning badge-pill" >
2
</ span >
</ h4 >
< h4 >Messages
< span class = "badge badge-success badge-pill" >
1
</ span >
</ h4 >
< h4 >Request
< span class = "badge badge-danger badge-pill" >
0
</ span >
</ h4 >
</ div >
</ body >
</ html >
|
Output:

Badge inside an Element: Badges can be created inside an element.
Example:
HTML
<!DOCTYPE html>
< html lang = "en" >
< head >
< title >Bootstrap Badges</ title >
< meta charset = "utf-8" >
< meta name = "viewport"
content = "width=device-width, initial-scale=1" >
< link rel = "stylesheet" href =
< script src =
</ script >
< script src =
</ script >
< script src =
</ script >
</ head >
< body >
< h1 style = "color:green;text-align:center;" >
GeeksforGeeks
</ h1 >
< div class = "container" >
< button type = "button" class = "btn btn-primary" >
< h4 >Notifications heading
< span class = "badge badge-primary badge-danger" >4</ span >
</ h4 >
</ button >< br >< br >
< button type = "button" class = "btn btn-warning" >
< h4 >Updates
< span class = "badge badge-light" >2</ span >
</ h4 >
</ button >< br >< br >
< button type = "button" class = "btn btn-primary" >
< h4 >Messages
< span class = "badge badge-success" >1</ span >
</ h4 >
</ button >< br >< br >
< button type = "button" class = "btn btn-danger" >
< h4 >Request
< span class = "badge badge-primary" >0</ span >
</ h4 >
</ button >
</ div >
</ body >
</ html >
|
Output:

Supported Browsers:
- Google Chrome
- Internet Explorer
- Firefox
- Opera
- Safari
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29 Apr, 2022
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