Bootstrap offers classes which allow to group buttons along the same line, horizontally or vertically. The buttons to be grouped are nested inside a <div> element with the class .btn-group.
Horizontally arranged button groups: The .btn-group class is used to create horizontally arranged button groups.
Example:
html
<!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="en">
<head>
<title>Bootstrap Button Groups</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>
<div class="container">
<div class="btn-group">
<button type="button" class="btn btn-success">
HTML
</button>
<button type="button" class="btn btn-success">
CSS
</button>
<button type="button" class="btn btn-success">
JavaScript
</button>
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>
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Output:
Vertically arranged button groups: The .btn-group-vertical class is used in parent div to create vertical button group.
Example:
html
<!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="en">
<head>
<title>Bootstrap Button Groups</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>
<div class="container">
<div class="btn-group-vertical">
<button type="button" class="btn btn-success">
HTML
</button>
<button type="button" class="btn btn-success">
CSS
</button>
<button type="button" class="btn btn-success">
JavaScript
</button>
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>
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Output:
Button group sizing: The whole button group can be given the same size by including the class btn-group-* (* could be sm, md or lg) in the .btn-group parent element, instead of including sizing classes in each button.
Example:
html
<!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="en">
<head>
<title>Bootstrap Button Groups</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>
<div class="container">
<div class="btn-group btn-group-lg">
<button type="button" class="btn btn-success">
HTML
</button>
<button type="button" class="btn btn-success">
CSS
</button>
<button type="button" class="btn btn-success">
JavaScript
</button>
</div>
<br><br>
<div class="btn-group btn-group-md">
<button type="button" class="btn btn-success">
HTML
</button>
<button type="button" class="btn btn-success">
CSS
</button>
<button type="button" class="btn btn-success">
JavaScript
</button>
</div>
<br><br>
<div class="btn-group btn-group-sm">
<button type="button" class="btn btn-success">
HTML
</button>
<button type="button" class="btn btn-success">
CSS
</button>
<button type="button" class="btn btn-success">
JavaScript
</button>
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>
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Output:
Nesting button groups and making dropdown menus: A button group can be nested within another button group and dropdown menus can be created this way.
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Single button dropdown:
Example:
html<!DOCTYPE html><htmllang="en"><head><title>Bootstrap Button Groups</title><metacharset="utf-8"><metaname="viewport"content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><linkrel="stylesheet"href=<scriptsrc=</script><scriptsrc=</script><scriptsrc=</script></head><body><divclass="container"><divclass="btn-group"><buttontype="button"class="btn btn-success">HTML</button><buttontype="button"class="btn btn-success btn-group">CSS</button><divclass="btn-group"><buttontype="button"class="btn btn-success dropdown-toggle"data-toggle="dropdown">JavaScript<spanclass="caret"></span></button><ulclass="dropdown-menu"role="menu"><li><ahref="#">React</a></li><li><ahref="#">Vue</a></li></ul></div></div></div></body></html>
Output: -
Split button dropdown:
Example:
html<!DOCTYPE html><htmllang="en"><head><title>Bootstrap Button Groups</title><metacharset="utf-8"><metaname="viewport"content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><linkrel="stylesheet"href=<scriptsrc=</script><scriptsrc=</script><scriptsrc=</script></head><body><divclass="container"><divclass="btn-group"><buttontype="button"class="btn btn-success">HTML</button><buttontype="button"class="btn btn-success btn-group">CSS</button><divclass="btn-group"><buttontype="button"class="btn btn-success">JavaScript</button><buttontype="button"class="btn btn-success dropdown-toggle"data-toggle="dropdown"><spanclass="caret"></span></button><ulclass="dropdown-menu"role="menu"><li><ahref="#">React</a></li><li><ahref="#">Vue</a></li></ul></div></div></div></body></html>
Output:However, the split button dropdown does not work as expected when the buttons are nested under .btn-group-vertical class.
Example:
html<!DOCTYPE html><htmllang="en"><head><title>Bootstrap Button Groups</title><metacharset="utf-8"><metaname="viewport"content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><linkrel="stylesheet"href=<scriptsrc=</script><scriptsrc=</script><scriptsrc=</script></head><body><divclass="container"><divclass="btn-group-vertical"><buttontype="button"class="btn btn-success">HTML</button><buttontype="button"class="btn btn-success">CSS</button><divclass="btn-group"><buttontype="button"class="btn btn-success dropdown-toggle"data-toggle="dropdown">JavaScript</button><ulclass="dropdown-menu"role="menu"><li><ahref="#">React</a></li><li><ahref="#">Vue</a></li></ul></div></div></div></body></html>
Output:
Supported Browser:
- Google Chrome
- Internet Explorer
- Firefox
- Opera
- Safari