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Position

Use these shorthand utilities for quickly configuring the position of an element.

Common values

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>
            
          

Fixed top

Position an element at the top of the viewport, from edge to edge. Be sure you understand the ramifications of fixed position in your project; you may need to add aditional CSS.

            
              <div class="fixed-top">...</div>
            
          

Fixed bottom

Position an element at the bottom of the viewport, from edge to edge. Be sure you understand the ramifications of fixed position in your project; you may need to add aditional CSS.

            
              <div class="fixed-bottom">...</div>
            
          

Sticky top

Position an element at the top of the viewport, from edge to edge, but only after you scroll past it. The .sticky-top utility uses CSS's position: sticky, which isn't fully supported in all browsers.

IE11 and IE10 will render position: sticky as position: relative. As such, we wrap the styles in a @supports query, limiting the stickiness to only browsers that can render it properly.

            
              <div class="sticky-top">...</div>
            
          

Position Property

Setting the top, right, bottom, and left properties of a relatively-positioned element will cause it to be adjusted away from its normal position. Other content will not be adjusted to fit into any gap left by the element.

The classes are named using the format {sides}-{size}

Where sides is one of:

  • t - for classes that set top
  • b - for classes that set bottom
  • s - for classes that set start/left
  • e - for classes that set end/right

Where size is one of:

  • 1 - (by default) for classes that set property to .25
  • 2 - (by default) for classes that set property to .5
  • 3 - (by default) for classes that set property to 1
  • 4 - (by default) for classes that set property to 1.5
            
              <div class="s-1">left 1rem</div>
              <div class="e-2">right 2rem</div>
              <div class="t-3">top 3rem</div>
              <div class="b-4">bottom 4rem</div>
            
          

Position Property Percent

The classes are named using the format {sides}-{size}

Where sides is one of:

  • top - for classes that set top
  • bottom - for classes that set bottom
  • start - for classes that set left
  • end - for classes that set right

Where size is one of:

  • 1 - (by default) for classes that set property to 10%
  • 2 - (by default) for classes that set property to 20%
  • 3 - (by default) for classes that set property to 30%
  • 4 - (by default) for classes that set property to 40%
  • 5 - (by default) for classes that set property to 50%
            
              <div class="start-1">left 10%</div>
              <div class="end-2">right 20%</div>
              <div class="top-3">top 30%</div>
              <div class="bottom-4">bottom 40%</div>