Bootstrap is a toolkit from Twitter designed to kickstart development of webapps and sites.<br/>
It includes base CSS and HTML for typography, forms, buttons, tables, grids, navigation, and more.<br/>
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<p><strong>Nerd alert:</strong> Bootstrap is <ahref="#less"title="Read about using Bootstrap with Less">built with Less</a> and was designed to work out of the gate with modern browsers in mind.</p>
<h1>About Bootstrap <small>Brief history, browser support, and more</small></h1>
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<h3>History</h3>
<p>Engineers at Twitter have historically used almost any library they were familiar with to meet front-end requirements. Bootstrap began as an answer to the challenges that presented. With the help of many awesome folks, Bootstrap has grown significantly.</p>
<p>Read more on <ahref="https://dev.twitter.com/blog/bootstrap-twitter">dev.twitter.com ›</a></p>
<h1>Grid system <small>Rock the standard 940px or roll your own</small></h1>
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<h2>Default grid</h2>
<p>The default grid system provided as part of Bootstrap is a 940px wide 16-column grid. It’s a flavor of the popular 960 grid system, but without the additional margin/padding on the left and right sides.</p>
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<h3>Example grid markup</h3>
<p>As shown here, a basic layout can be created with two "columns," each spanning a number of the 16 foundational columns we defined as part of our grid system. See the examples below for more variations.</p>
<p>Nest your content if you must by creating a <code>.row</code> within an existing column.</p>
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<h4>Example of nested columns</h4>
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<h2>Roll your own grid</h2>
<p>Built into Bootstrap are a handful of variables for customizing the default 940px grid system. With a bit of customization, you can modify the size of columns, their gutters, and the container they reside in.</p>
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<h3>Inside the grid</h3>
<p>The variables needed to modify the grid system currently all reside in <code>preboot.less</code>.</p>
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<td><code>@gridColumns</code></td>
<td>16</td>
<td>The number of columns within the grid</td>
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<td><code>@gridColumnWidth</code></td>
<td>40px</td>
<td>The width of each column within the grid</td>
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<td><code>@gridGutterWidth</code></td>
<td>20px</td>
<td>The negative space between each column</td>
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<td><code>@siteWidth</code></td>
<td><em>Computed sum of all columns and gutters</em></td>
<td>We use some basic match to count the number of columns and gutters and set the width of the <code>.fixed-container()</code> mixin.</td>
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<h3>Now to customize</h3>
<p>Modifying the grid means changing the three <code>@grid-*</code> variables and recompiling the Less files.</p>
<p>Bootstrap comes equipped to handle a grid system with up to 24 columns; the default is just 16. Here's how your grid variables would look customized to a 24-column grid.</p>
<h1>Typography <small>Headings, paragraphs, lists, and other inline type elements</small></h1>
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<h2>Headings & copy</h2>
<p>A standard typographic hierarchy for structuring your webpages.</p>
<p>The entire typographic grid is based on two Less variables in our preboot.less file: <code>@basefont</code> and <code>@baseline</code>. The first is the base font-size used throughout and the second is the base line-height.</p>
<p>We use those variables, and some math, to create the margins, paddings, and line-heights of all our type and more.</p>
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<h1>h1. Heading 1</h1>
<h2>h2. Heading 2</h2>
<h3>h3. Heading 3</h3>
<h4>h4. Heading 4</h4>
<h5>h5. Heading 5</h5>
<h6>h6. Heading 6</h6>
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<h3>Example paragraph</h3>
<p>Nullam quis risus eget urna mollis ornare vel eu leo. Cum sociis natoque penatibus et magnis dis parturient montes, nascetur ridiculus mus. Nullam id dolor id nibh ultricies vehicula ut id elit.</p>
<p>Using emphasis, addresses, & abbreviations</p>
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<code><strong></code>
<code><em></code>
<code><address></code>
<code><abbr></code>
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<h3>When to use</h3>
<p>Emphasis tags (<code><strong></code> and <code><em></code>) should be used to indicate additional importance or emphasis of a word or phrase relative to its surrounding copy. Use <code><strong></code> for importance and <code><em></code> for <em>stress</em> emphasis.</p>
<h3>Emphasis in a paragraph</h3>
<p><ahref="#">Fusce dapibus</a>, <strong>tellus ac cursus commodo</strong>, <em>tortor mauris condimentum nibh</em>, ut fermentum massa justo sit amet risus. Maecenas faucibus mollis interdum. Nulla vitae elit libero, a pharetra augue.</p>
<p><strong>Note:</strong> It's still okay to use <code><b></code> and <code><i></code> tags in HTML5 and they don't have to be styled bold and italic, respectively (although if there is a more semantic element, use it). <code><b></code> is meant to highlight words or phrases without conveying additional importance, while <code><i></code> is mostly for voice, technical terms, etc.</p>
<h3>Addresses</h3>
<p>The <code><address></code> element is used for contact information for its nearest ancestor, or the entire body of work. Here are two examples of how it could be used:</p>
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<strong>Twitter, Inc.</strong><br/>
795 Folsom Ave, Suite 600<br/>
San Francisco, CA 94107<br/>
<abbrtitle="Phone">P:</abbr> (123) 456-7890
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<strong>Full Name</strong><br/>
<amailto="">first.last@gmail.com</a>
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<p><strong>Note:</strong> Each line in an <code><address></code> must end with a line-break (<code><br /></code>) or be wrapped in a block-level tag (e.g., <code><p></code>) to properly structure the content.</p>
<h3>Abbreviations</h3>
<p>For abbreviations and acronyms, use the <code><abbr></code> tag (<code><acronym></code> is deprecated in <abbrtitle="HyperText Markup Langugage 5">HTML5</abbr>). Put the shorthand form within the tag and set a title for the complete name.</p>
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<h2>Blockquotes</h2>
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<code><blockquote></code>
<code><p></code>
<code><small></code>
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<p>To include a blockquote, wrap <code><blockquote></code> around <code><p></code> and <code><small></code> tags. Use the <code><small></code> element to cite your source and you'll get an em dash <code>&mdash;</code> before it.</p>
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<p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Integer posuere erat a ante venenatis dapibus posuere velit aliquet.</p>
<small>Dr. Julius Hibbert</small>
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<p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Integer posuere erat a ante venenatis dapibus posuere velit aliquet.</p>
<dd>A description list is perfect for defining terms.</dd>
<dt>Euismod</dt>
<dd>Vestibulum id ligula porta felis euismod semper eget lacinia odio sem nec elit.</dd>
<dd>Donec id elit non mi porta gravida at eget metus.</dd>
<dt>Malesuada porta</dt>
<dd>Etiam porta sem malesuada magna mollis euismod.</dd>
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<code><code></code>
<code><pre></code>
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<p>Pimp your code in style with two simple tags. For even more awesomeness through javascript, drop in Google's code prettify library and you're set.</p>
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<h3>Presenting code</h3>
<p>Code, blocks of or just snippets inline, can be displayed with style just by wrapping in the right tag. For blocks of code spanning multiple lines, use the <code><pre></code> element. For inline code, use the <code><code></code> element.</p>
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<td>In a line of text like this, your wrapped code will look like this <code>>html<</code> element.</td>
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<p>Something right here...</p>
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<p><strong>Note:</strong> Be sure to keep code within <code>pre</code> tags as close to the left as possible; it will render all tabs.</p>
<p>Call attention to or flag any phrase in your body text.</p>
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<h3>Label anything</h3>
<p>Ever needed one of those fancy <spanclass="label success">New!</span> or <spanclass="label important">Important</span> flags when writing code? Well, now you have them. Here's what's included by default:</p>
<h1>Media <small>Displaying images and videos</small></h1>
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<p>Display thumbnails of varying sizes on pages with a low HTML footprint and minimal styles.</p>
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<h3>Example thumbnails</h3>
<p>Thumbnails in the <code>.media-grid</code> can be any size, but they work best when mapped directly to the built-in Bootstrap grid system. Image widths like 90, 210, and 330 combine with a few pixels of padding to equal the <code>.span2</code>, <code>.span4</code>, and <code>.span6</code> column sizes.</p>
<h1>Tables <small>For, you guessed it, tabular data</small></h1>
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<h2>Building tables</h2>
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<code><colspan></code>
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<p>Tables are great—for a lot of things. Great tables, however, need a bit of markup love to be useful, scalable, and readable (at the code level). Here are a few tips to help.</p>
<p>Always wrap your column headers in a <code><thead></code> such that hierarchy is <code><thead></code> > <code><tr></code> > <code><th></code>.</p>
<p>Similar to the column headers, all your table’s body content should be wrapped in a <code><tbody></code> so your hierarchy is <code><tbody></code> > <code><tr></code> > <code><td></code>.</p>
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<h3>Example: Default table styles</h3>
<p>All tables will be automatically styled with only the essential borders to ensure readability and maintain structure. No need to add extra classes or attributes.</p>
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<th>#</th>
<th>First Name</th>
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<th>Language</th>
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<td>Some</td>
<td>One</td>
<td>English</td>
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<td>Joe</td>
<td>Sixpack</td>
<td>English</td>
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<td>3</td>
<td>Stu</td>
<td>Dent</td>
<td>Code</td>
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<h3>Example: Zebra-striped</h3>
<p>Get a little fancy with your tables by adding zebra-striping—just add the <code>.zebra-striped</code> class.</p>
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<th>First Name</th>
<th>Last Name</th>
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<td>Dent</td>
<td>Code</td>
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<p><strong>Note:</strong> Zebra-striping is a progressive enhancement not available for older browsers like IE8 and below.</p>
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<h3>Example: Zebra-striped w/ TableSorter.js</h3>
<p>Taking the previous example, we improve the usefulness of our tables by providing sorting functionality via <ahref="http://jquery.com">jQuery</a> and the <ahref="http://tablesorter.com/docs/">Tablesorter</a> plugin. <strong>Click any column’s header to change the sort.</strong></p>
<p>All forms are given default styles to present them in a readable and scalable way. Styles are provided for text inputs, select lists, textareas, radio buttons and checkboxes, and buttons.</p>
<p>Add <code>.form-stacked</code> to your form’s HTML and you’ll have labels on top of their fields instead of to their left. This works great if your forms are short or you have two columns of inputs for heavier forms.</p>
<p>Customize any form <code>input</code>, <code>select</code>, or <code>textarea</code> width by adding just a few classes to your markup.</p>
<p>As of v1.3.0, we have added the grid-based sizing classes for form elements. <strong>Please use the these over the existing <code>.mini</code>, <code>.small</code>, etc classes.</strong></p>
<p>As a convention, buttons are used for actions while links are used for objects. For instance, "Download" could be a button and "recent activity" could be a link.</p>
<p>All buttons default to a light gray style, but a number of functional classes can be applied for different color styles. These classes include a blue <code>.primary</code> class, a light-blue <code>.info</code> class, a green <code>.success</code> class, and a red <code>.danger</code> class.</p>
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<p>Button styles can be applied to anything with the <code>.btn</code> applied. Typically you’ll want to apply these to only <code><a></code>, <code><button></code>, and select <code><input></code> elements. Here’s how it looks:</p>
<p>Fancy larger or smaller buttons? Have at it!</p>
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<ahref="#"class="btn large primary">Primary action</a>
<ahref="#"class="btn large">Action</a>
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<ahref="#"class="btn small primary">Primary action</a>
<ahref="#"class="btn small">Action</a>
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<h3>Disabled state</h3>
<p>For buttons that are not active or are disabled by the app for one reason or another, use the disabled state. That’s <code>.disabled</code> for links and <code>:disabled</code> for <code><button></code> elements.</p>
<h4>Links</h4>
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<ahref="#"class="btn large primary disabled">Primary action</a>
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<h4>Buttons</h4>
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<buttonclass="btn large primary disabled"disabled="disabled">Primary action</button> <buttonclass="btn large"disabled>Action</button>
<p>Our topbar is a fixed bar that houses a website’s logo or name, primary navigation, and search form.</p>
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<h4>Customizable</h4>
<p>All elements within, and the entire topbar as well, are optional. You can choose to include a logo/name, nav, search, and a secondary nav—or any combination of that.</p>
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<h4>Dropdowns included</h4>
<p>As part of the main navigation, we’ve included the ability for you to add dropdowns to your nav. Check out the secondary nav above (right aligned) to see how it’s done. Dropdowns <code>li</code> tags also support <code>.active</code> for showing current page selection.</p>
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<p><strong>Note:</strong> When using the topbar on any page, be sure to account for the overlap it causes by adding <code>padding-top: 40px;</code> to your <code>body</code>.</p>
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<h2>Tabs and pills</h2>
<p>Create simple secondary navigation with a <code><ul></code>. Swap between tabs or pills by adding the appropriate class.</p>
<p>Great for sub-sections of content like our account settings pages and user timelines for toggling between pages of like content. Available in tabbed or pill styles.</p>
<p>Ultra simplistic and minimally styled pagination inspired by Rdio. The large block is hard to miss, easily scalable, and provides large click areas.</p>
<h1>Alerts & Errors <small>Styles for success, warning, and error messages or alerts</small></h1>
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<p><code>.alert-message</code></p>
<p>One-line messages for highlighting the failure, possible failure, or success of an action. Particularly useful for forms.</p>
<p><aclass="btn js-btn"href="./javascript.html#alerts">Get the javascript »</a></p>
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<divclass="alert-message warning">
<aclass="close"href="#">×</a>
<p><strong>Holy guacamole!</strong> Best check yo self, you’re not looking too good.</p>
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<divclass="alert-message error">
<aclass="close"href="#">×</a>
<p><strong>Oh snap!</strong> Change this and that and try again.</p>
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<divclass="alert-message success">
<aclass="close"href="#">×</a>
<p><strong>Well done!</strong> You successfully read this alert message.</p>
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<divclass="alert-message info">
<aclass="close"href="#">×</a>
<p><strong>Heads up!</strong> This is an alert that needs your attention, but it’s not a huge priority just yet.</p>
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<h4>Example code</h4>
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<h2>Block messages</h2>
<p><code>.alert-message.block-message</code></p>
<p>For messages that require a bit of explanation, we have paragraph style alerts. These are perfect for bubbling up longer error messages, warning a user of a pending action, or just presenting information for more emphasis on the page.</p>
<p><aclass="btn js-btn"href="./javascript.html#alerts">Get the javascript »</a></p>
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<divclass="alert-message block-message warning">
<aclass="close"href="#">×</a>
<p><strong>Holy guacamole! This is a warning!</strong> Best check yo self, you’re not looking too good. Nulla vitae elit libero, a pharetra augue. Praesent commodo cursus magna, vel scelerisque nisl consectetur et.</p>
<divclass="alert-actions">
<aclass="btn small"href="#">Take this action</a><aclass="btn small"href="#">Or do this</a>
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<aclass="close"href="#">×</a>
<p><strong>Oh snap! You got an error!</strong> Change this and that and try again.</p>
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<li>Duis mollis est non commodo luctus</li>
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<aclass="btn small"href="#">Take this action</a><aclass="btn small"href="#">Or do this</a>
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<divclass="alert-message block-message success">
<aclass="close"href="#">×</a>
<p><strong>Well done!</strong> You successfully read this alert message. Cum sociis natoque penatibus et magnis dis parturient montes, nascetur ridiculus mus. Maecenas faucibus mollis interdum.</p>
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<aclass="btn small"href="#">Take this action</a><aclass="btn small"href="#">Or do this</a>
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<divclass="alert-message block-message info">
<aclass="close"href="#">×</a>
<p><strong>Heads up!</strong> This is an alert that needs your attention, but it’s not a huge priority just yet.</p>
<divclass="alert-actions">
<aclass="btn small"href="#">Take this action</a><aclass="btn small"href="#">Or do this</a>
<p><strong>Holy guacamole! This is a warning!</strong> Best check yo self, you’re not looking too good. Nulla vitae elit libero, a pharetra augue. Praesent commodo cursus magna, vel scelerisque nisl consectetur et.</p>
<div class="alert-actions">
<a class="btn small" href="#">Take this action</a><a class="btn small" href="#">Or do this</a>
<h1>Popovers <small>Components for displaying content in modals, tooltips, and popovers</small></h1>
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<h2>Modals</h2>
<p>Modals—dialogs or lightboxes—are great for contextual actions in situations where it’s important that the background context be maintained.</p>
<p><aclass="btn js-btn"href="./javascript.html#modal">Get the javascript »</a></p>
<p>Twipsies are super useful for aiding a confused user and pointing them in the right direction.</p>
<p><aclass="btn js-btn"href="./javascript.html#twipsy">Get the javascript »</a></p>
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<h2>Popovers</h2>
<p>Use popovers to provide subtextual information to a page without affecting layout.</p>
<p><aclass="btn js-btn"href="./javascript.html#popover">Get the javascript »</a></p>
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<p>Etiam porta sem malesuada magna mollis euismod. Maecenas faucibus mollis interdum. Morbi leo risus, porta ac consectetur ac, vestibulum at eros.</p>
<h1>Using javascript with Bootstrap <small>An index of plugins to get you started</small></h1>
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<h2>Getting started</h2>
<p>Integrating javascript with the Bootstrap library is super easy. Below we go over the basics and provide you with some awesome plugins to get you started!</p>
<p>Bring some of Bootstrap's primary components to life with new custom plugins that work with <ahref="http://jquery.com/"target="_blank">jQuery</a> and <ahref="http://ender.no.de"target="_blank">Ender</a>. We encourage you to extend and modify them to fit your specific development needs.</p>
<td>Our Modal plugin is a <strong>super</strong> slim take on the traditional modal js plugin! We took special care to include only the bare functionality that we require at twitter.</td>
<td>Based on the excellent jQuery.tipsy plugin written by Jason Frame; twipsy is an updated version, which doesn't rely on images, uses css3 for animations, and data-attributes for local title storage!</td>
<td>The popover plugin provides a simple interface for adding popovers to your application. It extends the <ahref="#twipsy">boostrap-twipsy.js</a> plugin, so be sure to grab that file as well when including popovers in your project!</td>
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<h3>Is javascript necessary?</h3>
<p><strong>Nope!</strong> Bootstrap is designed first and foremost to be a CSS library. This javascript provides a basic interactive layer on top of the included styles.</p>
<p>However, for those who do need javascript, we've provided the plugins above to help you understand how to integrate Bootstrap with javascript and to give you a quick, lightweight option for the basic functionality right away.</p>
<p>For more information and to see some live demos, please refer to our <ahref="./javascript.html">plugin documentation page</a>.</p>
<h1>Using Bootstrap with Less <small>Supercharge your CSS with variables, mixins, and functions</small></h1>
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<p>Bootstrap was built with <ahref="http://markdotto.com/bootstrap/">Preboot</a>, an open-source pack of mixins and variables to be used in conjunction with <ahref="http://lesscss.org"target="_blank">Less</a>, a CSS preprocessor for faster and easier web development.</p>
<p>Check out how we used Preboot in Bootstrap and how you can make use of it should you choose to run Less on your next project.</p>
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<h2>How to use it</h2>
<p>Use this option to make full use of Bootstrap’s Less variables, mixins, and nesting in CSS via javascript in your browser.</p>
<p>Not feeling the .js solution? <ahref="http://incident57.com/less"target="_blank">Try the Less Mac app</a> or <ahref="http://lesscss.org/#-client-side-usage"target="_blank">use Node.js</a> to compile when you deploy your code.</p>
<h2>What’s included</h2>
<p>Here are some of the highlights of what’s included in Twitter Bootstrap as part of Bootstrap. Head over to the Bootstrap website or Github project page to download and learn more.</p>
<h3>Variables</h3>
<p>Variables in Less are perfect for maintaining and updating your CSS headache free. When you want to change a color value or a frequently used value, update it in one spot and you’re set.</p>
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// Links
@linkColor: #8b59c2;
@linkColorHover: darken(@linkColor, 10);
// Grays
@black: #000;
@grayDark: lighten(@black, 25%);
@gray: lighten(@black, 50%);
@grayLight: lighten(@black, 70%);
@grayLighter: lighten(@black, 90%);
@white: #fff;
// Accent Colors
@blue: #08b5fb;
@green: #46a546;
@red: #9d261d;
@yellow: #ffc40d;
@orange: #f89406;
@pink: #c3325f;
@purple: #7a43b6;
// Baseline grid
@basefont: 13px;
@baseline: 18px;
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<h3>Commenting</h3>
<p>Less also provides another style of commenting in addition to CSS’s normal <code>/* ... */</code> syntax.</p>
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// This is a comment
/* This is also a comment */
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<h3>Mixins up the wazoo</h3>
<p>Mixins are basically includes or partials for CSS, allowing you to combine a block of code into one. They’re great for vendor prefixed properties like <code>box-shadow</code>, cross-browser gradients, font stacks, and more. Below is a sample of the mixins that are included with Bootstrap.</p>
<p>After modifying the <code>.less</code> files in /lib/, you'll need to recompile them in order to regenerate the bootstrap-*.*.*.css and bootstrap-*.*.*.min.css files. If you're submitting a pull request to GitHub, you must always recompile.</p>
<h3>Ways to compile</h3>
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<td>Node with makefile</td>
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<p>Install the less command line compiler with npm by running the following command:</p>
<pre>$ npm install lessc</pre>
<p>Once installed just run <code>make</code> from the root of your bootstrap directory and you're all set.</p>
<p>Additionally, if you have <ahref="https://github.com/mynyml/watchr">watchr</a> installed, you may run <code>make watch</code> to have bootstrap automatically rebuilt every time you edit a file in the bootstrap lib (this isn't required, just a convenience method).</p>
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<p><ahref="http://lesscss.org/">Download the latest Less.js</a> and include the path to it (and Bootstrap) in the <code>head</code>.</p>
<p>Be sure to include <code>--compress</code> in that command if you're trying to save some bytes!</p>
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<p><ahref="http://incident57.com/less/">The unofficial Mac app</a> watches directories of .less files and compiles the code to local files after every save of a watched .less file.</p>
<p>If you like, you can toggle preferences in the app for automatic minifying and which directory the compiled files end up in.</p>
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