diff --git a/docs/getting-started/options.md b/docs/getting-started/options.md index 5de826f8be..0a98c40d3a 100644 --- a/docs/getting-started/options.md +++ b/docs/getting-started/options.md @@ -4,11 +4,29 @@ title: Customization options group: getting-started --- -With Bootstrap 4, we've added a handful of global options for easily customizing all the components in your project. These options are handled by Sass variables. Simply change a variable's value and recompile with the included Gruntfile. +Customize Bootstrap 4 with our built-in custom variables file and easily toggle global CSS preferences with new `$enable-*` Sass variables. Override a variable's value and recompile with the included Gruntfile as needed. -## Available variables +## Customizing variables -You can find and customize these variables in our `_variables.scss` file. +Bootstrap 4 ships with a `_custom.scss` file for easy variable overrides. Copy and paste relevant lines from `_variables.scss` into the custom file and recompile your Sass to change our default values. **Be sure to remove the `!default` flag from override values.** + +For example, to change out the `background-color` and `color` for the ``, you'd do the following: + +{% highlight scss %} +// Bootstrap overrides +// +// Copy variables from `_variables.scss` to this file to override default values +// without modifying source files. + +$body-bg: $gray-dark; +$body-color: $gray-light; +{% endhighlight %} + +Do the same for any variable you need to override, including the global options listed below. + +## Global options + +You can find and customize these variables for key global options in our `_variables.scss` file. | Variable | Values | Description | | --------------------------- | ---------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------- | diff --git a/scss/_custom.scss b/scss/_custom.scss index 6871992aa7..88ccf202e4 100644 --- a/scss/_custom.scss +++ b/scss/_custom.scss @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -// Custom Overrides +// Bootstrap overrides // -// Copy settings from `_variables.scss` to this file to override -// the Bootstrap defaults without modifying key, versioned files. +// Copy variables from `_variables.scss` to this file to override default values +// without modifying source files.