<div class="bs-docs-section"> <h1 id="third-parties" class="page-header">Third party support</h1> <p class="lead">While we don't officially support any third party plugins or add-ons, we do offer some useful advice to help avoid potential issues in your projects.</p> <h3 id="third-box-sizing">Box-sizing</h3> <p>Some third party software, including Google Maps and Google Custom Search Engine, conflict with Bootstrap due to <code>* { box-sizing: border-box; }</code>, a rule which makes it so <code>padding</code> does not affect the final computed width of an element. Learn more about <a href="http://css-tricks.com/box-sizing/">box model and sizing at CSS Tricks</a>.</p> <p>Depending on the context, you may override as-needed (Option 1) or reset the box-sizing for entire regions (Option 2).</p> {% highlight scss %} /* Box-sizing resets * * Reset individual elements or override regions to avoid conflicts due to * global box model settings of Bootstrap. Two options, individual overrides and * region resets, are available as plain CSS and uncompiled Less formats. */ /* Option 1A: Override a single element's box model via CSS */ .element { -webkit-box-sizing: content-box; -moz-box-sizing: content-box; box-sizing: content-box; } /* Option 1B: Override a single element's box model by using a Bootstrap Less mixin */ .element { .box-sizing(content-box); } /* Option 2A: Reset an entire region via CSS */ .reset-box-sizing, .reset-box-sizing *, .reset-box-sizing *:before, .reset-box-sizing *:after { -webkit-box-sizing: content-box; -moz-box-sizing: content-box; box-sizing: content-box; } /* Option 2B: Reset an entire region with a custom Less mixin */ .reset-box-sizing { &, *, *:before, *:after { .box-sizing(content-box); } } .element { .reset-box-sizing(); } {% endhighlight %} </div>