--- layout: docs title: Stretched link description: Make any HTML element or Bootstrap component clickable by "stretching" a nested link via CSS. group: helpers --- Add `.stretched-link` to a link to make its [containing block](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/Containing_block) clickable via a `::after` pseudo element. In most cases, this means that an element with `position: relative;` that contains a link with the `.stretched-link` class is clickable. Please note given [how CSS `position` works](https://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/visuren.html#propdef-position), `.stretched-link` cannot be mixed with most table elements. Cards have `position: relative` by default in Bootstrap, so in this case you can safely add the `.stretched-link` class to a link in the card without any other HTML changes. Multiple links and tap targets are not recommended with stretched links. However, some `position` and `z-index` styles can help should this be required. {{< example >}} <div class="card" style="width: 18rem;"> {{< placeholder width="100%" height="180" class="card-img-top" text="false" title="Card image cap" >}} <div class="card-body"> <h5 class="card-title">Card with stretched link</h5> <p class="card-text">Some quick example text to build on the card title and make up the bulk of the card's content.</p> <a href="#" class="btn btn-primary stretched-link">Go somewhere</a> </div> </div> {{< /example >}} Most custom components do not have `position: relative` by default, so we need to add the `.position-relative` here to prevent the link from stretching outside the parent element. {{< example >}} <div class="d-flex position-relative"> {{< placeholder width="144" height="144" class="flex-shrink-0 me-3" text="false" title="Generic placeholder image" >}} <div> <h5 class="mt-0">Custom component with stretched link</h5> <p>This is some placeholder content for the custom component. It is intended to mimic what some real-world content would look like, and we're using it here to give the component a bit of body and size.</p> <a href="#" class="stretched-link">Go somewhere</a> </div> </div> {{< /example >}} {{< example >}} <div class="row g-0 bg-body-secondary position-relative"> <div class="col-md-6 mb-md-0 p-md-4"> {{< placeholder width="100%" height="200" class="w-100" text="false" title="Generic placeholder image" >}} </div> <div class="col-md-6 p-4 ps-md-0"> <h5 class="mt-0">Columns with stretched link</h5> <p>Another instance of placeholder content for this other custom component. It is intended to mimic what some real-world content would look like, and we're using it here to give the component a bit of body and size.</p> <a href="#" class="stretched-link">Go somewhere</a> </div> </div> {{< /example >}} ## Identifying the containing block If the stretched link doesn't seem to work, the [containing block](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/Containing_block#Identifying_the_containing_block) will probably be the cause. The following CSS properties will make an element the containing block: - A `position` value other than `static` - A `transform` or `perspective` value other than `none` - A `will-change` value of `transform` or `perspective` - A `filter` value other than `none` or a `will-change` value of `filter` (only works on Firefox) {{< example >}} <div class="card" style="width: 18rem;"> {{< placeholder width="100%" height="180" class="card-img-top" text="false" title="Card image cap" >}} <div class="card-body"> <h5 class="card-title">Card with stretched links</h5> <p class="card-text">Some quick example text to build on the card title and make up the bulk of the card's content.</p> <p class="card-text"> <a href="#" class="stretched-link text-danger" style="position: relative;">Stretched link will not work here, because <code>position: relative</code> is added to the link</a> </p> <p class="card-text bg-body-tertiary" style="transform: rotate(0);"> This <a href="#" class="text-warning stretched-link">stretched link</a> will only be spread over the <code>p</code>-tag, because a transform is applied to it. </p> </div> </div> {{< /example >}}