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title: Third party support
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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.

### Box-sizing

Some third party software, including Google Maps and Google Custom Search Engine, conflict with Bootstrap due to `* { box-sizing: border-box; }`, a rule which makes it so `padding` does not affect the final computed width of an element. Learn more about [box model and sizing at CSS Tricks](http://css-tricks.com/box-sizing/).

Depending on the context, you may override as-needed (Option 1) or reset the box-sizing for entire regions (Option 2).

{% 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 %}