Bootstrap/site/content/docs/4.3/migration.md

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Browser support

See the browser and devices page for details on what is currently supported in Bootstrap 5. Since v4, here's what's changed to our browser support:

• Dropped support for Internet Explorer NN
• Dropped support for Firefox NN - MM
• Dropped support for Safari NN
• Dropped support for iOS Safari NN
• Dropped support for Chrome NN
• Dropped support for Android NN

Sass

Changes to our source Sass files and compiled CSS.

• Removed hover, hover-focus, plain-hover-focus, and hover-focus-active mixins. Use regular CSS syntax for these moving forward. See #28267.
• Remove previously deprecated mixins
  • float()
  • form-control-mixin()
  • nav-divider()
  • retina-img()
  • text-hide() (also dropped the associated utility class, .text-hide)
  • visibility()
• Todo: New variables?
• Todo: Rearrange forms source files (under scss/forms/)
• Todo: Rearrange grid source files (under scss/grid/)
• Removed print styles and $enable-print-styles variable. Print display classes, however, have remained intact. See #28339.
• Dropped color(), theme-color() & gray() functions in favor of variables. See #29083
• The theme-color-level() function is renamed to color-level() and now accepts any color you want instead of only $theme-color colors. See #29083
• Line heights are dropped from several components to simplify our codebase. The button-size() and pagination-size() do not accept line height parameters anymore. See #29271
• The button-variant() mixin now accepts 3 optional color parameters, for each button state, to override the color provided by color-yiq(). By default, these parameters will find which color provides more contrast against the button state's background color with color-yiq().
• The button-outline-variant() mixin now accepts an additional argument, $active-color, for setting the button's active state text color. By default, this parameter will find which color provides more contrast against the button's active background color with color-yiq().

JavaScript

Changes to our source and compiled JavaScript files.

• Dropped jQuery dependency and rewrote plugins to be in regular JavaScript.
• Removed underscore from public static methods like _getInstance() → getInstance().

Grid and layout

Changes to any layout tools and our grid system.

• Dropped .media component as it can be built with utility classes. See #28265.
• Todo: Remove position: relative from grid columns
• Todo: Integrate CSS grid into our grid system

Content, Reboot, etc

Changes to Reboot, typography, tables, and more.

• [RFS]({{< docsref "/getting-started/rfs" >}}) enabled for automated font size rescaling. See #29152
• Reset default horizontal padding-left on <ul> and <ol> elements from browser default 40px to 2rem.
• Simplified table styles (no more 2px border on thead > th elements) and tightened cell padding.
• Dropped .pre-scrollable class. See #29135
• .text-* utilities do not add hover and focus states to links anymore. .link-* helper classes can be used instead. See #29267

Forms

• Rearranged form documentation under its own top-level section.
  • Split out old Forms page into several subpages
  • Moved input groups docs under new Forms section
• Rearranged source Sass files under scss/forms/, including moving over input group styles.
• Combined native and custom checkboxes and radios into single .form-check class.
  • New checks support sizing via em/font-size or explicit modifier classes now.
  • New checks now appear larger by default for improved usability.
  • Dropped .custom-control and associated classes.
  • Renamed most $custom-control variables to $form-control ones.
• Combined native and custom selects into .form-select.
  • Dropped .custom-select and associated classes.
  • Renamed most $custom-select variables to $form-select ones.
• Updated file input component with same overall design, but improved HTML.
  • Refactored .form-file markup to resolve some visual bugs while allowing translation and button text changes via HTML instead of CSS.
  • Dropped native .form-control-file and .form-control-range components entirely.
  • Renamed .custom-file to .form-file (including variables).
  • Added support for :focus and :disabled styles.
• Renamed .custom-range to .form-range (including variables).
• Dropped .form-group for margin utilities (we've replaced our docs examples with .mb-3).
• Dropped support for .form-control-plaintext inside .input-groups.

Components

Alerts

• Todo: Remove auto-darkening of <hr> elements in .alert-* class variants. <hr>s use rgba() for their color, so these should naturally blend anyway.

Badges

Badges were overhauled to better differentiate themselves from buttons and to better utilize utility classes.

• Todo: Removed and replaced .badge modifier classes with background utility classes (e.g., use .bg-primary instead of .badge-primary)
• Todo: Removed .badge-pill for the .rounded-pill utility class
• Todo: Removed badge's hover and focus styles for a.badge and button.badge.

Cards

• Removed the card columns in favor of a Masonry grid See #28922.

Jumbotron

• The jumbotron component is removed in favor of utility classes like .bg-light for the background color and .p-* classes to control padding.

Navbars

• All navbars now require a container within. This drastically simplifies spacing requirements and removes the need for extensive CSS overrides we added for responsive containers in v4.

Pagination

• Pagination links now have customizable margin-left that are dynamically rounded on all corners when separated from one another.

Popovers

• Renamed .arrow to .popover-arrow

Tooltips

• Renamed .arrow to .tooltip-arrow

Accessibility

• .sr-only-focusable does not require .sr-only anymore. See #28720.

Utilities

• Renamed .text-monospace to .font-monospace
• Decreased the number of responsive order utilities per breakpoint. The highest order utility with a number now is .order-5 instead of .order-12. See #28874.
• New line-height utilities: .lh-1, .lh-sm, .lh-base and .lh-lg. See [here]({{< docsref "/utilities/text#line-height" >}}).
• Added .bg-body for quickly setting the <body>'s background to additional elements.
• Todo: Drop .text-hide as it's an antiquated method for hiding text that shouldn't be used anymore
• Todo: Split utilities into property-value utility classes and helpers

Docs

• Removed "Wall of browser bugs" page because it has become obsolete

Build tools