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Bootstrap utilities are generated with our utility API and can be used to modify or extend our default set of utility classes via Sass. Our utility API is based on a series of Sass maps and functions for generating families of classes with various options. If you're unfamiliar with Sass maps, read up on the official Sass docs to get started.

The $utilities map contains all our utilities and is later merged with your custom $utilities map, if present. The utility map contains a keyed list of utility groups which accept the following options:

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Option	Type	Description
property	Required	Name of the property, this can be a string or an array of strings (e.g., horizontal paddings or margins).
values	Required	List of values, or a map if you don't want the class name to be the same as the value. If null is used as map key, it isn't compiled.
class	Optional	Variable for the class name if you don't want it to be the same as the property. In case you don't provide the class key and property key is an array of strings, the class name will be the first element of the property array.
responsive	Optional	Boolean indicating if responsive classes need to be generated. false by default.
rfs	Optional	Boolean to enable fluid rescaling. Have a look at the [RFS]({{< docsref "/getting-started/rfs" >}}) page to find out how this works. false by default.
print	Optional	Boolean indicating if print classes need to be generated. false by default.
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API explained

All utility variables are added to the $utilities variable within our _utilities.scss stylesheet. Each group of utilities looks something like this:

$utilities: (
  "opacity": (
    property: opacity,
    values: (
      0: 0,
      25: .25,
      50: .5,
      75: .75,
      100: 1,
    )
  )
 );

Which outputs the following:

.opacity-0 { opacity: 0; }
.opacity-25 { opacity: .25; }
.opacity-50 { opacity: .5; }
.opacity-75 { opacity: .75; }
.opacity-100 { opacity: 1; }

Custom class prefix

Use the class option to change the class prefix used in the compiled CSS:

$utilities: (
  "opacity": (
    property: opacity,
    class: o,
    values: (
      0: 0,
      25: .25,
      50: .5,
      75: .75,
      100: 1,
    )
  )
 );

Output:

.o-0 { opacity: 0; }
.o-25 { opacity: .25; }
.o-50 { opacity: .5; }
.o-75 { opacity: .75; }
.o-100 { opacity: 1; }

Responsive utilities

Add the responsive boolean to generate responsive utilities (e.g., .opacity-md-25) across [all breakpoints]({{< docsref "/layout/breakpoints" >}}).

$utilities: (
  "opacity": (
    property: opacity,
    responsive: true,
    values: (
      0: 0,
      25: .25,
      50: .5,
      75: .75,
      100: 1,
    )
  )
 );

Output:

.opacity-0 { opacity: 0; }
.opacity-25 { opacity: .25; }
.opacity-50 { opacity: .5; }
.opacity-75 { opacity: .75; }
.opacity-100 { opacity: 1; }

@media (min-width: 576px) {
  .opacity-sm-0 { opacity: 0; }
  .opacity-sm-25 { opacity: .25; }
  .opacity-sm-50 { opacity: .5; }
  .opacity-sm-75 { opacity: .75; }
  .opacity-sm-100 { opacity: 1; }
}

@media (min-width: 768px) {
  .opacity-md-0 { opacity: 0; }
  .opacity-md-25 { opacity: .25; }
  .opacity-md-50 { opacity: .5; }
  .opacity-md-75 { opacity: .75; }
  .opacity-md-100 { opacity: 1; }
}

@media (min-width: 992px) {
  .opacity-lg-0 { opacity: 0; }
  .opacity-lg-25 { opacity: .25; }
  .opacity-lg-50 { opacity: .5; }
  .opacity-lg-75 { opacity: .75; }
  .opacity-lg-100 { opacity: 1; }
}

@media (min-width: 1200px) {
  .opacity-xl-0 { opacity: 0; }
  .opacity-xl-25 { opacity: .25; }
  .opacity-xl-50 { opacity: .5; }
  .opacity-xl-75 { opacity: .75; }
  .opacity-xl-100 { opacity: 1; }
}

@media (min-width: 1400px) {
  .opacity-xxl-0 { opacity: 0; }
  .opacity-xxl-25 { opacity: .25; }
  .opacity-xxl-50 { opacity: .5; }
  .opacity-xxl-75 { opacity: .75; }
  .opacity-xxl-100 { opacity: 1; }
}

Changing utilities

Override existing utilities by using the same key. For example, if you want additional responsive overflow utility classes, you can do this:

$utilities: (
  "overflow": (
    responsive: true,
    property: overflow,
    values: visible hidden scroll auto,
  ),
);

Print utilities

Enabling the print option will also generate utility classes for print, which are only applied within the @media print { ... } media query.

$utilities: (
  "opacity": (
    property: opacity,
    print: true,
    values: (
      0: 0,
      25: .25,
      50: .5,
      75: .75,
      100: 1,
    )
  )
 );

Output:

.opacity-0 { opacity: 0; }
.opacity-25 { opacity: .25; }
.opacity-50 { opacity: .5; }
.opacity-75 { opacity: .75; }
.opacity-100 { opacity: 1; }

@media print {
  .opacity-print-0 { opacity: 0; }
  .opacity-print-25 { opacity: .25; }
  .opacity-print-50 { opacity: .5; }
  .opacity-print-75 { opacity: .75; }
  .opacity-print-100 { opacity: 1; }
}

Remove utilities

Utilities can also be removed by changing the group key to null:

$utilities: (
  "float": null,
);