Bootstrap Gutters - Gutter Class in Bootstrap 5
Gutters
- Gutters are the padding between your columns, used to responsively space and align content in the Bootstrap grid system.
How they work
- Gutters are the gaps between column content, created by horizontal padding. We set padding-right and padding-left on each column, and use negative margin to offset that at the start and end of each row to align content.
- Gutters start at 1.5rem (24px) wide. This allows us to match our grid to the padding and margin spacers scale.
- Gutters can be responsively adjusted. Use breakpoint-specific gutter classes to modify horizontal gutters, vertical gutters, and all gutters.
Bootstrap Horizontal Gutters
.gx-*
classes can be used to control the horizontal gutter widths. The.container
or.container-fluid
parent may need to be adjusted if larger gutters are used too to avoid unwanted overflow, using a matching padding utility.

Sample Code
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<link href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/bootstrap@5.2.3/dist/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet">
<link href="https://getbootstrap.com/docs/5.2/assets/css/docs.css" rel="stylesheet">
<title>Bootstrap Example</title>
<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/bootstrap@5.2.3/dist/js/bootstrap.bundle.min.js"></script>
</head>
<body class="p-3 m-0 border-0 bd-example">
<div class="container px-4 text-center">
<div class="row gx-5">
<div class="col">
<div class="p-3 border bg-light">Custom column padding</div>
</div>
<div class="col">
<div class="p-3 border bg-light">Custom column padding</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>
Output

Bootstrap Vertical Gutters
.gy-*
classes can be used to control the vertical gutter widths.- Like the horizontal gutters, the vertical gutters can cause some overflow below the
.row
at the end of a page. If this occurs, you add a wrapper around.row
with the.overflow-hidden
class

Sample Code
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<link href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/bootstrap@5.2.3/dist/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet">
<link href="https://getbootstrap.com/docs/5.2/assets/css/docs.css" rel="stylesheet">
<title>Bootstrap Example</title>
<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/bootstrap@5.2.3/dist/js/bootstrap.bundle.min.js"></script>
</head>
<body class="p-3 m-0 border-0 bd-example">
<div class="container overflow-hidden text-center">
<div class="row gy-5">
<div class="col-6">
<div class="p-3 border bg-light">Custom column padding</div>
</div>
<div class="col-6">
<div class="p-3 border bg-light">Custom column padding</div>
</div>
<div class="col-6">
<div class="p-3 border bg-light">Custom column padding</div>
</div>
<div class="col-6">
<div class="p-3 border bg-light">Custom column padding</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>
Output

Bootstrap Horizontal & vertical gutters
.g-*
classes can be used to control the horizontal gutter widths, for the following example we use a smaller gutter width, so there won’t be a need to add the.overflow-hidden
wrapper class.

Sample Code
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<link href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/bootstrap@5.2.3/dist/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet">
<link href="https://getbootstrap.com/docs/5.2/assets/css/docs.css" rel="stylesheet">
<title>Bootstrap Example</title>
<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/bootstrap@5.2.3/dist/js/bootstrap.bundle.min.js"></script>
</head>
<body class="p-3 m-0 border-0 bd-example">
<div class="container text-center">
<div class="row g-2">
<div class="col-6">
<div class="p-3 border bg-light">Custom column padding</div>
</div>
<div class="col-6">
<div class="p-3 border bg-light">Custom column padding</div>
</div>
<div class="col-6">
<div class="p-3 border bg-light">Custom column padding</div>
</div>
<div class="col-6">
<div class="p-3 border bg-light">Custom column padding</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>
Output

Bootstrap Row Columns gutters
- Gutter classes can also be added to row columns. In the following example, we use responsive row columns and responsive gutter classes.

Sample Code
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<link href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/bootstrap@5.2.3/dist/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet">
<link href="https://getbootstrap.com/docs/5.2/assets/css/docs.css" rel="stylesheet">
<title>Bootstrap Example</title>
<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/bootstrap@5.2.3/dist/js/bootstrap.bundle.min.js"></script>
</head>
<body class="p-3 m-0 border-0 bd-example">
<div class="container text-center">
<div class="row row-cols-2 row-cols-lg-5 g-2 g-lg-3">
<div class="col">
<div class="p-3 border bg-light">Row column</div>
</div>
<div class="col">
<div class="p-3 border bg-light">Row column</div>
</div>
<div class="col">
<div class="p-3 border bg-light">Row column</div>
</div>
<div class="col">
<div class="p-3 border bg-light">Row column</div>
</div>
<div class="col">
<div class="p-3 border bg-light">Row column</div>
</div>
<div class="col">
<div class="p-3 border bg-light">Row column</div>
</div>
<div class="col">
<div class="p-3 border bg-light">Row column</div>
</div>
<div class="col">
<div class="p-3 border bg-light">Row column</div>
</div>
<div class="col">
<div class="p-3 border bg-light">Row column</div>
</div>
<div class="col">
<div class="p-3 border bg-light">Row column</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>
Output

Bootstrap No Gutters
- The gutters between columns in our predefined grid classes can be removed with
.g-0
. This removes the negative margins from.row
and the horizontal padding from all immediate children columns. - Need an edge-to-edge design ? Drop the parent .container or .container-fluid.

Sample Code
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<link href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/bootstrap@5.2.3/dist/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet">
<link href="https://getbootstrap.com/docs/5.2/assets/css/docs.css" rel="stylesheet">
<title>Bootstrap Example</title>
<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/bootstrap@5.2.3/dist/js/bootstrap.bundle.min.js"></script>
</head>
<body class="p-3 m-0 border-0 bd-example bd-example-row">
<div class="row g-0 text-center">
<div class="col-sm-6 col-md-8">.col-sm-6 .col-md-8</div>
<div class="col-6 col-md-4">.col-6 .col-md-4</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>
Output
