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The Bootstrap grid layout

The Bootstrap grid layout - Bootstrap Tutorial

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The Bootstrap grid layout

- [Instructor] Bootstrap layouts are always done in a 12 column grid system. If you're at all familiar with the concept of rows and columns in a table, such as on a spreadsheet, you might be wondering, wouldn't that mean 12 elements always have to be in one row on a page? Actually, no. In Bootstrap we can spin elements along multiple columns at a time. So even though the screen's current row, and you can have an infinite number of rows, always has 12 columns, you might only have two elements showing across the screen width because they each take up six columns. Likewise, each element might take up a different number of columns to create more visual focus for certain page content. In addition, maybe you want a certain section to be on full screen and thus take up 12 columns. This is how those layouts might look on a website in the real world as a template without the numbered grid behind it. This looks a little…

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