Bootstrap v4 drops the .btn-group-justified
class, see https://github.com/twbs/bootstrap/issues/17631
How to justify the button for:
<div class="btn-group btn-group-justified" role="group" aria-label="Justified button group">
<a class="btn btn-primary" href="#" role="button">Left</a>
<a class="btn btn-primary" href="#" role="button">Middle</a>
<a class="btn btn-primary" href="#" role="button">Right</a>
</div>
For anyone finding this after Bootstrap 4 Beta was released...
<div class="btn-group d-flex" role="group">
<a href="" class="btn btn-secondary w-100">Previous</a>
<a href="" class="btn btn-secondary w-100">Next</a>
</div>
Indeed the nav-justify class is missing. You can add it yourself based on TB3's code for now:
SCSS code
// Justified button groups
// ----------------------
.btn-group-justified {
display: table;
width: 100%;
table-layout: fixed;
border-collapse: separate;
.btn,
.btn-group {
float: none;
display: table-cell;
width: 1%;
.btn {
width: 100%;
}
.dropdown-menu {
left: auto;
}
}
}
compiled CSS code
.btn-group-justified {
display: table;
width: 100%;
table-layout: fixed;
border-collapse: separate; }
.btn-group-justified .btn,
.btn-group-justified .btn-group {
float: none;
display: table-cell;
width: 1%; }
.btn-group-justified .btn .btn,
.btn-group-justified .btn-group .btn {
width: 100%; }
.btn-group-justified .btn .dropdown-menu,
.btn-group-justified .btn-group .dropdown-menu {
left: auto; }
HTML
<div class="btn-group btn-group-justified" role="group" aria-label="Justified button group">
<a class="btn btn-primary" href="#" role="button">Left</a>
<a class="btn btn-primary" href="#" role="button">Middle</a>
<a class="btn btn-primary" href="#" role="button">Right</a>
</div>
The above HTML code now will look like that shown in the figure beneath:
Handling borders
- Due to the specific HTML and CSS used to justify buttons (namely
display: table-cell
), the borders between them are doubled. In regular button groups, margin-left: -1px
is used to stack the borders instead of removing them. However, margin
doesn't work with display: table-cell
. As a result, depending on your customizations to Bootstrap, you may wish to remove or re-color the borders.
Links acting as buttons
- If the
<a>
elements are used to act as buttons – triggering in-page functionality, rather than navigating to another document or section within the current page – they should also be given an appropriate role="button"
.
Dropdowns
Use the following HTML code for dropdown buttons:
<div class="btn-group btn-group-justified" role="group" aria-label="Justified button group with nested dropdown">
<a class="btn btn-secondary" href="#" role="button">Left</a>
<a class="btn btn-secondary" href="#" role="button">Middle</a>
<div class="btn-group">
<button type="button" class="btn btn-secondary dropdown-toggle" data-toggle="dropdown" aria-haspopup="true" aria-expanded="false">
Action
</button>
<div class="dropdown-menu">
<a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Action</a>
<a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Another action</a>
<a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Something else here</a>
<div class="dropdown-divider"></div>
<a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Separated link</a>
</div>
</div>
</div>
The justified button group with dropdown button should look like that shown in the figure below:
With <button>
elements
- To use justified button groups with
<button>
elements, you must wrap each button in a button group. Most browsers don't properly apply our CSS for justification to <button>
elements, but since we support button dropdowns, we can work around that.
HTML
<div class="btn-group btn-group-justified" role="group" aria-label="Justified button group">
<div class="btn-group" role="group">
<button type="button" class="btn btn-secondary">Left</button>
</div>
<div class="btn-group" role="group">
<button type="button" class="btn btn-secondary">Middle</button>
</div>
<div class="btn-group" role="group">
<button type="button" class="btn btn-secondary">Right</button>
</div>
</div>
The above HTML code used to justified button groups with <button>
elements should look like that shown in the figure beneath:
Building on Bass Jobsen's great answer, here is the same functionality using flexbox instead of display: table;
SCSS code
// Justified button groups
// ----------------------
.btn-group-justified {
display: flex;
width: 100%;
.btn,
.btn-group {
flex: 1;
.btn {
width: 100%;
}
.dropdown-menu {
left: auto;
}
}
}
HTML
<div class="btn-group btn-group-justified" role="group" aria-label="Justified button group">
<a class="btn btn-primary" href="#" role="button">Left</a>
<a class="btn btn-primary" href="#" role="button">Middle</a>
<a class="btn btn-primary" href="#" role="button">Right</a>
</div>
Please refer to Bass Jobsen's answer for more details on usage with dropdowns, HTML Links and more.
When using with class="dropdown-menu"
with Bootstrap V4.0, based on Chris Baswell' solution above and Bootstrap Documentation: https://getbootstrap.com/docs/4.0/components/button-group/#nesting
<div class="btn-group d-flex" role="group">
<button type="button" class="btn btn-secondary">1</button>
<button type="button" class="btn btn-secondary">2</button>
<div class="btn-group w-100" role="group">
<button type="button" class="btn btn-secondary dropdown-toggle-no-carret w-100" title="MANAGE ENTRIES" data-toggle="dropdown" aria-haspopup="true" aria-expanded="false">
Drop Down
</button>
<div class="dropdown-menu">
<a href="" class="btn btn-secondary w-100">Previous</a>
<a href="" class="btn btn-secondary w-100">Next</a>
</div>
</div>
</div>