Bootstrap 3 Gutter Size

Question

I've only just started working with bootstrap and unsure about how to achieve my goal.

I would like the gutters to all be even, like they are in this image:

by default, they look like this, the vertical gutters in between columns (marked with blue) are double the horizontal and outside gutters:

Any help on the best way to solve this probably would be appreciated.

Answer 1

Facing this problem, I made the following addition to my css stylesheet:

#mainContent .container {
    padding-left:16px;
    padding-right:16px;
}
  #mainContent .row {
    margin-left: -8px;
    margin-right: -8px;
}

  #mainContent .col-xs-1, #mainContent .col-sm-1, #mainContent .col-md-1, #mainContent .col-lg-1, #mainContent .col-xs-2, #mainContent .col-sm-2, #mainContent .col-md-2, #mainContent .col-lg-2, #mainContent .col-xs-3, #mainContent .col-sm-3, #mainContent .col-md-3, #mainContent .col-lg-3, #mainContent .col-xs-4, #mainContent .col-sm-4, #mainContent .col-md-4, #mainContent .col-lg-4, #mainContent .col-xs-5, #mainContent .col-sm-5, #mainContent .col-md-5, #mainContent .col-lg-5, #mainContent .col-xs-6, #mainContent .col-sm-6, #mainContent .col-md-6, #mainContent .col-lg-6, #mainContent .col-xs-7, #mainContent .col-sm-7, #mainContent .col-md-7, #mainContent .col-lg-7, #mainContent .col-xs-8, #mainContent .col-sm-8, #mainContent .col-md-8, #mainContent .col-lg-8, #mainContent .col-xs-9, #mainContent .col-sm-9, #mainContent .col-md-9, #mainContent .col-lg-9, #mainContent .col-xs-10, #mainContent .col-sm-10, #mainContent .col-md-10, #mainContent .col-lg-10, #mainContent .col-xs-11, #mainContent .col-sm-11, #mainContent .col-md-11, #mainContent .col-lg-11, #mainContent .col-xs-12, #mainContent .col-sm-12, #mainContent .col-md-12, #mainContent .col-lg-12 
{
    padding-left: 8px;
    padding-right: 8px;
}

This overrides the default bootstrap styling and makes the left and right sides and the gutter equal width.

Answer 2

I've been stuck with this problem, my solution was creating a mixin which allows me to specify in SCSS, the actual gutter size I want ...

Solution: 1)

@mixin add-gutter($size) {
    margin-right: -$size;
    margin-left: -$size;

    > [class*="col-"] {
        padding-right: $size;
        padding-left: $size;
    }
}



.that-special-row{
    @include add-gutter(7px);
}

And to use it...

<div class="row that-special-row"></div>

The actual solution came about from this issue mentionned on github, which I believe addresses the same problem.

Solution: 2)

Another solution, would be simply to create your custom CSS class

.small-gutters {
    margin-right: -10px;
    margin-left: -10px;
    > [class*="col-"] {
      padding-right: 10px;
      padding-left: 10px;
    }
  }

Hope that helps!