PUBLISHED ON: AUGUST 13, 2021
How to make smaller buttons using Bootstrap 5?
Bootstrap 5 offers several predefined classes for creating buttons. The buttons are used to perform any task on the webpage such as submitting a form, navigating to another webpage, etc.
There are also various pre-defined classes with the help of which we can customize our bootstrap 5 button and making smaller buttons is one of them.
Small button using Bootstrap 5
The buttons can be resized to larger and smaller buttons. To create smaller buttons add the .btn-sm class with the .btn class.
Bootstrap 5 offers a predefined class with the help of which we can create buttons of smaller size. To create smaller buttons add the .btn-sm class with the .btn class.
Example: Creating a small button
In the given example, we have created a button with a smaller size using the class .btn-sm.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<title>Bootstrap </title>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<link href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/bootstrap@5.0.1/dist/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet">
<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@popperjs/core@2.9.2/dist/umd/popper.min.js" integrity="sha384-IQsoLXl5PILFhosVNubq5LC7Qb9DXgDA9i+tQ8Zj3iwWAwPtgFTxbJ8NT4GN1R8p" crossorigin="anonymous"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/bootstrap@5.0.1/dist/js/bootstrap.min.js" integrity="sha384-Atwg2Pkwv9vp0ygtn1JAojH0nYbwNJLPhwyoVbhoPwBhjQPR5VtM2+xf0Uwh9KtT" crossorigin="anonymous"></script>
</head>
<body>
<button class="btn btn-primary " >
Button
</button>
<button class="btn btn-primary btn-sm">
small button
</button>
</body>
</html>
Output
Here is the output showing the default sized button and the small size button.
Example: Creating a small button in various color
Here we have another example where we have also added contextual color to the small buttons.
Conclusion
So we can easily create a smaller button using bootstrap 5. Use the .btn-sm class to create smaller buttons. The smaller buttons can be required when you need to use a small space in the webpage for placing the buttons. So, customize the button size accordingly.
