Bootstrap Ruby Gem
Bootstrap 4 ruby gem for Ruby on Rails (Sprockets) and Hanami (formerly Lotus).
For Sass versions of Bootstrap 3 and 2 see bootstrap-sass instead.
Ruby on Rails 6 Note::
With the release of Rails 6 there have been some minor changes made to the default configuration for The Asset Pipeline. In specific, by default Sprockets no longer processes JavaScript and instead Webpack is set as the default. The twbs/bootstrap-rubygem
is for use with Sprockets not Webpack.
Installation
Please see the appropriate guide for your environment of choice:
- Ruby on Rails 4+ or other Sprockets environment.
- Other Ruby frameworks not on Rails.
a. Ruby on Rails
Add bootstrap
to your Gemfile:
gem 'bootstrap', '~> 5.0.0'
Ensure that sprockets-rails
is at least v2.3.2.
bundle install
and restart your server to make the files available through the pipeline.
Import Bootstrap styles in app/assets/stylesheets/application.scss
:
// Custom bootstrap variables must be set or imported *before* bootstrap.
@import "bootstrap";
The available variables can be found here.
Make sure the file has .scss
extension (or .sass
for Sass syntax). If you have just generated a new Rails app,
it may come with a .css
file instead. If this file exists, it will be served instead of Sass, so rename it:
$ mv app/assets/stylesheets/application.css app/assets/stylesheets/application.scss
Then, remove all the *= require
and *= require_tree
statements from the Sass file. Instead, use @import
to import Sass files.
Do not use *= require
in Sass or your other stylesheets will not be able to access the Bootstrap mixins and variables.
Bootstrap JavaScript can optionally use jQuery.
If you're using Rails 5.1+, you can add the jquery-rails
gem to your Gemfile:
gem 'jquery-rails'
Bootstrap tooltips and popovers depend on popper.js for positioning.
The bootstrap
gem already depends on the
popper_js gem.
Add Bootstrap dependencies and Bootstrap to your application.js
:
//= require jquery3
//= require popper
//= require bootstrap-sprockets
While bootstrap-sprockets
provides individual Bootstrap components
for ease of debugging, you may alternatively require
the concatenated bootstrap
for faster compilation:
//= require jquery3
//= require popper
//= require bootstrap
b. Other Ruby frameworks
If your framework uses Sprockets or Hanami, the assets will be registered with Sprockets when the gem is required, and you can use them as per the Rails section of the guide.
Otherwise you may need to register the assets manually. Refer to your framework's documentation on the subject.
Configuration
Sass: Autoprefixer
Bootstrap requires the use of Autoprefixer. Autoprefixer adds vendor prefixes to CSS rules using values from Can I Use.
If you are using bootstrap with Rails, autoprefixer is set up for you automatically. Otherwise, please consult the Autoprefixer documentation.
Sass: Individual components
By default all of Bootstrap is imported.
You can also import components explicitly. To start with a full list of modules copy
_bootstrap.scss
file into your assets as _bootstrap-custom.scss
.
Then comment out components you do not want from _bootstrap-custom
.
In the application Sass file, replace @import 'bootstrap'
with:
@import 'bootstrap-custom';