Bootstrap 4 List Groups
Display complex lists with custom content all with a distict style and function.
In Bootstrap, list groups is a component that styles unordered lists in a particular way. This paves the way for creating more complex lists with custom content, without getting bogged down with presentation issues.
Create a Default List Group
To create a default list group, apply the .list-group
class to the <ul>
tag, and the .list-group-item
to each <li>
tag.
Badges
You can add badges to list groups. You can align them with the other content using classes like justify-content-between
(which translates into justify-content: space-between
).
Linked List Groups
You can use Bootstrap 4's .list-group-item-action
to for linked list items. Linked list items result in the whole item being clickable (not just the text portion). The whole list item receives a "hover" style too.
To create a linked list group, swap the <ul>
tag for a <div>
tag and the <li>
tags for <a>
.
You can also use Bootstrap's .active
class to highlight a list item as the current one.
Buttons
You can also use buttons instead of links. Just use <button>
tags for the .list-group-item
/.list-group-item-action
classes.
Disabled Items
You can also apply Bootstrap's .disabled
class to a .list-group-item
to make it appear disabled.
Contextual Classes
You can also apply Bootstrap's contextual classes to list group items. To do this, add one of the .list-group-item-*
classes to the list group item.
When an item is .active
its contextual class appears in a darkened version.
Custom Content
List groups can contain other HTML elements too. And you can make it all clickable if it's nested inside a <a>
element.
Bootstrap 4 has the .list-group-item-heading
class for headings and the .list-group-item-text
class for text.