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CSS Bootstrap Basics Getting to Know Bootstrap Creating a Simple Page

Samuel Kleos
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Samuel Kleos
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Do I need to add col-lg-6 and delete mb-3 given the updated docs?

The docs have changed for this "Button addons" component If you take a look at https://getbootstrap.com/docs/5.3/forms/input-group/#button-addons

The code for the component username button in the docs looks like this: 

<div class="input-group mb-3">
  <input type="text" class="form-control" placeholder="Recipient's username" aria-label="Recipient's username" aria-describedby="button-addon2">
  <button class="btn btn-outline-secondary" type="button" id="button-addon2">Button</button>
</div>

In the video there's another div on the outside that has a classname col-lg-6 instead of having the additional class 'mb-3' in the "input-group" div.

What do these terms mean? It makes no sense to me. I found out oneline that mb-6 is the same as margin-bottom: 4rem

But should I add the additional div around the input group with the class col-lg-6?

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Jamie Reardon
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Hi Samuel Kleos bootstrap has a new version of the library since the video was posted (4.0), if you haven't used bootstrap before, you might find it more beneficial to follow along with the same version, so that it's kept the same in terms of class structure, styling, etc.

If you are already comfortable with it, you could choose a version yourself and go ahead and read the documentation and follow along with the guidelines mentioned there for that particular version. It would be in your best interest to take a look at the documentation in general anyway, so that you can understand what each concept does/is about for the library use cases.