Bootstrap for SASS

bootstrap-sass is an SASS-powered version of Twitter's Bootstrap, ready to drop right into your SASS powered applications.

Enjoy.

Usage

Rails

In your Gemfile:

gem 'sass-rails', '~> 3.1'
gem 'bootstrap-sass', '~> 2.0.0'

Note: previous versions of bootstrap-sass automatically required sass-rails. This is no longer the case, and you will need to require it in your Gemfile.

CSS

Import "bootstrap" in your SCSS file of choice to get all of Bootstrap's styles, mixins and variables! Don't use Sproket's //= require directives for SASS files, because they're horrible and will kill your cat.

@import "bootstrap";

Need to configure a variable or two? Simple define the value of the variable you want to change before importing Bootstrap. SASS will be awesome and respect your existing definition rather than overwriting it with the Bootstrap defaults. A list of customisable variables can be found in the Bootstrap documentation.

$primaryButtonBackground: #f00;
@import "bootstrap";

Javascripts

You can include the Bootstrap javascripts through two methods. In this case, Sproket's //= require directives are useful and will not cause feline death.

We have a helper that includes all available javascripts:

// Loads all Bootstrap javascripts
//= require bootstrap

You can also load individual modules, provided you sort out any related dependencies.

//= require bootstrap-scrollspy
//= require bootstrap-modal
//= require bootstrap-dropdown

Simples.

Compass

bootstrap-sass 2.0 now comes with support for Compass, meaning projects that don't use Rails can get in on the fun Bootstrap web.

New project

Install the gem and create a new project using the gem.

gem install bootstrap-sass
compass create compass-test -r bootstrap-sass --using bootstrap

This will sort a few things out:

  • You'll get a starting styles.scss ready for your alterations
  • You'll get a compiled stylesheet compiled & ready to drop into your application
  • We'll also copy the Bootstrap javascripts & images into their respective folders for you, absolutely free of charge! How cool is that?

Existing project

Install the gem, add the require statement to the top of your configuration file, and install the extension.

gem install bootstrap-sass

# In config.rb
require 'bootstrap-sass'

compass install bootstrap

You'll get the same benefits as those starting from scratch. Radical.

As per the Bootstrap project we don't include the responsive styles by default. @import "bootstrap-responsive"; to get them.