In this write-up, we will learn about Bootstrap 4 Card classes. Bootstrap is an open source framework to create responsive web applications. Bootstrap card classes are useful to create a bordered box. Bootstrap 4 cards classes replace old panels, walls, and thumbnails. In this blog, we will discuss the following classes.

Basic card

By using .card and .card-body class, we can create a container or a Box.
Open Visual Studio and create a new project. Rename it as Bootstrap4 Table and add the reference of the Bootstrap 4 files into the page's head section. In the body section, add some divs and add basic card class.
  1. <div class="card">
  2. <div class="card-body"> Basic Card Class </div>
  3. </div>
Complete Code
  1. <!DOCTYPE html>
  2. <html>
  3. <head>
  4. <meta charset="utf-8" />
  5. <title>Bootstarp 4 Card Classes</title>
  6. <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.1.3/css/bootstrap.min.css">
  7. <script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
  8. <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/popper.js/1.14.3/umd/popper.min.js"></script>
  9. <script src="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.1.3/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
  10. </head>
  11. <body>
  12. <div class="container">
  13. <div class="card">
  14. <div class="card-body"> Basic Card Class </div>
  15. </div>
  16. </div>
  17. </body>
  18. </html>
Run the project and check the result.
Bootstrap 4 Card Classes

Header and Footer card classes

These classes are used to add a header and a footer to a card.

  • .card-header
  • .card-footer

  1. <div class="card-header text-center"> Card Header </div>
  2. <div class="card-body text-center"> Basic Body </div>
  3. <div class="card-footer text-center"> Card Footer </div>
Complete Code
  1. <!DOCTYPE html>
  2. <html>
  3. <head>
  4. <meta charset="utf-8" />
  5. <title>Bootstarp 4 Card Classes</title>
  6. <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.1.3/css/bootstrap.min.css">
  7. <script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
  8. <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/popper.js/1.14.3/umd/popper.min.js"></script>
  9. <script src="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.1.3/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
  10. </head>
  11. <body>
  12. <div class="container">
  13. <div class="card">
  14. <div class="card-header text-center"> Card Header </div>
  15. <div class="card-body text-center"> Basic Body </div>
  16. <div class="card-footer text-center"> Card Footer </div>
  17. </div>
  18. </div>
  19. </body>
  20. </html>

Run the project and check result.

Bootstrap 4 Card Classes
Contextual color
These classes are used to add a background color to the card.
  • .bg-primary,
  • .bg-success,
  • .bg-secondary,
  • .bg-info,
  • .bg-warning,
  • .bg-danger,
  • .bg-dark
  • .bg-light
Now, add some divs and add these classes.
  1. <div class="container">
  3. <div class="card bg-primary text-white">
  4. <div class="card-body">Primary card</div>
  5. </div>
  6. <br>
  7. <div class="card bg-secondary text-white">
  8. <div class="card-body">Secondary card</div>
  9. </div>
  10. <br>
  11. <div class="card bg-success text-white">
  12. <div class="card-body">Success card</div>
  13. </div>
  14. <br>
  15. <div class="card bg-info text-white">
  16. <div class="card-body">Info card</div>
  17. </div>
  18. <br>
  19. <div class="card bg-warning text-white">
  20. <div class="card-body">Warning card</div>
  21. </div>
  22. <br>
  23. <div class="card bg-danger text-white">
  24. <div class="card-body">Danger card</div>
  25. </div>
  26. <br>
  28. <div class="card bg-dark text-white">
  29. <div class="card-body">Dark card</div>
  30. </div>
  31. <br>
  32. <div class="card bg-light text-dark">
  33. <div class="card-body">Light card</div>
  34. </div>
  35. </div>
Complete code
  1. <!DOCTYPE html>
  2. <html>
  3. <head>
  4. <meta charset="utf-8" />
  5. <title>Bootstarp 4 Card Classes</title>
  6. <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.1.3/css/bootstrap.min.css">
  7. <script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
  8. <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/popper.js/1.14.3/umd/popper.min.js"></script>
  9. <script src="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.1.3/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
  10. </head>
  11. <body>
  12. <div class="container">
  14. <div class="card bg-primary text-white">
  15. <div class="card-body">Primary card</div>
  16. </div>
  17. <br>
  18. <div class="card bg-secondary text-white">
  19. <div class="card-body">Secondary card</div>
  20. </div>
  21. <br>
  22. <div class="card bg-success text-white">
  23. <div class="card-body">Success card</div>
  24. </div>
  25. <br>
  26. <div class="card bg-info text-white">
  27. <div class="card-body">Info card</div>
  28. </div>
  29. <br>
  30. <div class="card bg-warning text-white">
  31. <div class="card-body">Warning card</div>
  32. </div>
  33. <br>
  34. <div class="card bg-danger text-white">
  35. <div class="card-body">Danger card</div>
  36. </div>
  37. <br>
  39. <div class="card bg-dark text-white">
  40. <div class="card-body">Dark card</div>
  41. </div>
  42. <br>
  43. <div class="card bg-light text-dark">
  44. <div class="card-body">Light card</div>
  45. </div>
  46. </div>
  48. </body>
  49. </html>

Run the project and check the result.

Bootstrap 4 Card Classes
Card Columns
By using this, we can create grids of cards.
  • .card-columns
Let us add some divs and add the column class.
  1. <div class="card-columns">
  2. <div class="card bg-primary">
  3. <div class="card-body text-center">
  4. <p class="card-text">Card One</p>
  5. </div>
  6. </div>
  7. <div class="card bg-primary">
  8. <div class="card-body text-center">
  9. <p class="card-text">Second Card</p>
  10. </div>
  11. </div>
  12. <div class="card bg-primary">
  13. <div class="card-body text-center">
  14. <p class="card-text">Third card</p>
  15. </div>
  16. </div>
  17. </div>
Complete Code
  1. <!DOCTYPE html>
  2. <html>
  3. <head>
  4. <meta charset="utf-8" />
  5. <title>Bootstarp 4 Card Classes</title>
  6. <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.1.3/css/bootstrap.min.css">
  7. <script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
  8. <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/popper.js/1.14.3/umd/popper.min.js"></script>
  9. <script src="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.1.3/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
  10. </head>
  11. <body>
  12. <div class="container">
  13. <div class="card-columns">
  14. <div class="card bg-primary">
  15. <div class="card-body text-center">
  16. <p class="card-text">Card One</p>
  17. </div>
  18. </div>
  19. <div class="card bg-primary">
  20. <div class="card-body text-center">
  21. <p class="card-text">Second Card</p>
  22. </div>
  23. </div>
  24. <div class="card bg-primary">
  25. <div class="card-body text-center">
  26. <p class="card-text">Third card</p>
  27. </div>
  28. </div>
  29. </div>
  30. </div>
  31. </body>
  32. </html>

Run the project and check the result.

Bootstrap 4 Card Classes

Summary

In this blog, we learned about Bootstrap Card classes. Bootstrap 4 card classes replaced the old panels, walls, and thumbnails of bootstrap.