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How to align button to bottom in Bootstrap card


In a card I have a column with different buttons. I want to have the red button at the bottom of this row but margin auto is not working for me.

How can I achieve this? Thank You!

<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/bootstrap@5.2.3/dist/css/bootstrap.min.css" integrity="sha384-rbsA2VBKQhggwzxH7pPCaAqO46MgnOM80zW1RWuH61DGLwZJEdK2Kadq2F9CUG65" crossorigin="anonymous">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/bootstrap-icons@1.10.2/font/bootstrap-icons.css" integrity="sha384-b6lVK+yci+bfDmaY1u0zE8YYJt0TZxLEAFyYSLHId4xoVvsrQu3INevFKo+Xir8e" crossorigin="anonymous">

<div class="col-2">
  <div class="row">
    <div class="col">
      <button class="btn btn-secondary col-12">
        <i class="bi bi-arrow-up-circle-fill"></i>
      </button>
    </div>
    <div class="col">
      <button class="btn btn-secondary col-12">
        <i class="bi bi-arrow-down-circle-fill"></i>
      </button>
    </div>
  </div>
  <div class="row mt-5">
    <div class="col-12">
      <button class="btn btn-success col-12 p-5">
        Button 1
      </button>
    </div>
  </div>
  <div class="row">
    <div class="col">
      <button class="btn btn-danger col-12 p-3">Button 2</button>
    </div>
  </div>
</div>


Solution

  • The main container doesn't have a height, so any mt-auto would just compute to the minimum calculated height for the entire component. So, instead you need to use utility classes and d-flex to help you out. Like so:

    <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/bootstrap@5.2.3/dist/css/bootstrap.min.css" integrity="sha384-rbsA2VBKQhggwzxH7pPCaAqO46MgnOM80zW1RWuH61DGLwZJEdK2Kadq2F9CUG65" crossorigin="anonymous">
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/bootstrap-icons@1.10.2/font/bootstrap-icons.css" integrity="sha384-b6lVK+yci+bfDmaY1u0zE8YYJt0TZxLEAFyYSLHId4xoVvsrQu3INevFKo+Xir8e" crossorigin="anonymous">
    
    <div class="d-flex align-items-center flex-column vh-100">
      <div class="row">
        <div class="col">
          <button class="btn btn-secondary col-12">
            <i class="bi bi-arrow-up-circle-fill"></i>
          </button>
        </div>
        <div class="col">
          <button class="btn btn-secondary col-12">
            <i class="bi bi-arrow-down-circle-fill"></i>
          </button>
        </div>
    
        <div class="col-12">
          <button class="btn btn-success col-12 p-5">
            Button 1
          </button>
        </div>
    
      </div>
      <div class="mt-auto">
        <button class="btn btn-danger col-12 p-3">Button 2</button>
      </div>
    </div>

    JS Fiddle: https://jsfiddle.net/yg3s5pk4/

    Example result:

    image example showing the markup

    Read more about Bootstrap flex utility classes at the docs pages.