How to choose the container 960px wide and not to 1200px in Bootstrap

Question

How to choose the container 960px wide and not to 1200px in Bootstrap?

Answer 1

Do you just want a fixed width website? If so then then just don't include bootstrap-responsive.css. The default width for a fixed width container will be 960px.

Otherwise if you still want the responsive features but no 1200px container you will need to customize your bootstrap install. To do that:

• Go to http://twitter.github.com/bootstrap/customize.html
• Under the responsive section uncheck "Large desktops (>1200px)"
• At the bottom of the page Click "customize and download" to get your custom bootstrap

Answer 2

Bootstrap sets container width to 1170px on screens wider than 1200px.
For screens from 992px to 1200px width of container is set to 970px. You can read more about bootstrap's grid here
Now if you want to set container to 760px for large screens, you have to locate this and edit in bootstrap.css or add this code to your custom css:

@media (min-width: 1200px) {
  .container {
    width: 960px;
   }
}

and

@media (min-width: 992px) {
  .container {
    width: 960px;
   }
 }

Hope this helps

Answer 3

This works for me.

!important is not recommended to use. but you can try.

.container, .container-fluid{
 width: 960px !important;
}

Answer 4

For Bootstrap3, you can customize it to get 960px by default (http://getbootstrap.com/customize/)

1. change @container-lg from ((1140px + @grid-gutter-width)) to ((940px + @grid-gutter-width)).
2. change @grid-gutter-width from 30px to 20px.

then download your custom version of bootstrap and use it. It should be 960px by default now.

Answer 5

If you are using sass and bootstrap v3.3.1, just define these variable before importing bootstrap:

$grid-gutter-width: 20px;
$container-large-desktop: 940px + $grid-gutter-width;

For more info please check the variables source file: https://github.com/twbs/bootstrap-sass/blob/master/assets/stylesheets/bootstrap/_variables.scss