--- layout: docs title: Reboot description: Reboot, a collection of element-specific CSS changes in a single file, kickstart Bootstrap to provide an elegant, consistent, and simple baseline to build upon. group: content aliases: "/docs/4.6/content/" toc: true --- ## Approach Reboot builds upon Normalize, providing many HTML elements with somewhat opinionated styles using only element selectors. Additional styling is done only with classes. For example, we reboot some `` styles for a simpler baseline and later provide `.table`, `.table-bordered`, and more. Here are our guidelines and reasons for choosing what to override in Reboot: - Update some browser default values to use `rem`s instead of `em`s for scalable component spacing. - Avoid `margin-top`. Vertical margins can collapse, yielding unexpected results. More importantly though, a single direction of `margin` is a simpler mental model. - For easier scaling across device sizes, block elements should use `rem`s for `margin`s. - Keep declarations of `font`-related properties to a minimum, using `inherit` whenever possible. ## Page defaults The `` and `` elements are updated to provide better page-wide defaults. More specifically: - The `box-sizing` is globally set on every element—including `*::before` and `*::after`, to `border-box`. This ensures that the declared width of element is never exceeded due to padding or border. - No base `font-size` is declared on the ``, but `16px` is assumed (the browser default). `font-size: 1rem` is applied on the `` for easy responsive type-scaling via media queries while respecting user preferences and ensuring a more accessible approach. - The `` also sets a global `font-family`, `line-height`, and `text-align`. This is inherited later by some form elements to prevent font inconsistencies. - For safety, the `` has a declared `background-color`, defaulting to `#fff`. ## Native font stack The default web fonts (Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, and Arial) have been dropped in Bootstrap 4 and replaced with a "native font stack" for optimum text rendering on every device and OS. Read more about [native font stacks in this *Smashing Magazine* article](https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2015/11/using-system-ui-fonts-practical-guide/). ```scss $font-family-sans-serif: // Safari for macOS and iOS (San Francisco) -apple-system, // Chrome < 56 for macOS (San Francisco) BlinkMacSystemFont, // Windows "Segoe UI", // Android Roboto, // Basic web fallback "Helvetica Neue", Arial, // Linux "Noto Sans", "Liberation Sans", // Sans serif fallback sans-serif, // Emoji fonts "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji" !default; ``` Note that because the font stack includes emoji fonts, many common symbol/dingbat unicode characters will be rendered as multi-colored pictographs. Their appearance will vary, depending on the style used in the browser/platform's native emoji font, and they won't be affected by any CSS `color` styles. This `font-family` is applied to the `` and automatically inherited globally throughout Bootstrap. To switch the global `font-family`, update `$font-family-base` and recompile Bootstrap. ## Headings and paragraphs All heading elements—e.g., `

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` are reset to have their `margin-top` removed. Headings have `margin-bottom: .5rem` added and paragraphs `margin-bottom: 1rem` for easy spacing.

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## Lists All lists—`

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## Preformatted text The `
` element is reset to remove its `margin-top` and use `rem` units for its `margin-bottom`.

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## Tables Tables are slightly adjusted to style ``s, collapse borders, and ensure consistent `text-align` throughout. Additional changes for borders, padding, and more come with [the `.table` class]({{< docsref "/content/tables" >}}).

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## Forms Various form elements have been rebooted for simpler base styles. Here are some of the most notable changes: - `
`s have no borders, padding, or margin so they can be easily used as wrappers for individual inputs or groups of inputs. - ``s, like fieldsets, have also been restyled to be displayed as a heading of sorts. - ``s are set to `display: inline-block` to allow `margin` to be applied. - ``s, ``s, and `<button>`s are mostly addressed by Normalize, but Reboot removes their `margin` and sets `line-height: inherit`, too. - `<textarea>`s are modified to only be resizable vertically as horizontal resizing often "breaks" page layout. - `<button>`s and `<input>` button elements have `cursor: pointer` when `:not(:disabled)`. These changes, and more, are demonstrated below. <form class="bd-example"> <fieldset> <legend>Example legend</legend> <p> <label for="input">Example input</label> <input type="text" id="input" placeholder="Example input"> </p> <p> <label for="select">Example select</label> <select id="select"> <option value="">Choose...</option> <optgroup label="Option group 1"> <option value="">Option 1</option> <option value="">Option 2</option> <option value="">Option 3</option> </optgroup> <optgroup label="Option group 2"> <option value="">Option 4</option> <option value="">Option 5</option> <option value="">Option 6</option> </optgroup> </select> </p> <p> <label> <input type="checkbox" value=""> Check this checkbox </label> </p> <p> <label> <input type="radio" name="optionsRadios" id="optionsRadios1" value="option1" checked> Option one is this and that </label> <label> <input type="radio" name="optionsRadios" id="optionsRadios2" value="option2"> Option two is something else that's also super long to demonstrate the wrapping of these fancy form controls. </label> <label> <input type="radio" name="optionsRadios" id="optionsRadios3" value="option3" disabled> Option three is disabled </label> </p> <p> <label for="textarea">Example textarea</label> <textarea id="textarea" rows="3">

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### Pointers on buttons Reboot includes an enhancement for `role="button"` to change the default cursor to `pointer`. Add this attribute to elements to help indicate elements are interactive. This role isn't necessary for `

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