Bootstrap Element 100% Width

css, twitter-bootstrap, width

Solution

The `container` class is intentionally not 100% width. It is different fixed widths depending on the width of the viewport.

If you want to work with the full width of the screen, use `.container-fluid`:

Bootstrap 3:

<body>
  <div class="container-fluid">
    <div class="row">
      <div class="col-lg-6"></div>
      <div class="col-lg-6"></div>
    </div>
    <div class="row">
      <div class="col-lg-8"></div>
      <div class="col-lg-4"></div>
    </div>
    <div class="row">
      <div class="col-lg-12"></div>
    </div>
  </div>
</body>

Bootstrap 2:

<body>
  <div class="row">
    <div class="span6"></div>
    <div class="span6"></div>
  </div>
  <div class="row">
    <div class="span8"></div>
    <div class="span4"></div>
  </div>
  <div class="row">
    <div class="span12"></div>
  </div>
</body>

Problem

I want to create alternating 100% colored blocks. An "ideal" situation is illustrated as an attachment, as well as the current situation. Desired setup: Currently: My first idea was to create an div class, give it a background color, and give it 100% width. ``` .block { width: 100%; background: #fff; } ``` However, you can see that this obviously doesn't work. It's confined to a container area. I tried to close the container and that didn't work either.

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