Bootstrap v4.6.0 is here with a couple new features, several bugfixes, and some awesome documentation updates to make v4 more maintainable alongside our development of v5.
Read on for the highlighted changes or head to the v4.6 docs to see the latest in action.
Hugo!
The biggest change in v4.6.0 is under the hood—we’ve overhauled our development environment to match that of v5. Our v4.x docs are now powered by Hugo. That means no more Ruby dependency for v4.x, improved maintainability between major versions, faster development, and incredibly fast build times compared to Jekyll.
Fix for npm 7.x package.json: move version_short variable under the config object; backport of #32737
Update build-examples script so that the resulting examples zip file includes only the needed files
Various CI tweaks
Updated devDependencies
Next up
Our second beta of v5 is coming. We’re working on ironing on some kinks from the update to Popover 2, which has taken longer than expected. This affects our dropdowns, popovers, and tooltips. Once some of the major issues are resolved, we’ll ship our next beta.
Please keep the feedback coming on what we can improve, how our releases are performing, and any other suggestions.
Say hello to over 60 new icons with Bootstrap Icons v1.3.0! We focused our efforts on filling in some holes and expanding some coverage of a few categories. We’re super happy with how the new additions came out and hope y’all love them, too!
As usual, we also snuck in some bug fixes to existing icons and ours docs. After this release, we’re back to focusing on shipping updates to Bootstrap v5 and v4. More on that soon, and in the mean time, enjoy the new icons!
60+ new icons
Here’s a look at the new icons in v1.3.0:
Added window-dock and window-sidebar
Added two symmetry icons
Added new stack icon
Added two speedometer icons
Added four save icons
Added rulers icon
Added filled variations for phone-vibrate, mouse, mouse2, mouse3, and four hand icons
Added several border icons
Added paint bucket
Added four new badges (3D, AR, VR, WC)
Added four lightbulb icons
Added eyedropper
Added mask icon
Added three color palette icons
Added layer-forward and layer-backward
Added two eraser icons
Added two megaphone icons
Added four push pin icons
Added Whatsapp and Telegram social icons
Added dotted circle dash, circle plus, square dash, and square plus
Have some ideas for new icons we should consider? Open an issue to tell us about it!
CDN quickstart with icon fonts
Since we added icon fonts in v1.2.0, it’s been possible to use a CDN to deliver and use Bootstrap Icons in seconds. Include the stylesheet, place short HTML snippets where you want icons, and you’re done! If you want to include it yourself, here’s how.
Include the Bootstrap Icons font stylesheet in the <head> of your website. Or, use @import to include the stylesheet that way.
<!-- Option 1: Include in HTML --><linkrel="stylesheet"href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/bootstrap-icons@1.3.0/font/bootstrap-icons.css">
/* Option 2: Import via CSS */@importurl("https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/bootstrap-icons@1.3.0/font/bootstrap-icons.css");
Add HTML snippets to include Bootstrap Icons where desired.
ProTip: Most browsers do not allow SVG sprites to be used across domains, which is why having icon fonts (when SVGs are the preferrable and more accessible method of delivering icons) are so useful. Whenever possible, please use SVGs over icon fonts.
We’re ironing out the kinks in our new font files with Bootstrap Icons v1.2.2! We went back to the Figma file and ironed out all the fill-rule details to ensure our SVGs translated into font files properly.
We also snuck in a few bug fixes to existing icons, docs, and some slight visual improvements to some existing icons. Get the details below!
Font files
Our icons fonts are (fingers crossed!) free of visual glitches that made so many unusable across Windows devices. For some reason macOS and iOS had no problems, but Windows butchered the font files. Turns out this was a result of inconsistent fill-rule values in our icons, and some font formats and renderers only support a non-zero fill rule. We revisited nearly every icon and got it all sorted out.
Massive shoutout to the Figma Fill Rule Editor plugin that made this relatively quick and painless to update. You can even see in the plugin’s image below how this rule affects rendering of SVGs.
A few icons got touched up with the work for our font files to clean up paths and make them more visually pleasing.
Locks are a little more legible—they’re taller and narrower.
Laptops now have a half pixel gap between their base and screen, making them look a little sleeker.
Shields are 1px taller now, with their inner icons now raised 1px as well. No reason to make them not take up the full viewBox.
Stopwatch icons look more like actual stopwatches with separate start/stop and lap buttons.
The bricks icon has its missing grout line restored.
Renamed patch fill icons to fix typos in their file names (fll to fill).
Have some other refinements we should consider? Open an issue to tell us about it.
Last but not least, we ironed out some docs issues. Our navbar is fully functional and inline with the v5 beta site. We also added new aliases for icon filtering on homepage.
Our latest Bootstrap Icons release includes dozens of new icons, redesigned documentation, and the most highly requested new feature—icon fonts!
New social icons
We’re starting slow with social icons—just a handful of the biggest sites and networks folks are likely to need. We’ll keep this list purposefully small as the intent isn’t for full coverage. We’ll aim to add a few over time, but this should suffice for the time being!
New media icons
The other main addition is our extended suite of media icons. We had folks ask for more options when it came to media controls, as well as different media types, so we’re getting the ball rolling with this update.
Icon fonts!
Finally, they’re here! We’re now generating web fonts for our icons thanks to a wonderful project, Fantasticon. To start, we’re generating two web font formats—.woff and .woff2. We’re also including an HTML index of all icons in web font format, powered by a generated CSS file.
This is our first foray into icon fonts, and we’re likely to make some tweaks along the way. Help us iron out any kinks by testing the fonts yourself and sharing any feedback in an issue.
Refreshed docs
The homepage for Bootstrap Icons has a new look thanks to an updated hero. The new hero features a new colorful icon image, clearer project description, and an upfront npm i snippet to help folks get started faster. A new notice at the top links to the blog post to tell folks what’s new, too.
Individual icon permalink pages have also been refreshed and greatly simplified. We’ve reduced the main example down to one instance of the icon, and expanded the examples below it to include the icon in more Bootstrap components.
The new permalink sidebar also features new and improved access to the icons. Need just an SVG or two? Use the new Download SVG button. Looking for the HTML for the new icon fonts? Just copy-paste. And as always, want the raw SVG HTML? That’s still there, too.
@mdo
January 19, 2021
