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Position footer at foot of the page in Bootstrap 7 years 6 months ago #4089

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Is there any way of positioning the footer at the actual foot of the page in Bootstrap template?

Where there is only a small amount of text on a page the footer is positioned immediately under the section, and not at the actual foot of the page.

Here is a basic illustration of the problem: xerte.cardiff.ac.uk/play_4414

I've tried a few different things, but everything seems to fail due to the <body> element not automatically filling the available screen.

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Position footer at foot of the page in Bootstrap 7 years 6 months ago #4092

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Try:
.footer {
    position: fixed;
    bottom: 0;
    width: 100%;
}
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Position footer at foot of the page in Bootstrap 7 years 6 months ago #4093

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Ron Mitchell wrote: Try:

.footer {
    position: fixed;
    bottom: 0;
    width: 100%;
}


I've tried this solution previously, but I don't really want the footer fixed to the bottom of the user's veiwport, especially when there is content that stretches beyond this viewport. It just ends up looking messy, and content can be missed.

Ideally, the footer should always appear after the page content (particularly if the is content is taller than the user's viewport) but it should be pushed to the bottom of the screen when there is not enough content to fill the screen.

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Position footer at foot of the page in Bootstrap 7 years 3 months ago #4189

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So, I think I finally found a solution to this. Will need to test it to make sure it doesn't break anything in the layout, but it seems promising so far:
body {
	display:flex;
	flex-direction:column;
	min-height:100vh;
}
.container {
	flex: 1;
}

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Position footer at foot of the page in Bootstrap 7 years 3 months ago #4191

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Thanks Neil.
Just tested this and can't spot any adverse effects.
I think in most case people won't notice the problem as their pages will often have enough content for it not to matter but if there aren't any adverse affects then it will be worth us making this part of the core code.
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