Column order manipulation using col-lg-push and col-lg-pull in Twitter Bootstrap 3

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I m now reading documentation on Twitter Bootstrap 3  and tried to follow column ordering as shown in  this page  but hit the wall  I don t understand why such a code works nor how to correctly specify the setting  What I want to show is one grid  which is consisted of length 5  and the other length 5  and finally one length 2 grid   So mine is something like this    5   5   2    And what I want to achieve is  when it s viewed on Desktop the layout above is displayed  but when it s viewed on mobile  I want to show the second length 5 object first  then the first length 5 object  and finally the length 2 object  vertically  Like this    5   second   5   first   2      While I tried to follow the step explained in the above documentation  I got the first length 5 object over the second one despite being on mobile platforms  which as I said should display second length 5 object on the top  In other words  I got this    5   first   5   second   2     So how can I correctly put the second one over the first  Or since I use the same length object  could the column ordering not work   Here s my code for your information    lt div class  row  gt   lt div class  col-lg-5 col-lg-push-5  gt  lt  div gt   lt div class  col-lg-5 col-lg-pull-5  gt  lt  div gt   lt div class  col-lg-2  gt  lt  div gt   lt  div gt    Also  the documentation doesn t clarify what pull or push means  So am I missing something   Thanks

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This answer is in three parts  see below for the official release  v3 and v4   I couldn t even find the col-lg-push-x or pull classes in the original files for RC1 i downloaded  so check your bootstrap css file  hopefully this is something they will sort out in RC2   anyways  the col-push-  and pull classes did exist and this will suit your needs  Here is a demo   lt div class  row  gt       lt div class  col-sm-5 col-push-5  gt          Content B      lt  div gt       lt div class  col-sm-5 col-pull-5  gt          Content A      lt  div gt       lt div class  col-sm-2  gt          Content C      lt  div gt   lt  div gt    EDIT  BELOW IS THE ANSWER FOR THE OFFICIAL RELEASE v3 0  Also see This blog post on the subject   col-vp-push-x   push the column to the right by x number of columns  starting from where the column would normally render -  position  relative  on a vp or larger view-port  col-vp-pull-x   pull the column to the left by x number of columns  starting from where the column would normally render -  position  relative  on a vp or larger view-port   vp   xs  sm  md  or lg  x   1 thru 12   I think what messes most people up  is that you need to change the order of the columns in your HTML markup  in the example below  B comes before A   and that it only does the pushing or pulling on view-ports that are greater than or equal to what was specified  i e  col-sm-push-5 will only push 5 columns on sm view-ports or greater  This is because Bootstrap is a  mobile first  framework  so your HTML should reflect the mobile version of your site  The Pushing and Pulling are then done on the larger screens     Desktop  Larger view-ports get pushed and pulled   Mobile  Smaller view-ports render in normal order    DEMO   lt div class  row  gt       lt div class  col-sm-5 col-sm-push-5  gt          Content B      lt  div gt       lt div class  col-sm-5 col-sm-pull-5  gt          Content A      lt  div gt       lt div class  col-sm-2  gt          Content C      lt  div gt   lt  div gt    View-port    sm   A B C    View-port  lt  sm   B   A   C    EDIT  BELOW IS THE ANSWER FOR v4 0  With v4 comes flexbox and other changes to the grid system and the push pull classes have been removed in favor of using flexbox ordering    Use  order-  classes to control visual order  where     1 thru 12  This can also be grid tier specific  order-md-  Also  order-first  -1  and  order-last  13  avalable    x000D   x000D   lt div class  row  gt  x000D     lt div class  col order-2  gt 1st yet 2nd lt  div gt  x000D     lt div class  col order-1  gt 2nd yet 1st lt  div gt  x000D   lt  div gt  x000D   x000D   x000D

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Misconception Common misconception with column ordering is that  I should  or could  do the pushing and pulling on mobile devices  and that the desktop views should render in the natural order of the markup  This is wrong   Reality Bootstrap is a mobile first framework  This means that the order of the columns in your HTML markup should represent the order in which you want them displayed on mobile devices  This  mean that the pushing and pulling is done on the larger desktop views  not on mobile devices view       Brandon Schmalz - Full Stack Web Developer   Have a look at full description here

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Pull  pulls  the div towards the left of the browser and and Push  pushes  the div away from left of browser   Like    So basically in a 3 column layout of any web page the  Main Body  appears at the  Center  and in  Mobile  view the  Main Body  appears at the  Top  of the page  This is mostly desired by everyone with 3 column layout    lt div class  container  gt       lt div class  row  gt           lt div id  content  class  col-lg-4 col-lg-push-4 col-sm-12  gt           lt h2 gt This is Content lt  h2 gt           lt p gt orem Ipsum     lt  p gt           lt  div gt            lt div id  sidebar-left  class  col-lg-4  col-sm-6 col-lg-pull-4  gt           lt h2 gt This is Left Sidebar lt  h2 gt           lt p gt orem Ipsum    lt  p gt           lt  div gt             lt div id  sidebar-right  class  col-lg-4 col-sm-6  gt           lt h2 gt This is Right Sidebar lt  h2 gt           lt p gt orem Ipsum      lt  p gt           lt  div gt       lt  div gt   lt  div gt    You can view it here  http   jsfiddle net DrGeneral BxaNN 1   Hope it helps

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If you need to organize data in columns of 1   2   4 depending of the viewport size then push and pull may be no option at all  No matter how you order your items in the first place  one of the sizes may give you a wrong order   A solution in this case is to use nested rows and cols without any push or pull classes   Example  In XS you want     A B C D E F G H   In SM you want     A   E B   F C   G D   H   In MD and above you want     A   C   E   G B   D   F   H   Solution  Use nested two-column child elements in a surrounding two-column parent element   Here is a working snippet    x000D   x000D   lt script src  https   code jquery com jquery-1 12 4 min js  type  text javascript   gt  lt  script gt  x000D   lt link href    maxcdn bootstrapcdn com bootstrap 3 3 6 css bootstrap min css  rel  stylesheet  gt   x000D   lt script src    maxcdn bootstrapcdn com bootstrap 3 3 6 js bootstrap min js  gt  lt  script gt  x000D   x000D   lt div class  row  gt  x000D     lt div class  col-sm-6  gt  x000D       lt div class  row  gt  x000D         lt div class  col-md-6  gt  lt p gt A lt  p gt  lt p gt B lt  p gt  lt  div gt  x000D         lt div class  col-md-6  gt  lt p gt C lt  p gt  lt p gt D lt  p gt  lt  div gt  x000D       lt  div gt  x000D     lt  div gt  x000D     lt div class  col-sm-6  gt  x000D       lt div class  row  gt  x000D         lt div class  col-md-6  gt  lt p gt E lt  p gt  lt p gt F lt  p gt  lt  div gt  x000D         lt div class  col-md-6  gt  lt p gt G lt  p gt  lt p gt H lt  p gt  lt  div gt  x000D       lt  div gt  x000D     lt  div gt  x000D   lt  div gt  x000D   x000D   x000D    Another beauty of this solution is  that the items appear in the code in their natural order  A  B  C      H  and don t have to be shuffled  which is nice for CMS generation

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I just felt like I ll add my  0 2 to those 2 good answers  I had a case when I had to move the last column all the way to the top in a 3-column situation    A  B  C   to   C    A    B   Boostrap s class  col-xx-push-Xdoes nothing else but pushes a column to the right with left  XX   so all you have to do to push a column right is to add the number of pseudo columns going left    In this case    two columns  col-md-5 and col-md-3  are going left  each with the value of the one that is going right   one col-md-4  is going right by the sum of the first two going left  5 3 8        lt div class  row  gt       lt div class  col-md-4 col-md-push-8   gt          C      lt  div gt       lt div class  col-md-5 col-md-pull-4  gt          A      lt  div gt       lt div class  col-md-3 col-md-pull-4  gt          B      lt  div gt   lt  div gt

[css] Column order manipulation using col-lg-push and col-lg-pull in Twitter Bootstrap 3

EDIT: BELOW IS THE ANSWER FOR THE OFFICIAL RELEASE v3.0

EDIT: BELOW IS THE ANSWER FOR v4.0

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