I struggle to understand why the spacing between Bootstrap buttons inside the Angular 2 CLI project is failing.
I've created a brand new Angular 2 CLI app as described here: https://angular.io/guide/quickstart
Added Bootstrap 4.1.3 to the package.json file:
{
"name": "my-test",
"version": "0.0.0",
"scripts": {
"ng": "ng",
"start": "ng serve",
"build": "ng build",
"test": "ng test",
"lint": "ng lint",
"e2e": "ng e2e"
},
"private": true,
"dependencies": {
"@angular/animations": "~7.0.0",
"@angular/common": "~7.0.0",
"@angular/compiler": "~7.0.0",
"@angular/core": "~7.0.0",
"@angular/forms": "~7.0.0",
"@angular/http": "~7.0.0",
"@angular/platform-browser": "~7.0.0",
"@angular/platform-browser-dynamic": "~7.0.0",
"@angular/router": "~7.0.0",
"bootstrap": "^4.1.3",
"core-js": "^2.5.4",
"rxjs": "~6.3.3",
"zone.js": "~0.8.26"
},
"devDependencies": {
"@angular-devkit/build-angular": "~0.10.0",
"@angular/cli": "~7.0.4",
"@angular/compiler-cli": "~7.0.0",
"@angular/language-service": "~7.0.0",
"@types/node": "~8.9.4",
"@types/jasmine": "~2.8.8",
"@types/jasminewd2": "~2.0.3",
"codelyzer": "~4.5.0",
"jasmine-core": "~2.99.1",
"jasmine-spec-reporter": "~4.2.1",
"karma": "~3.0.0",
"karma-chrome-launcher": "~2.2.0",
"karma-coverage-istanbul-reporter": "~2.0.1",
"karma-jasmine": "~1.1.2",
"karma-jasmine-html-reporter": "^0.2.2",
"protractor": "~5.4.0",
"ts-node": "~7.0.0",
"tslint": "~5.11.0",
"typescript": "~3.1.1"
}
}
Added the Bootstrap styling to the angular.json file:
{
"$schema": "./node_modules/@angular/cli/lib/config/schema.json",
"version": 1,
"newProjectRoot": "projects",
"projects": {
"my-test": {
"root": "",
"sourceRoot": "src",
"projectType": "application",
"prefix": "app",
"schematics": {
"@schematics/angular:component": {
"styleext": "scss"
}
},
"architect": {
"build": {
"builder": "@angular-devkit/build-angular:browser",
"options": {
"outputPath": "dist/my-test",
"index": "src/index.html",
"main": "src/main.ts",
"polyfills": "src/polyfills.ts",
"tsConfig": "src/tsconfig.app.json",
"assets": [
"src/favicon.ico",
"src/assets"
],
"styles": [
"node_modules/bootstrap/scss/bootstrap.scss",
"src/styles.scss"
],
"scripts": []
},
"configurations": {
"production": {
"fileReplacements": [
{
"replace": "src/environments/environment.ts",
"with": "src/environments/environment.prod.ts"
}
],
"optimization": true,
"outputHashing": "all",
"sourceMap": false,
"extractCss": true,
"namedChunks": false,
"aot": true,
"extractLicenses": true,
"vendorChunk": false,
"buildOptimizer": true,
"budgets": [
{
"type": "initial",
"maximumWarning": "2mb",
"maximumError": "5mb"
}
]
}
}
},
"serve": {
"builder": "@angular-devkit/build-angular:dev-server",
"options": {
"browserTarget": "my-test:build"
},
"configurations": {
"production": {
"browserTarget": "my-test:build:production"
}
}
},
"extract-i18n": {
"builder": "@angular-devkit/build-angular:extract-i18n",
"options": {
"browserTarget": "my-test:build"
}
},
"test": {
"builder": "@angular-devkit/build-angular:karma",
"options": {
"main": "src/test.ts",
"polyfills": "src/polyfills.ts",
"tsConfig": "src/tsconfig.spec.json",
"karmaConfig": "src/karma.conf.js",
"styles": [
"src/styles.scss"
],
"scripts": [],
"assets": [
"src/favicon.ico",
"src/assets"
]
}
},
"lint": {
"builder": "@angular-devkit/build-angular:tslint",
"options": {
"tsConfig": [
"src/tsconfig.app.json",
"src/tsconfig.spec.json"
],
"exclude": [
"**/node_modules/**"
]
}
}
}
},
"my-test-e2e": {
"root": "e2e/",
"projectType": "application",
"prefix": "",
"architect": {
"e2e": {
"builder": "@angular-devkit/build-angular:protractor",
"options": {
"protractorConfig": "e2e/protractor.conf.js",
"devServerTarget": "my-test:serve"
},
"configurations": {
"production": {
"devServerTarget": "my-test:serve:production"
}
}
},
"lint": {
"builder": "@angular-devkit/build-angular:tslint",
"options": {
"tsConfig": "e2e/tsconfig.e2e.json",
"exclude": [
"**/node_modules/**"
]
}
}
}
}
},
"defaultProject": "my-test"
}
Finally, I copied the buttons from the Bootstrap documentation as described here: https://getbootstrap.com/docs/4.1/components/buttons/ - one inside the Angular App component and one outside the scope of the app directly in the index.html file.
index.html
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>MyTest</title>
<base href="/">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<link rel="icon" type="image/x-icon" href="favicon.ico">
</head>
<body>
<app-root></app-root>
<div>
<button type="button" class="btn btn-primary">Primary</button>
<button type="button" class="btn btn-secondary">Secondary</button>
<button type="button" class="btn btn-success">Success</button>
<button type="button" class="btn btn-danger">Danger</button>
<button type="button" class="btn btn-warning">Warning</button>
<button type="button" class="btn btn-info">Info</button>
<button type="button" class="btn btn-light">Light</button>
<button type="button" class="btn btn-dark">Dark</button>
</div>
</body>
</html>
app.component.html
<div style="text-align:center">
<h1>
Welcome to {{ title }}!
</h1>
</div>
<h2 class="text-danger">Here are some links to help you start: </h2>
<ul>
<li>
<h2><a target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="https://angular.io/tutorial">Tour of Heroes</a></h2>
</li>
<li>
<h2><a target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="https://github.com/angular/angular-cli/wiki">CLI Documentation</a></h2>
</li>
<li>
<h2><a target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="https://blog.angular.io/">Angular blog</a></h2>
</li>
</ul>
<div>
<button type="button" class="btn btn-primary">Primary</button>
<button type="button" class="btn btn-secondary">Secondary</button>
<button type="button" class="btn btn-success">Success</button>
<button type="button" class="btn btn-danger">Danger</button>
<button type="button" class="btn btn-warning">Warning</button>
<button type="button" class="btn btn-info">Info</button>
<button type="button" class="btn btn-light">Light</button>
<button type="button" class="btn btn-dark">Dark</button>
</div>
<router-outlet></router-outlet>
As you can see on the image below - the buttons outside the Angular App maintains the spacing between the buttons as they should appear according the official Bootstrap page - while the one inside the Angular App does not have spacing between the buttons. Can anyone help me understand why this is happening? The styling of the elements appears to be the exact same when I inspect/compare them in the browser.
FYI: I'm well aware of how to solve this issue by adding margin to the buttons - I'm simply trying to understand why this is happening.