Badges

Documentation and examples for badges, our small count and labeling component.

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Examples

Badges scale to match the size of the immediate parent element by using relative font sizing and em units. As of v5, badges no longer have focus or hover styles for links.

Headings

Incompatibility with Orange Design System. More information

This component variant should not be used because it does not exist in the Orange Design System specifications.

Example heading New

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<h1>Example heading <span class="badge bg-secondary">New</span></h1>
<h2>Example heading <span class="badge bg-secondary">New</span></h2>
<h3>Example heading <span class="badge bg-secondary">New</span></h3>
<h4>Example heading <span class="badge bg-secondary">New</span></h4>
<h5>Example heading <span class="badge bg-secondary">New</span></h5>
<h6>Example heading <span class="badge bg-secondary">New</span></h6>

Buttons

Badges can be used as part of links or buttons to provide a counter.

Incompatibility with Orange Design System. More information

This component should not be used because it does not exist in the Orange Design System specifications.

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<button type="button" class="btn btn-primary">
  Notifications <span class="badge text-bg-secondary">4</span>
</button>

Note that depending on how they are used, badges may be confusing for users of screen readers and similar assistive technologies. While the styling of badges provides a visual cue as to their purpose, these users will simply be presented with the content of the badge. Depending on the specific situation, these badges may seem like random additional words or numbers at the end of a sentence, link, or button.

Unless the context is clear (as with the “Notifications” example, where it is understood that the “4” is the number of notifications), consider including additional context with a visually hidden piece of additional text.

Positioned

Use utilities to modify a .badge and position it in the corner of a link with an icon.

Incompatibility with Orange Design System. More information

This component variant should be used only inside a header component.

Please refer to our Boosted Navbars examples. You can also refer to the Global headers guidelines on the Orange Design System website.

99+

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<a href="#" class="position-relative">
  <svg width="2rem" height="2rem" fill="currentColor" aria-hidden="true" focusable="false" class="overflow-visible">
    <use xlink:href="/docs/5.2/assets/img/boosted-sprite.svg#buy"/>
  </svg>
  <span class="visually-hidden">Shopping basket</span>
  <span class="position-absolute top-0 start-100 translate-middle badge rounded-pill bg-info text-white">
    99+
    <span class="visually-hidden">shopping basket items</span>
  </span>
</a>

Background colors

Added in v5.2.0

Incompatibility with Orange Design System. More information

These component variants should not be used because they do not exist in the Orange Design System specifications.

Set a background-color with contrasting foreground color with our .text-bg-{color} helpers. Previously it was required to manually pair your choice of .text-{color} and .bg-{color} utilities for styling, which you still may use if you prefer.

Primary Secondary Success Danger Warning Info Light Dark

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<span class="badge text-bg-primary">Primary</span>
<span class="badge text-bg-secondary">Secondary</span>
<span class="badge text-bg-success">Success</span>
<span class="badge text-bg-danger">Danger</span>
<span class="badge text-bg-warning">Warning</span>
<span class="badge text-bg-info">Info</span>
<span class="badge text-bg-light">Light</span>
<span class="badge text-bg-dark">Dark</span>

Conveying meaning to assistive technologies

Using color to add meaning only provides a visual indication, which will not be conveyed to users of assistive technologies – such as screen readers. Ensure that information denoted by the color is either obvious from the content itself (e.g. the visible text), or is included through alternative means, such as additional text hidden with the .visually-hidden class.

Pill badges

Use the .rounded-pill utility class to make badges more rounded with a larger border-radius.

Incompatibility with Orange Design System. More information

This component should not be used because it does not exist in the Orange Design System specifications.

Instead, consider using our Boosted Tags. You can also refer to the Tags guidelines on the Orange Design System website.

Primary Secondary Success Danger Warning Info Light Dark

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<span class="badge rounded-pill text-bg-primary">Primary</span>
<span class="badge rounded-pill text-bg-secondary">Secondary</span>
<span class="badge rounded-pill text-bg-success">Success</span>
<span class="badge rounded-pill text-bg-danger">Danger</span>
<span class="badge rounded-pill text-bg-warning">Warning</span>
<span class="badge rounded-pill text-bg-info">Info</span>
<span class="badge rounded-pill text-bg-light">Light</span>
<span class="badge rounded-pill text-bg-dark">Dark</span>

CSS

Variables

Added in v5.2.0

As part of Boosted’s evolving CSS variables approach, badges now use local CSS variables on .badge for enhanced real-time customization. Values for the CSS variables are set via Sass, so Sass customization is still supported, too.

  --#{$prefix}badge-padding: #{subtract(var(--#{$prefix}badge-padding-y), 1px) var(--#{$prefix}badge-padding-x) add(var(--#{$prefix}badge-padding-y), 1px)}; // Boosted mod
  --#{$prefix}badge-padding-x: #{$badge-padding-x};
  --#{$prefix}badge-padding-y: #{$badge-padding-y};
  @include rfs($badge-font-size, --#{$prefix}badge-font-size);
  --#{$prefix}badge-font-weight: #{$badge-font-weight};
  --#{$prefix}badge-color: #{$badge-color};
  --#{$prefix}badge-border-radius: #{$badge-border-radius};

Sass variables

$badge-font-size:                   .75em;
$badge-font-weight:                 $font-weight-bold;
$badge-color:                       $white;
$badge-padding-y:                   .35em;
$badge-padding-x:                   .65em;
$badge-border-radius:               $border-radius;