Spinners

Indicate the loading state of a component or page with Bootstrap spinners, built entirely with HTML, CSS, and no JavaScript.

Border spinner

Use the border spinners for a lightweight loading indicator.

Preview
HTML

<div class="spinner-border" role="status">
  <span class="sr-only">Loading...</span>
</div>

Colors

The border spinner uses currentColor for its border-color, meaning you can customize the color with text color utilities. You can use any of our text color utilities on the standard spinner.

Preview
HTML

<div class="spinner-border text-primary" role="status">
  <span class="sr-only">Loading...</span>
</div>
<div class="spinner-border text-body" role="status">
  <span class="sr-only">Loading...</span>
</div>
<div class="spinner-border text-success" role="status">
  <span class="sr-only">Loading...</span>
</div>
<div class="spinner-border text-danger" role="status">
  <span class="sr-only">Loading...</span>
</div>
<div class="spinner-border text-warning" role="status">
  <span class="sr-only">Loading...</span>
</div>
<div class="spinner-border text-info" role="status">
  <span class="sr-only">Loading...</span>
</div>
<div class="spinner-border text-light" role="status">
  <span class="sr-only">Loading...</span>
</div>
<div class="spinner-border text-dark" role="status">
  <span class="sr-only">Loading...</span>
</div>

Why not use border-color utilities? Each border spinner specifies a transparent border for at least one side, so .border-{color} utilities would override that.

Growing spinner

If you don't fancy a border spinner, switch to the grow spinner. While it doesn't technically spin, it does repeatedly grow!

Preview
HTML

<div class="spinner-grow" role="status">
  <span class="sr-only">Loading...</span>
</div>

Once again, this spinner is built with currentColor, so you can easily change its appearance with text color utilities. Here it is in blue, along with the supported variants.

Preview
HTML

<div class="spinner-grow text-primary" role="status">
  <span class="sr-only">Loading...</span>
</div>
<div class="spinner-grow text-body" role="status">
  <span class="sr-only">Loading...</span>
</div>
<div class="spinner-grow text-success" role="status">
  <span class="sr-only">Loading...</span>
</div>
<div class="spinner-grow text-danger" role="status">
  <span class="sr-only">Loading...</span>
</div>
<div class="spinner-grow text-warning" role="status">
  <span class="sr-only">Loading...</span>
</div>
<div class="spinner-grow text-info" role="status">
  <span class="sr-only">Loading...</span>
</div>
<div class="spinner-grow text-light" role="status">
  <span class="sr-only">Loading...</span>
</div>
<div class="spinner-grow text-dark" role="status">
  <span class="sr-only">Loading...</span>
</div>

Alignment

Spinners in Bootstrap are built with rems, currentColor, and display: inline-flex. This means they can easily be resized, recolored, and quickly aligned.

Margin

Use margin utilities like .m-5 for easy spacing.

Preview
HTML

<div class="spinner-border m-5" role="status">
  <span class="sr-only">Loading...</span>
</div>

Placement

Use flexbox utilities, utilities to place spinners exactly where you need them in any situation.

<div class="d-flex justify-content-center">
  <div class="spinner-border" role="status">
    <span class="sr-only">Loading...</span>
  </div>
</div>

Preview
HTML

Loading...

<div class="d-flex align-items-center">
  <span>Loading...</span>
  <div class="spinner-border ml-auto" role="status" aria-hidden="true"></div>
</div>

Floats

Preview
HTML

<div class="clearfix">
  <div class="spinner-border float-right" role="status">
    <span class="sr-only">Loading...</span>
  </div>
</div>

Text align

Preview
HTML

<div class="text-center">
  <div class="spinner-border" role="status">
    <span class="sr-only">Loading...</span>
  </div>
</div>

Size

Add .spinner-border-sm and .spinner-grow-sm to make a smaller spinner that can quickly be used within other components.

Preview
HTML

<div class="spinner-border spinner-border-sm" role="status">
  <span class="sr-only">Loading...</span>
</div>
<div class="spinner-grow spinner-grow-sm" role="status">
  <span class="sr-only">Loading...</span>
</div>

Preview
HTML

<div class="spinner-border" style="width: 3rem; height: 3rem;" role="status">
  <span class="sr-only">Loading...</span>
</div>
<div class="spinner-grow" style="width: 3rem; height: 3rem;" role="status">
  <span class="sr-only">Loading...</span>
</div>