Bootstrap 3.0 - Fluid Grid that includes Fixed Column Sizes

Question

I am learning how to use Bootstrap. Currently, I\'m wading my way through layouts. While Bootstrap is pretty cool, everything I see seems dated. For the life of me, I have w

Answer 1

edit: As lots of people seem to want to do this, I have written up a short guide with a more general use case here https://www.atlascode.com/bootstrap-fixed-width-sidebars/. Hope it helps.

The bootstrap3 grid system supports row nesting which allows you to adjust the root row to allow fixed width side menus.

You need to put in a padding-left on the root row, then have a child row which contains your normal grid layout elements.

Here is how I usually do this http://jsfiddle.net/u9gjjebj/

html

    

        
Fixed 240px
        
Fixed 160px
        

            

            Standard grid system content here
            
        
    

css

.col-fixed-240{
    width:240px;
    background:red;
    position:fixed;
    height:100%;
    z-index:1;
}

.col-fixed-160{
    margin-left:240px;
    width:160px;
    background:blue;
    position:fixed;
    height:100%;
    z-index:1;
}

.col-offset-400{
    padding-left:415px;
    z-index:0;
}