Do you need to use Bootstrap's “container” and “row” if your content is to span the whole width?
I think the standard of Bootstrap 3 and 4 is <div class="container"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md-4"> ... </div> <div class="col-md-8"> ... </div> <!-- just add up to 12 --> </div> </div> But what if you have a div , table , form , or any element, that you plan to just let it span the whole width? Then do you need the container or row or col-md-12 at all, for the whole page to display well under the styling rules of Bootstrap 3 and 4? P.S. if possible, please point to or quote the official Bootstrap docs related to this. Short answer: you do need to use container , but you don't need