How to replace container class in react-bootstrap?

Last Updated : 28 Apr, 2025

The container class provides a responsive fixed-width container. In this article, we will learn How to replace container class in react-bootstrap. We will wrap the outermost content so that the page has margins.

Table of Content

Using React Bootstrap Container
Using Traditional Bootstrap

Steps to create React Application And Installing Module:

Step 1: Create a React application using the following command:

npx create-react-app foldername

Step 2: After creating your project folder i.e. folder name, move to it using the following command:

cd foldername

Step 3: After creating the ReactJS application, Install the required module using the following command:

npm install react-bootstrap --save
npm install --save bootstrap@latest

Step 4: Import the CSS by

import 'bootstrap/dist/css/bootstrap.css';

Project Structure:

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The updated dependencies in package.json file will look like

Approach 1: Using React Bootstrap Container

Using React Bootstrap Container: In this approach, we will use Container class from react-bootstrap/Container. we will create a Navbar within a container

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import Container from 'react-bootstrap/Container';
import Nav from 'react-bootstrap/Nav';
import Navbar from 'react-bootstrap/Navbar';
import NavDropdown from 'react-bootstrap/NavDropdown';

export default function App() {
  return (
      <div>
          <h2 style={{color:'green'}}>GeeksforGeeks</h2>
          <h2>
          How to replace container class in react-bootstrap?
          </h2>
    <Navbar expand="lg"  bg="warning"  >
      <Container>
        <Navbar.Brand href="#home">GeeksforGeeks</Navbar.Brand>
        <Navbar.Toggle aria-controls="basic-navbar-nav" />
        <Navbar.Collapse id="basic-navbar-nav">
          <Nav className="me-auto">
            <Nav.Link href="#home">Java</Nav.Link>
            <Nav.Link href="#c++">C++</Nav.Link>
            <Nav.Link href="#android">Android</Nav.Link>
            <Nav.Link href="#spring">Springboot</Nav.Link>
            <Nav.Link href="#python">Python</Nav.Link>
            <NavDropdown title="Web Technology" id="collasible-nav-dropdown">
              <NavDropdown.Item href="#web/3.1">React</NavDropdown.Item>
              <NavDropdown.Item href="#web/3.2">
                Angular
              </NavDropdown.Item>
              <NavDropdown.Item href="#web/3.3">HTML</NavDropdown.Item>
              <NavDropdown.Item href="#web/3.3">CSS</NavDropdown.Item>
              <NavDropdown.Item href="#web/3.3">Javascript</NavDropdown.Item>
              
            </NavDropdown>
           
          </Nav>
        </Navbar.Collapse>
      </Container>
    </Navbar>
    </div>
  );
}

Output:

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Approach 2: Using Traditional Bootstrap

Using Traditional bootstrap: In this approach we will add a container class by importing bootstrap from 'import 'bootstrap/dist/css/bootstrap.css'

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