using container-fluid within bootstrap cause horizontal scrollbar

Question

Here is a simple example:

<div class="container-fluid">     <div class="row">         <div class="col-lg-12">DUMMY CONTENT</div>     </div> </div> 

Demo in Fiddle

When I see the result in browser I get a horizontal scrollbar.

Why is this happening?

What am I doing wrong?

Answer 1

container-fluid was originally taken out of Bootstrap 3.0, but added back in 3.1.1

To fix this, you can either:

1. Use the newer version of Bootstrap style sheet

   Demo with New Style Sheet in Fiddle

2. Or add in the class yourself

   The .row adds a 15px margin to the left and right. Since .container-fluid fills up 100% of the screen width, the extra margin space causes overflow issues.

   To fix this, you need to add padding to .container-fluid class

   .container-fluid {     padding-right: 15px;     padding-left: 15px;     margin-right: auto;     margin-left: auto; } 

   Demo with Custom container class in Fiddle

Answer 2

I also faced this problem. I don't know the cause of the problem. It maybe a bug from Twitter Bootstrap. Now, I have to manually add the overflow-x:hidden to my body tag:

body {     overflow-x: hidden; } 

Jsfiddle