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**Bootstrap Reference Documentation**
This is a part of the reference documentation from Bootstrap.
It is included here to demonstrate rendering with Material Design for Bootstrap default styling.
See the Material Design section for more elements and customization options.
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Group a series of buttons together on a single line with the button group. Add on optional JavaScript radio and checkbox style behavior with [our buttons plugin]({{ site.baseurl }}/components/buttons/#button-plugin).
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## Basic example
Wrap a series of buttons with `.btn` in `.btn-group`.
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## Button toolbar
Combine sets of button groups into button toolbars for more complex components.
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## Sizing
Instead of applying button sizing classes to every button in a group, just add `.btn-group-*` to each `.btn-group`, including each one when nesting multiple groups.
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## Nesting
Place a `.btn-group` within another `.btn-group` when you want dropdown menus mixed with a series of buttons.
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## Vertical variation
Make a set of buttons appear vertically stacked rather than horizontally. **Split button dropdowns are not supported here.**
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## Tooltips and popovers
Due to the specific implementation (and some other components), a bit of special casing is required for tooltips and popovers within button groups. **You'll have to specify the option `container: 'body'`** to avoid unwanted side effects (such as the element growing wider and/or losing its rounded corners when the tooltip or popover is triggered).