Bootstrap Tutorial - Bootstrap Label and Badges

We can use labels to display short text beside other components.

To display a label, you need to add a label class to inline HTML elements such as span and i. Here, we'll use a span to show a label beside an h3 element:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<link rel="stylesheet"
  href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.2.0/css/bootstrap.min.css">
<link rel="stylesheet"
  href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.2.0/css/bootstrap-theme.min.css">
<script
  src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script
  src="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.2.0/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
</head><!--from  w  ww. java  2  s .  c  om-->
  <body style='margin:30px'>
     <h3>Jump Start  Bootstrap <span  class="label label-default"> tutorial.</span></h3>
  </body>
</html>

Click to view the demo

Contextual Label

The available label variants are:

label-default for gray
label-primary for dark blue
label-success for green
label-info for light blue
label-warning for orange
label-danger for red

<!--   ww w.j  a  v a 2s  .  c o  m-->
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<title>Example of Twitter Bootstrap 3 Inline Labels</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.1/css/bootstrap.min.css">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.1/css/bootstrap-theme.min.css">
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.1/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
<style type="text/css">
    .bs-example{
      margin: 20px;
    }
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div class="bs-example">
    <p>This is a <span class="label label-default">Default</span> label.</p>
    <p>This is a <span class="label label-primary">Primary</span> label.</p>
    <p>This is a <span class="label label-success">Success</span> label.</p>
    <p>This is an <span class="label label-info">Info</span> label.</p>
    <p>This is an <span class="label label-warning">Warning</span> label.</p>
    <p>This is an <span class="label label-danger">Danger</span> label.</p>
</div>
</body>
</html>

Click to view the demo

Badges

We can use badges to display the number of unread messages.

<!--  www . j a v  a  2s.  com-->
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.1/css/bootstrap.min.css">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.1/css/bootstrap-theme.min.css">
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.1/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
<style type="text/css">
  .bs-example{
      margin: 20px;
    }
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div class="bs-example">
    <ul class="nav nav-pills">
        <li><a href="#">Home</a></li>
        <li><a href="#">Profile</a></li>
        <li class="active"><a href="#">Messages <span class="badge">24</span></a></li>
        <li><a href="#">Email  <span class="badge">5</span></a></li>
    </ul>
</div>
</body>
</html>

Click to view the demo