Bootstrap3 .visible-* .hidden-* display inline

Question

Bootstrap has some nice .visible-* (eg. .visible-lg) class utility for selecting what to show or hide depending on the screen size.

When using those classes, it applies the styling display: block !important; when in the correct screen size.

But sometimes, I'd like to use it for some elements that are displayed inline or inline-block.

How could I cleanly override some bootstrap rules to have the choice? Or should it be a feature request in bootstrap?

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EDIT

Seems like I'm not the only one wondering about this issue. Here's the github issue.

Thanks for the latest answer!

Answer 1

Update for Bootstrap v3.2.0

This is now natively solved in Bootstrap v3.2.0 with this commit

According to the new responsive classes documentation:

As of v3.2.0, the .visible-- classes for each breakpoint come in three variations, one for each CSS display property value listed below:

Group of classes          | CSS display
 .visible-*-block         |  display: block;
 .visible-*-inline        |  display: inline;
 .visible-*-inline-block  |  display: inline-block;

For example, you could use:

<p>Device is: <span class="visible-lg-inline">Large</span></p>

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Other Instances

Asked about on Stackoverflow:

• Bootstrap 3 class visible-lg moves span to a new line

Reported in Bootstrap Issues:

• #4929 - Responsive utility classes may cause unexpected wrapping
• #7808 - Using display inherit in responsive utilities causes elements to be wrongly displayed
• #8500 - responsive class usage with inline element
• #8869 - responsive .hidden-* classes change from display block to inline-block
• #10263 - visible-xs makes display=block even for inline elements