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Copy as markdown --- title: Options description: Quickly customize Bootstrap with built-in variables to easily toggle global CSS preferences for controlling style and behavior. --- Customize Bootstrap with our built-in custom variables file and easily toggle global CSS preferences with new `$enable-*` Sass variables. Override a variable’s value and recompile with `npm run test` as needed. You can find and customize these variables for key global options in Bootstrap’s `scss/_variables.scss` file. <BsTable class="table table-options"> | Variable | Values | Description | | ------------------------------ | ---------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | `$spacer` | `1rem` (default), or any value > 0 | Specifies the default spacer value to programmatically generate our [spacer utilities]([[docsref:/utilities/spacing]]). | | `$enable-dark-mode` | `true` (default) or `false` | Enables built-in [dark mode support]([[docsref:/customize/color-modes#dark-mode]]) across the project and its components. | | `$enable-rounded` | `true` (default) or `false` | Enables predefined `border-radius` styles on various components. | | `$enable-shadows` | `true` or `false` (default) | Enables predefined decorative `box-shadow` styles on various components. Does not affect `box-shadow`s used for focus states. | | `$enable-gradients` | `true` or `false` (default) | Enables predefined gradients via `background-image` styles on various components. | | `$enable-transitions` | `true` (default) or `false` | Enables predefined `transition`s on various components. | | `$enable-reduced-motion` | `true` (default) or `false` | Enables the [`prefers-reduced-motion` media query]([[docsref:/getting-started/accessibility#reduced-motion]]), which suppresses certain animations/transitions based on the users’ browser/operating system preferences. | | `$enable-grid-classes` | `true` (default) or `false` | Enables the generation of CSS classes for the grid system (e.g. `.row`, `.col-md-1`, etc.). | | `$enable-cssgrid` | `true` or `false` (default) | Enables the experimental CSS Grid system (e.g. `.grid`, `.g-col-md-1`, etc.). | | `$enable-container-classes` | `true` (default) or `false` | Enables the generation of CSS classes for layout containers. (New in v5.2.0) | | `$enable-caret` | `true` (default) or `false` | Enables pseudo element caret on `.dropdown-toggle`. | | `$enable-button-pointers` | `true` (default) or `false` | Add “hand” cursor to non-disabled button elements. | | `$enable-rfs` | `true` (default) or `false` | Globally enables [RFS]([[docsref:/getting-started/rfs]]). | | `$enable-validation-icons` | `true` (default) or `false` | Enables `background-image` icons within textual inputs and some custom forms for validation states. | | `$enable-negative-margins` | `true` or `false` (default) | Enables the generation of [negative margin utilities]([[docsref:/utilities/spacing#negative-margin]]). | | `$enable-deprecation-messages` | `true` (default) or `false` | Set to `false` to hide warnings when using any of the deprecated mixins and functions that are planned to be removed in `v6`. | | `$enable-important-utilities` | `true` (default) or `false` | Enables the `!important` suffix in utility classes. | | `$enable-smooth-scroll` | `true` (default) or `false` | Applies `scroll-behavior: smooth` globally, except for users asking for reduced motion through [`prefers-reduced-motion` media query]([[docsref:/getting-started/accessibility#reduced-motion]]) | </BsTable>

Quickly customize Bootstrap with built-in variables to easily toggle global CSS preferences for controlling style and behavior.

Customize Bootstrap with our built-in custom variables file and easily toggle global CSS preferences with new $enable-* Sass variables. Override a variable’s value and recompile with npm run test as needed.

You can find and customize these variables for key global options in Bootstrap’s scss/_variables.scss file.