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when to use offset-3 in bootstrap

i read a article from here http://victorshi.com/blog/post/How-to-make-a-div-center-in-Bootstrap3 that how to center a div when using bootstrap framework.

their code

class="row">
class="col-lg-6 col-lg-offset-3 text-center">center

i just like to know why they use col-lg-offset-3 ? why they did not use col-lg-offset-2 or col-lg-offset-4 etc.

please guide me about the above code sample. thanks

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Vivek Kumar9y ago
Accepted answer
Have a look into the below links.

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/38716361/what-exactly-is-offset-in-bootstrap

https://www.w3schools.com/bootstrap/bootstrap_grid_examples.asp

http://getbootstrap.com/css/
Guest User9y ago
Bootstrap is based on 12 columns, so 3-6-3 works, but you can also choose 4-4-4 or 2-8-2. It just depends on how much you need to show.