Spinners

Spinners can be used to show the loading state in your projects.

Example

Result

Live Editor

import Spinner from 'react-bootstrap/Spinner';

function BasicExample() {
  return (
    <Spinner animation="border" role="status">
      <span className="visually-hidden">Loading...</span>
    </Spinner>
  );
}

export default BasicExample;

import Spinner from 'react-bootstrap/Spinner';

function BasicExample() {
  return (
    <Spinner animation="border" role="status">
      <span className="visually-hidden">Loading...</span>
    </Spinner>
  );
}

export default BasicExample;

Animations

Bootstrap offers two animation styles for spinners. The animation style can be configured with the animation property. An animation style must always be provided when creating a spinner.

** Border Spinner - border**

Result

Live Editor

import Spinner from 'react-bootstrap/Spinner';

function BorderExample() {
  return <Spinner animation="border" />;
}

export default BorderExample;

import Spinner from 'react-bootstrap/Spinner';

function BorderExample() {
  return <Spinner animation="border" />;
}

export default BorderExample;

** Grow Spinner - grow **

Result

Live Editor

import Spinner from 'react-bootstrap/Spinner';

function GrowExample() {
  return <Spinner animation="grow" />;
}

export default GrowExample;

import Spinner from 'react-bootstrap/Spinner';

function GrowExample() {
  return <Spinner animation="grow" />;
}

export default GrowExample;

Variants

All standard visual variants are available for both animation styles by setting the variant property. Alternatively spinners can be custom sized with the style property, or custom CSS classes.

Result

Live Editor

import Spinner from 'react-bootstrap/Spinner';

function VariantsExample() {
  return (
    <>
      <Spinner animation="border" variant="primary" />
      <Spinner animation="border" variant="secondary" />
      <Spinner animation="border" variant="success" />
      <Spinner animation="border" variant="danger" />
      <Spinner animation="border" variant="warning" />
      <Spinner animation="border" variant="info" />
      <Spinner animation="border" variant="light" />
      <Spinner animation="border" variant="dark" />
      <Spinner animation="grow" variant="primary" />
      <Spinner animation="grow" variant="secondary" />
      <Spinner animation="grow" variant="success" />
      <Spinner animation="grow" variant="danger" />
      <Spinner animation="grow" variant="warning" />
      <Spinner animation="grow" variant="info" />
      <Spinner animation="grow" variant="light" />
      <Spinner animation="grow" variant="dark" />
    </>
  );
}

export default VariantsExample;

import Spinner from 'react-bootstrap/Spinner';

function VariantsExample() {
  return (
    <>
      <Spinner animation="border" variant="primary" />
      <Spinner animation="border" variant="secondary" />
      <Spinner animation="border" variant="success" />
      <Spinner animation="border" variant="danger" />
      <Spinner animation="border" variant="warning" />
      <Spinner animation="border" variant="info" />
      <Spinner animation="border" variant="light" />
      <Spinner animation="border" variant="dark" />
      <Spinner animation="grow" variant="primary" />
      <Spinner animation="grow" variant="secondary" />
      <Spinner animation="grow" variant="success" />
      <Spinner animation="grow" variant="danger" />
      <Spinner animation="grow" variant="warning" />
      <Spinner animation="grow" variant="info" />
      <Spinner animation="grow" variant="light" />
      <Spinner animation="grow" variant="dark" />
    </>
  );
}

export default VariantsExample;

Sizing

In addition to the standard size, a smaller additional preconfigured size is available by configuring the size property to sm.

Result

Live Editor

import Spinner from 'react-bootstrap/Spinner';

function SizesExample() {
  return (
    <>
      <Spinner animation="border" size="sm" />
      <Spinner animation="border" />
      <Spinner animation="grow" size="sm" />
      <Spinner animation="grow" />
    </>
  );
}

export default SizesExample;

import Spinner from 'react-bootstrap/Spinner';

function SizesExample() {
  return (
    <>
      <Spinner animation="border" size="sm" />
      <Spinner animation="border" />
      <Spinner animation="grow" size="sm" />
      <Spinner animation="grow" />
    </>
  );
}

export default SizesExample;

Buttons

Like the original Bootstrap spinners, these can also be used with buttons. To use this component out-of-the-box it is recommended you change the element type to span by configuring the as property when using spinners inside buttons.

Result

Live Editor

import Button from 'react-bootstrap/Button';
import Spinner from 'react-bootstrap/Spinner';

function ButtonExample() {
  return (
    <>
      <Button variant="primary" disabled>
        <Spinner
          as="span"
          animation="border"
          size="sm"
          role="status"
          aria-hidden="true"
        />
        <span className="visually-hidden">Loading...</span>
      </Button>{' '}
      <Button variant="primary" disabled>
        <Spinner
          as="span"
          animation="grow"
          size="sm"
          role="status"
          aria-hidden="true"
        />
        Loading...
      </Button>
    </>
  );
}

export default ButtonExample;

import Button from 'react-bootstrap/Button';
import Spinner from 'react-bootstrap/Spinner';

function ButtonExample() {
  return (
    <>
      <Button variant="primary" disabled>
        <Spinner
          as="span"
          animation="border"
          size="sm"
          role="status"
          aria-hidden="true"
        />
        <span className="visually-hidden">Loading...</span>
      </Button>{' '}
      <Button variant="primary" disabled>
        <Spinner
          as="span"
          animation="grow"
          size="sm"
          role="status"
          aria-hidden="true"
        />
        Loading...
      </Button>
    </>
  );
}

export default ButtonExample;

Accessibility

To ensure the maximum accessibility for spinner components it is recommended you provide a relevant ARIA role property, and include screenreader-only readable text representation of the spinner's meaning inside the component using Bootstrap's visually-hidden class.

The example below provides an example of accessible usage of this component.

Result

Live Editor

import Spinner from 'react-bootstrap/Spinner';

function BasicExample() {
  return (
    <Spinner animation="border" role="status">
      <span className="visually-hidden">Loading...</span>
    </Spinner>
  );
}

export default BasicExample;

import Spinner from 'react-bootstrap/Spinner';

function BasicExample() {
  return (
    <Spinner animation="border" role="status">
      <span className="visually-hidden">Loading...</span>
    </Spinner>
  );
}

export default BasicExample;

Example​

Animations​

Variants​

Sizing​

Buttons​

Accessibility​

API​

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Example

Animations

Variants

Sizing

Buttons

Accessibility

API

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