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-Bootstrap includes around two dozen [CSS custom properties (variables)](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/Using_CSS_custom_properties) in its compiled CSS. These provide easy access to commonly used values like our theme colors, breakpoints, and primary font stacks when working in your browser's Inspector, a code sandbox, or general prototyping.
+Bootstrap includes around two dozen [CSS custom properties (variables)](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/Using_CSS_custom_properties) in its compiled CSS. These provide easy access to commonly used values like our theme colors and primary font stacks when working in your browser's Inspector, a code sandbox, or general prototyping.
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+**All our custom properties are prefixed with `bs-` to avoid conflicts with third party CSS.**
## Available variables
{{< highlight css >}}
body {
- font: 1rem/1.5 var(--font-family-sans-serif);
+ font: 1rem/1.5 var(--bs-font-sans-serif);
}
a {
- color: var(--blue);
+ color: var(--bs-blue);
}
{{< /highlight >}}
| `$enable-grid-classes` | `true` (default) or `false` | Enables the generation of CSS classes for the grid system (e.g. `.row`, `.col-md-1`, etc.). |
| `$enable-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" >}}). |
+| `$enable-rfs` | `true` (default) or `false` | Globally enables [RFS]({{< docsref "/getting-started/rfs" >}}). |
| `$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` or `false` (default) | Set to `true` to show warnings when using any of the deprecated mixins and functions that are planned to be removed in `v5`. |
| `$enable-important-utilities` | `true` (default) or `false` | Enables the `!important` suffix in utility classes. |
{{< /table >}}