Is it possible to create a pinterest-like layout with Bootstrap only?

Layout Twitter Bootstrap Grid Jquery Masonry

Layout Problem Overview

I am trying to the get my head around this for quite some time now:

Is it possible to create a pinterest Layout with Twitter Bootstrap only? I know there are jQuery Plugins like Masonry, but is there no way without them?

Thanks

Layout Solutions

Solution 1 - Layout

Found a (free) template at http://bragthemes.com/demo/pinstrap/. It's supposed to have all you are asking for. Haven't had time to check it out, though.

Edit 2016-03-15: Bootstrap 4 allows this out of the box http://v4-alpha.getbootstrap.com/components/card/#card-columns">here</a>;. It's still in alpha, but we're getting there.

Solution 2 - Layout

Found this solution, works within bootstrap (works even without defining column sizes), doesn't require javascript -- I snapped it into a project and it works beautifully:

http://www.bootply.com/118335

Bless you @katiejones!

Solution 3 - Layout

EDIT: This is now out of the box in boostrap 4 http://v4-alpha.getbootstrap.com/components/card/#card-columns

Sure Thing. Took me a while to work out. Hope this helps!

Apologies for the code dump but its necessary to show the grid working.

<head>

<script type="text/javascript" src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.3/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/s.cdpn.io/123941/masonry.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/s.cdpn.io/123941/imagesLoaded.js"></script>




<!-- Latest compiled and minified CSS -->
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.5/css/bootstrap.min.css" integrity="sha512-dTfge/zgoMYpP7QbHy4gWMEGsbsdZeCXz7irItjcC3sPUFtf0kuFbDz/ixG7ArTxmDjLXDmezHubeNikyKGVyQ==" crossorigin="anonymous">

<!-- Optional theme -->
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.5/css/bootstrap-theme.min.css" integrity="sha384-aUGj/X2zp5rLCbBxumKTCw2Z50WgIr1vs/PFN4praOTvYXWlVyh2UtNUU0KAUhAX" crossorigin="anonymous">

<!-- Latest compiled and minified JavaScript -->
<script src="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.5/js/bootstrap.min.js" integrity="sha512-K1qjQ+NcF2TYO/eI3M6v8EiNYZfA95pQumfvcVrTHtwQVDG+aHRqLi/ETn2uB+1JqwYqVG3LIvdm9lj6imS/pQ==" crossorigin="anonymous"></script>




</head>

  <div class="container">


        <div class="row masonry-container">

          <div class="col-xs-6 col-sm-3 col-md-3 item">
            <div class="thumbnail">
              <img src="http://lorempixel.com/150/200/abstract" alt="">
              <div class="caption">
                <h3>Thumbnail label</h3>
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              </div>
            </div>
          </div><!--/.item  -->


          <div class="col-xs-6 col-sm-3 col-md-3 item">
            <div class="thumbnail">
              <img src="http://lorempixel.com/150/200/abstract" alt="">
              <div class="caption">
                <h3>Thumbnail label</h3>
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              </div>
            </div>
          </div><!--/.item  -->

          <div class="col-xs-6 col-sm-3 col-md-3 item">
            <div class="thumbnail">
              <img src="http://lorempixel.com/150/200/abstract" alt="">
              <div class="caption">
                <h3>Thumbnail label</h3>
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              </div>
            </div>
          </div><!--/.item  -->

          <div class="col-xs-6 col-sm-3 col-md-3 item">
            <div class="thumbnail">
              <img src="http://lorempixel.com/150/200/abstract" alt="">
              <div class="caption">
                <h3>Thumbnail label</h3>
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              </div>
            </div>
          </div><!--/.item  -->

          <div class="col-xs-6 col-sm-3 col-md-3 item">
            <div class="thumbnail">
              <img src="http://lorempixel.com/150/200/abstract" alt="">
              <div class="caption">
                <h3>Thumbnail label</h3>
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              </div>
            </div>
          </div><!--/.item  -->

             <div class="col-xs-6 col-sm-3 col-md-3 item">
            <div class="thumbnail">
              <img src="http://lorempixel.com/150/200/abstract" alt="">
              <div class="caption">
                <h3>Thumbnail label</h3>
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              </div>
            </div>
          </div><!--/.item  -->

          <div class="col-xs-6 col-sm-3 col-md-3 item">
            <div class="thumbnail">
              <img src="http://lorempixel.com/150/200/abstract" alt="">
              <div class="caption">
                <h3>Thumbnail label</h3>
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              </div>
            </div>
          </div><!--/.item  -->

          <div class="col-xs-6 col-sm-3 col-md-3 item">
            <div class="thumbnail">
              <img src="http://lorempixel.com/150/200/abstract" alt="">
              <div class="caption">
                <h3>Thumbnail label</h3>
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              </div>
            </div>
          </div><!--/.item  -->

          <div class="col-xs-6 col-sm-3 col-md-3 item">
            <div class="thumbnail">
              <img src="http://lorempixel.com/150/200/abstract" alt="">
              <div class="caption">
                <h3>Thumbnail label</h3>
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              </div>
            </div>
          </div><!--/.item  -->


        </div> <!--/.masonry-container  -->
      </div><!--/.tab-panel -->


<style type="text/css">
body {

  padding-top: 50px;
}

.main-container {
  padding: 10px 15px;
}

.p {
  text-align: center;
}



</style>


<script type="text/javascript">

/* Demo Scripts for Making Twitter Bootstrap 3 Tab Play Nicely With The Masonry Library
* on SitePoint by Maria Antonietta Perna
*/

//Initialize Masonry inside Bootstrap 3 Tab component 

(function( $ ) {

  var $container = $('.masonry-container');
  $container.imagesLoaded( function () {
    $container.masonry({
      columnWidth: '.item',
      itemSelector: '.item'
    });
  });
  
  //Reinitialize masonry inside each panel after the relative tab link is clicked - 
  $('a[data-toggle=tab]').each(function () {
    var $this = $(this);

    $this.on('shown.bs.tab', function () {
    
      $container.imagesLoaded( function () {
        $container.masonry({
          columnWidth: '.item',
          itemSelector: '.item'
        });
      });

    }); //end shown
  });  //end each
  
})(jQuery);


</script>

Solution 4 - Layout

Yes, it is possible but with some limitations.

Principle

Each column is a div (or section depending upon the meaning of your layout)
Within each column each tile is also be a div, or img etc. depending upon your design.

Practice

To make the columns you can use the following various techniques:

float the columns
display: inline-block the columns
Use the new flexible box API (non-standard implementations are creeping into modern browsers)
Use the new grid positioning API (although I'd avoid this for now as it's not supported hardly at all)

Then place various tiles (divs) in each column. Again, depending upon your design/layout you could replace the column-divs with uls, and have a list of tiles (lis). I can't speak as to whether that is semantically correct for your design.

Limitations

Resizing the Pinterest page maintains the general position of most elements i.e. elements at the top of a column generally stays near the top, even when the number of columns is adjusted for the browser width - the pure CSS solution won't do that out of the box.

Work-Arounds

While not a perfect solution, you can use media queries to influence the position of various elements.

With some time, one could get pretty close to the Pinterest layout - that said, there's probably a good reason they chose to implement said layout with JavaScript.

Solution 5 - Layout

I know my answer is late. but just wanted this common question to be up dated. I found out 3 latest implementations.

isotope. Found this on bootstrap website. Works well with infinite-scroll to build infinite scroll web pages too.
Salvattore. This is achived with pure CSS and JS. JS is only used to pull data.
masonry.desandro.com. This is a JS intensive implementation. but it has its own features.

Solution 6 - Layout

Since Bootstrap 4, the .card-columns class is available. Specifications in there documentation here. It makes a nice Pinterest-like grid. 

<div class="card-columns">
 <div class="card" id="card1"></div>
 <div class="card" id="card2"></div>
 <div class="card" id="card3"></div>
 <div class="card" id="card4"></div>
 <div class="card" id="card..."></div>
</div>

About the number of columns, though, I had trouble adapting it to different screen sizes. I finally managed to do it with :

@media (max-width: 575.98px){ 
	.card-columns {
		column-count: 1; }
}
@media (min-width: 576px){
	.card-columns {
		column-count: 2; }
}
@media (min-width: 768px){
	.card-columns {
		column-count: 3; }
}
@media (min-width: 992px){
	.card-columns {
		column-count: 4; }
}
@media (min-width: 1200px){
	.card-columns {
		column-count: 4; }
}

Solution 7 - Layout

There we have a stuff named: bootstrap-waterfall:
http://mystist.github.io/bootstrap-waterfall/

But in fact, this plugin does not need bootstrap as it's dependencies. It's depends on whether you want to use bootstrap as your pin's markups or just style it yourself.

Solution 8 - Layout

<div class="card-deck">
  <div class="card">
    <img class="card-img-top" src="..." alt="Card image cap">
    <div class="card-block">
      <h4 class="card-title">Card title</h4>
      <p class="card-text">This is a wider card with supporting text below as a natural lead-in to additional content. This content is a little bit longer.</p>
    </div>
    <div class="card-footer">
      <small class="text-muted">Last updated 3 mins ago</small>
    </div>
  </div>
  <div class="card">
    <img class="card-img-top" src="..." alt="Card image cap">
    <div class="card-block">
      <h4 class="card-title">Card title</h4>
      <p class="card-text">This card has supporting text below as a natural lead-in to additional content.</p>
    </div>
    <div class="card-footer">
      <small class="text-muted">Last updated 3 mins ago</small>
    </div>
  </div>
  <div class="card">
    <img class="card-img-top" src="..." alt="Card image cap">
    <div class="card-block">
      <h4 class="card-title">Card title</h4>
      <p class="card-text">This is a wider card with supporting text below as a natural lead-in to additional content. This card has even longer content than the first to show that equal height action.</p>
    </div>
    <div class="card-footer">
      <small class="text-muted">Last updated 3 mins ago</small>
    </div>
  </div>
</div>

Solution 9 - Layout

For everyone who dont want want to go through the hassle of cross browser compatibility, here is a PHP solution. Assuming you have your data in an array,

<?php $iColumns = 4;?>
<?php for($i=0; $i < $iColumns; ++$i):?>

    <div class="span3">
        <?php
        $j=$i;
        while( isset( $aData[$j] ) ):
        $oItem = $aData[$j]
        ?>
            <div class="thumbnail" style="margin-top:10px;">
                <a href="">
                    <img src="" alt=""/>
                </a>
                
                <h3>title</h3>
                <p>caption</p>
            </div>
        <?php
        $j=$j+$iColumns;
        endwhile;?>
    </div>
<?php endfor;?>

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