Why not just use:

html,body {
min-width:1230px     etc......
}

Will not mess with the responsive layouts. Of course you would want 
different min-widths for different media queries.

On Tuesday, November 13, 2012 9:10:01 AM UTC-6, Chris Peckham wrote:
>
> I'm bumping this thread because I'm interested in hearing whether anyone 
> has come to any kind of conclusion regarding this issue. As Sherbrow 
> suggests; it looks like the changes necessary to support this feature would 
> be a bit of a nightmare to introduce and maintain unless they were adopted 
> within the philosophy of the framework.
>
> Cheers,
> Chris
>
> On Tuesday, July 10, 2012 10:28:40 PM UTC+1, Jethro wrote:
>>
>> I'm also wondering about this. We're thinking of using Bootstrap as a 
>> starting point for future projects, but usually like to have background 
>> color/images as an option. Definitely need the outer padding for anything 
>> other than white-on-white designs (no visible edges).
>>
>> - Was any conclusion made on best practices here?
>>
>> - When you say it could be a 'nightmare' with responsive layouts, how so?
>>
>>
>> We would like to have the full power of flude/responsive layouts using 
>> default Bootstrap as much as possible, but the outer padding is usually a 
>> good idea to give the most flexibility in design.
>>
>>
>> On Tuesday, June 26, 2012 5:34:17 PM UTC-7, Sherbrow wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>> Have you thought about a padding on the .container class ? a padding 
>>> left and right of the size of the gutter width ?
>>>
>>> You may even accomplish that with a bit of less code :
>>>
>>> .container { padding-left: @gridGutterWidth;padding-right: 
>>> @gridGutterWidth; }
>>>
>>>
>>> But it really becomes a nightmare with responsive layouts ! And this is 
>>> the simplest solution I can think of.
>>>
>>> I would suggest that you do without the external gutters, or just set a 
>>> padding on the outermost element (of which you want the inner elements to 
>>> be separated from).
>>>
>>> On Wednesday, June 27, 2012 12:56:39 AM UTC+2, bongoman wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Sure:
>>>>
>>>> http://richardsandilands.com/bootstrap/
>>>>
>>>> So the container div has a background color, but the left most column 
>>>> is hard up against it. I'm wanting to introduce a gutter between the left 
>>>> edge of the first box and the container div AND on the right of the last 
>>>> box.
>>>>
>>>

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