title: How can I set the width of fluid Bootstrap containers?
body: <p>I just want to clear out one thing. If I am using <code>"container-fluid"</code> class, it means I can not have something like this in bootstrap.css:</p>
  
  <pre><code>.container-fluid{
  width: 1170px;
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I tried to set in pixels and the responsive nature simply switched off. While setting in % it works. In other words, my question is like this:
  How can I set the fixed width of container-fluid? Or was it simply not meant by default by bootstrap developers?</p>
  
  <p>I already read this link:
  <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/9780333/fluid-or-fixed-grid-system-in-responsive-design-based-on-twitter-bootstrap">Fluid or fixed grid system, in responsive design, based on Twitter Bootstrap</a></p>
  
  <p>But simply can not find anything there regarding the responsive nature and fixed width with <code>container-fluid.</code></p>