Creating Star Ratings with Bootstrap: Implementing User Feedback and Visual Ratings

Learn how to implement visually appealing and functional star rating systems using Bootstrap and icon libraries. This tutorial provides a practical guide to creating interactive star ratings, handling user input, and updating the displayed rating for effective user feedback mechanisms.

Creating Star Ratings with Bootstrap

Star ratings are a common way to let users provide feedback or rate items (products, content, etc.). Bootstrap doesn't provide a built-in star rating component, but you can easily create one using icons and some simple CSS/JavaScript.

Creating Star Icons

You'll typically use star icons (filled and empty) to represent the rating. You can use image icons or font icons. Here's a basic approach using icons (Note: This section is a placeholder and would be replaced by actual icon implementation using Bootstrap or a similar icon library. The below code is illustrative only):

<i class="fas fa-star"></i>


<i class="far fa-star"></i>

You'd then use JavaScript to handle user interaction (e.g., clicking on stars to update the selected rating) and display the appropriate number of filled/empty stars.