col align right

Use float-right for block elements, or text-right for inline elements:

<div class="row">
     <div class="col">left</div>
     <div class="col text-right">inline content needs to be right aligned</div>
</div>
<div class="row">
      <div class="col">left</div>
      <div class="col">
          <div class="float-right">element needs to be right aligned</div>
      </div>
</div>

http://www.codeply.com/go/oPTBdCw1JV

If float-right is not working, remember that Bootstrap 4 is now flexbox, and many elements are display:flex which can prevent float-right from working.

In some cases, the utility classes like align-self-end or ml-auto work to right align elements that are inside a flexbox container like the Bootstrap 4 .row, Card or Nav. The ml-auto (margin-left:auto) is used in a flexbox element to push elements to the right.

Bootstrap 4 align right examples

How about this? Bootstrap 4

<div class="row justify-content-end">
    <div class="col-3">
        The content is positioned as if there was
        "col-9" classed div appending this one.
    </div>
</div>

For Bootstrap 4 I find the following very handy because:

• the column on the right takes exactly the space it needs and will pull right
• while the left col always gets the maximum amount of space!.

It is the combination of col and col-auto which does the magic. So you don't have to define a col width (like col-2,...)

<div class="row">
    <div class="col">Left</div>
    <div class="col-auto">Right</div>
</div>

Ideal for aligning words, icons, buttons,... to the right.

An example to have this responsive on small devices:

<div class="row">
    <div class="col">Left</div>
    <div class="col-12 col-sm-auto">Right (Left on small)</div>
</div>

Check this Fiddle https://jsfiddle.net/Julesezaar/tx08zveL/