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Grid Layout
The CSS Grid Layout Module provides a way to arrange web page elements in a grid, using rows and columns. It simplifies webpage design by eliminating the need for using floats and positioning.
Grid Elements
A grid layout is made up of a main container, and inside it, there are some smaller elements.
Display Property
An HTML element turns into a grid container if you set its display
property to either grid
or inline-grid
.
All the immediate children of the grid container automatically turn into grid items.
Grid Columns
The up-and-down lines in grid items are named columns
.
Grid Rows
The lines that go side to side in a grid are called rows
.
Grid Gaps
The empty spaces separating columns or rows are referred to as gaps
.
You can change the space between things by using one of these options:
Grid Lines
The lines that separate columns are named column lines
.
The lines that separate rows are known as row lines
.
When you're putting something in a grid container, use the line numbers as a reference.
All CSS Grid Properties
Property |
Description |
column-gap |
Describes the space between the columns. |
gap |
A short way to describe both the gap between rows and the gap between columns in HTML using the row-gap and column-gap properties. |
grid |
A shorter way to set the grid-template-rows, grid-template-columns, grid-template-areas, grid-auto-rows, grid-auto-columns, and the grid-auto-flow properties all at once. |
grid-area |
You can use this property to give a name to a grid item. Alternatively, it acts as a shortcut for the properties grid-row-start, grid-column-start, grid-row-end, and grid-column-end. |
grid-auto-columns |
Sets the standard width for columns. |
grid-auto-flow |
Describes where automatically arranged items go on the grid. |
grid-auto-rows |
Describes the standard height of a row. |
grid-column |
A shorter way to describe the grid-column-start and grid-column-end properties. |
grid-column-end |
Indicates the stopping point for the grid item. |
grid-column-gap |
Describes how much space there is between columns. |
grid-column-start |
This tells us where to begin the grid item. |
grid-gap |
A shorter way to describe the gap between rows and columns in a grid. |
grid-row |
A convenient way to set the starting and ending positions of rows in a grid layout. |
grid-row-end |
This tells us where the grid item should stop. |
grid-row-gap |
Describes the width of the space between rows. |
grid-row-start |
Indicates the position to begin the grid item. |
grid-template |
A shorter way to set the grid-template-rows, grid-template-columns, and grid-areas properties using a single property. |
grid-template-areas |
Describes how to show columns and rows with named grid items. |
grid-template-columns |
This tells us how big the columns are and how many columns there are in a grid layout. |
grid-template-rows |
This sets the height of the rows in a grid layout. |
row-gap |
Describes the space between the rows in a grid. |
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
.grid-container {
display: grid;
grid-template-columns: auto auto auto;
background-color: #2196F3;
padding: 10px;
}
.grid-item {
background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);
border: 1px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.8);
padding: 20px;
font-size: 30px;
text-align: center;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Grid Elements</h1>
<p>A Grid Layout needs a main element where the display property is set to grid or inline-grid.</p>
<p>The things directly inside the grid box automatically become parts of the grid.</p>
<div class="grid-container">
<div class="grid-item">1</div>
<div class="grid-item">2</div>
<div class="grid-item">3</div>
<div class="grid-item">4</div>
<div class="grid-item">5</div>
<div class="grid-item">6</div>
<div class="grid-item">7</div>
<div class="grid-item">8</div>
<div class="grid-item">9</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
.grid-container {
display: grid;
grid-template-columns: auto auto auto;
background-color: #2196F3;
padding: 10px;
}
.grid-item {
background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);
border: 1px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.8);
padding: 20px;
font-size: 30px;
text-align: center;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h1>display: grid</h1>
<p>Use display: grid; to make a block-level grid container:</p>
<div class="grid-container">
<div class="grid-item">1</div>
<div class="grid-item">2</div>
<div class="grid-item">3</div>
<div class="grid-item">4</div>
<div class="grid-item">5</div>
<div class="grid-item">6</div>
<div class="grid-item">7</div>
<div class="grid-item">8</div>
<div class="grid-item">9</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
.grid-container {
display: inline-grid;
grid-template-columns: auto auto auto;
background-color: #2196F3;
padding: 10px;
}
.grid-item {
background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);
border: 1px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.8);
padding: 20px;
font-size: 30px;
text-align: center;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h1>display: inline-grid</h1>
<p>Use display: inline-grid; to make an inline grid container:</p>
<div class="grid-container">
<div class="grid-item">1</div>
<div class="grid-item">2</div>
<div class="grid-item">3</div>
<div class="grid-item">4</div>
<div class="grid-item">5</div>
<div class="grid-item">6</div>
<div class="grid-item">7</div>
<div class="grid-item">8</div>
<div class="grid-item">9</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
.grid-container {
display: grid;
column-gap: 50px;
grid-template-columns: auto auto auto;
background-color: #2196F3;
padding: 10px;
}
.grid-item {
background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);
border: 1px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.8);
padding: 20px;
font-size: 30px;
text-align: center;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h1>The column-gap Property</h1>
<p>Use the <em>column-gap</em> property to change the gap between columns. </p>
<div class="grid-container">
<div class="grid-item">1</div>
<div class="grid-item">2</div>
<div class="grid-item">3</div>
<div class="grid-item">4</div>
<div class="grid-item">5</div>
<div class="grid-item">6</div>
<div class="grid-item">7</div>
<div class="grid-item">8</div>
<div class="grid-item">9</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
.grid-container {
display: grid;
row-gap: 50px;
grid-template-columns: auto auto auto;
background-color: #2196F3;
padding: 10px;
}
.grid-item {
background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);
border: 1px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.8);
padding: 20px;
font-size: 30px;
text-align: center;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h1>The row-gap Property</h1>
<p>Use the <em>row-gap</em> attribute to change the gap between the rows: </p>
<div class="grid-container">
<div class="grid-item">1</div>
<div class="grid-item">2</div>
<div class="grid-item">3</div>
<div class="grid-item">4</div>
<div class="grid-item">5</div>
<div class="grid-item">6</div>
<div class="grid-item">7</div>
<div class="grid-item">8</div>
<div class="grid-item">9</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
.grid-container {
display: grid;
gap: 50px 100px;
grid-template-columns: auto auto auto;
background-color: #2196F3;
padding: 10px;
}
.grid-item {
background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);
border: 1px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.8);
padding: 20px;
font-size: 30px;
text-align: center;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h1>The gap Property</h1>
<p>Use the gap shorthand property to change the space between the columns and rows.</p>
<div class="grid-container">
<div class="grid-item">1</div>
<div class="grid-item">2</div>
<div class="grid-item">3</div>
<div class="grid-item">4</div>
<div class="grid-item">5</div>
<div class="grid-item">6</div>
<div class="grid-item">7</div>
<div class="grid-item">8</div>
<div class="grid-item">9</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
.grid-container {
display: grid;
gap: 50px;
grid-template-columns: auto auto auto;
background-color: #2196F3;
padding: 10px;
}
.grid-item {
background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);
border: 1px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.8);
padding: 20px;
font-size: 30px;
text-align: center;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h1>The gap Property:</h1>
<p>Use the <em>gap</em> shortcut to change the distance between columns and rows: </p>
<div class="grid-container">
<div class="grid-item">1</div>
<div class="grid-item">2</div>
<div class="grid-item">3</div>
<div class="grid-item">4</div>
<div class="grid-item">5</div>
<div class="grid-item">6</div>
<div class="grid-item">7</div>
<div class="grid-item">8</div>
<div class="grid-item">9</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
.grid-container {
display: grid;
grid-template-columns: auto auto auto;
gap: 10px;
background-color: #2196F3;
padding: 10px;
}
.grid-container>div {
background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);
text-align: center;
padding: 20px 0;
font-size: 30px;
}
.item1 {
grid-column-start: 1;
grid-column-end: 3;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Grid Lines</h1>
<div class="grid-container">
<div class="item1">1</div>
<div class="item2">2</div>
<div class="item3">3</div>
<div class="item4">4</div>
<div class="item5">5</div>
<div class="item6">6</div>
<div class="item7">7</div>
<div class="item8">8</div>
</div>
<p>You can refer to line numbers when placing grid items.</p>
</body>
</html>
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
.grid-container {
display: grid;
grid-template-columns: auto auto auto;
gap: 10px;
background-color: #2196F3;
padding: 10px;
}
.grid-container>div {
background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);
text-align: center;
padding: 20px 0;
font-size: 30px;
}
.item1 {
grid-row-start: 1;
grid-row-end: 3;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Grid Lines</h1>
<div class="grid-container">
<div class="item1">1</div>
<div class="item2">2</div>
<div class="item3">3</div>
<div class="item4">4</div>
<div class="item5">5</div>
<div class="item6">6</div>
<div class="item7">7</div>
<div class="item8">8</div>
</div>
<p>You can refer to line numbers when placing grid items.</p>
</body>
</html>