CSS Grid Summary

CSS GRID

Grid Layout

The CSS Grid Layout Module offers a grid-based layout system, with rows and columns, making it easier to design web pages without having to use floats and positioning.

Grid Elements

A grid layout consists of a parent element, with one or more child elements.

Code Sample:

<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>

Display Property

• grid
• inline-grid

Code Sample:

.grid-container {
  display: grid;
}

.grid-container {
  display: inline-grid;
}

The grid property is a shorthand property for:

• grid-template-rows
• grid-template-columns
• grid-template-areas
• grid-auto-rows
• grid-auto-columns
• grid-auto-flow

CSS Syntax

grid: none|grid-template-rows / grid-template-columns|grid-template-areas|grid-template-rows / [grid-auto-flow] grid-auto-columns|[grid-auto-flow] grid-auto-rows / grid-template-columns|initial|inherit;

Grid Container

Grid containers consist of grid items, placed inside columns and rows.

• justify-content
• align-content

justify-content property

The justify-content property is used to align the whole grid inside the container.

• space-evenly
• space-around
• space-between
• center
• start
• end

Code Sample:

grid-container {
  display: grid;
  justify-content: center;
}

align-content Property

The align-content property is used to vertically align the whole grid inside the container.

• center
• space-evenly
• space-around
• space-between
• start
• end

Code Sample

.grid-container {
  display: grid;
  height: 400px;
  align-content: space-evenly;
}

Grid Template

The grid-template property is a shorthand property for the following properties:

• grid-template-rows
• grid-template-columns
• grid-template-areas

CSS Syntax

grid-template: none|grid-template-rows / grid-template-columns|grid-template-areas|initial|inherit;

Grid Template Rows

The grid-template-rows property specifies the number (and the heights) of the rows in a grid layout.

CSS Syntax

grid-template-rows: none|auto|max-content|min-content|length|initial|inherit;

Code Sample:

.grid-container {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-rows: 100px 300px;
}

Grid Template Columns

The grid-template-columns property specifies the number (and the widths) of columns in a grid layout.

CSS Syntax

grid-template-columns: none|auto|max-content|min-content|length|initial|inherit;

Code Sample:

.grid-container {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: auto auto auto auto;
}

Grid Template Areas

The grid-template-areas property specifies areas within the grid layout.

CSS Syntax

grid-template-areas: none|itemnames;

Code Sample:

.item1 { grid-area: header; }
.item2 { grid-area: menu; }
.item3 { grid-area: main; }
.item4 { grid-area: right; }
.item5 { grid-area: footer; }

.grid-container {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-areas:
    'header header header header header header'
    'menu main main main right right'
    'menu footer footer footer footer footer';
}

Grid Area

The grid-area property specifies a grid item's size and location in a grid layout, and is a shorthand property for the following properties:

• grid-row-start
• grid-column-start
• grid-row-end
• grid-column-end

CSS Syntax

grid-area: grid-row-start / grid-column-start / grid-row-end / grid-column-end | itemname;

Code Sample:

.item1 {
  grid-area: 2 / 1 / span 2 / span 3;
}

Grid Columns

The vertical lines of grid items are called columns.

grid-column property

• grid-column-start
• grid-column-end

CSS Syntax

grid-column: grid-column-start / grid-column-end;

Code Sample:

.item1 {
  grid-column: 1 / span 3;
}

Code Sample:

.item1 {
  grid-column: 1 / 3;
}

Grid Rows

The horizontal lines of grid items are called rows.

grid-row property

• grid-row-start
• grid-row-end

CSS Syntax

grid-row: grid-row-start / grid-row-end;

Code Sample:

.item1 {
  grid-row: 1 / 3;
}

Grid Auto

• grid-auto-cloumns
• grid-auto-flow
• grid-auto-rows

Grid Auto Columns

The grid-auto-columns property sets a size for the columns in a grid container.

CSS Syntax

grid-auto-columns: auto|max-content|min-content|length;

Code Sample:

.grid-container {
  display: grid;
  grid-auto-columns: 50px;
}

Grid Auto Flow

The grid-auto-flow property controls how auto-placed items get inserted in the grid, by inserting items row-by-row or column-by-column.

CSS Syntax

grid-auto-flow: row|column|dense|row dense|column dense;

Code Sample:

.grid-container {
  display: grid;
  grid-auto-flow: column;
}

Grid Auto Rows

The grid-auto-rows property sets a size for the rows in a grid container.

CSS Syntax

grid-auto-rows: auto|max-content|min-content|length;

Code Sample:

.grid-container {
  display: grid;
  grid-auto-rows: 150px;
}

Grid Gaps

The spaces between each column/row are called gaps.

Grid Gaps Properties

• grid-gap
• grid-column-gap
• grid-row-gap

CSS Syntax

grid-gap: grid-row-gap grid-column-gap;

Code Sample:

.grid-container {
  grid-gap: 20px 50px;
}

Grid Column Gap

• grid-column-gap properties

Code Sample:

.grid-container {
  display: grid;
  grid-column-gap: 50px;
}

Grid Row Gap

• grid-row-gap properties

Code Sample:

.grid-container {
  display: grid;
  grid-column-gap: 50px;
}

Grid Lines

The lines between columns are called column lines. The lines between rows are called row lines.