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have widths of 1fr each 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 grid gaps gutters the grid column gap and grid row gap properties create gutters between columns and rows grid gaps are only created in between columns and rows and not along the edge of the grid container grid row gap 20px grid column gap 5rem gap size values can be any non negative length value px em etc 1 2 3 4 grid gap 100px 1em grid gap is shorthand for grid row gap and grid column gap if two values are specified the first represents grid row gap and the second grid column gap 1 2 3 4 grid gap 2rem one value sets equal row and column gaps 1 2 3 4 positioning items by grid line numbers grid lines are essentially lines that represent the start of the end of or between column and row tracks each line starting from the start of the track and in the direction of the grid is numbered incrementally starting from 1 grid row start 2 grid row end 3 grid column start 2 grid column end 3 this 2 column by 3 row grid results in 3 column lines and 4 row lines item 1 was repositioned by row and column line numbers if an item spans only one row or column grid row column end is not necessary 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 grid row 2 grid column 3 4 grid row is shorthand for grid row start and grid row end grid column is shorthand for grid column start and grid column end if one value is provided it specifies grid row column start if two values are specified the first value corresponds to grid row column start and the second grid row column end and must be separated by a forward slash 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 grid area 2 2 3 3 grid area is shorthand for grid row start grid column start grid row end and grid column end if four values are specified the first corresponds to grid row start the second grid column start the third grid row end and the fourth grid column end 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 spanning items across rows and columns grid items span only one column and row track by default but can span multiple row and or column tracks using the same properties to position them grid column start 1 grid column end 4 set a grid item to span more than one column track by setting grid column end to a column line number that is more than one column away from grid column start 1 2 3 4 grid row start 1 grid row end 4 grid items can also span across multiple row tracks by setting grid row end to more than one row track away 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 grid row 2 5 grid column 2 4 shorthand properties grid row and grid column can also be used to position and span grid items more than one row or column 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 grid row 2 span 3 grid column span 2 the keyword span followed by the of columns or rows to span can also be used 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 naming grid lines grid lines can be named when defining the grid with the grid template rows and grid template columns properties line names can then be referenced to position grid items grid template rows row 1 start 1fr row 2 start 1fr row 2 end grid template columns col 1 start 1fr col 2 start 1fr col 3 start 1fr col 3 end assign names to grid lines when defining your grid with the grid template rows and grid template columns properties in line names avoid keywords that appear in the specification e g span to not cause confusion assigned line names must be wrapped in square brackets name of line and placed relative to the grid tracks 1 2 3 4 5 6 row 1 start row 2 start row 2 end col 1 start col 2 start col 3 start col 3 end grid template rows row start row 1 start 1fr row 1 end row 2 start 1fr row 2 end row end grid template columns col start 1fr col 2 start 1fr col 3 start 1fr col end multiple names can be assigned to grid lines by adding names within square brackets and separating each with a whitespace each line name can then be referenced when positioning grid items by line names 1 2 3 4 5 6 row start row 1 start row 1 end row 2 start row 2 end row end col start col 2 start col 3 start col end positioning items by line names with named grid lines items can be positioned by line names and numbers grid row start row 2 start grid row end row end grid column start col 2 start grid column end col end referenced line names should not be wrapped in square brackets 1 2 3 4 row start row 2 start row end col start col 2 start col 3 start col end grid row row 2 start row end grid column col 2 start col end grid row and grid column shorthand properties also support the use of grid line names when positioning items 1 2 3 4 row start row 2 start row end col start col 2 start col 3 start col end naming and positioning items by grid lines with the same name lines can be assigned the same name with the repeat function this can save you time from having to name each line in track definitions grid template rows repeat 3 row start 1fr row end grid template columns repeat 3 col start 1fr col end line name assignments can also be included within the repeat function this results in multiple grid lines with the same names lines with the same name are also assigned the a line s position name s occurrence number which allows it to be uniquely identified from another line with the same name 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 row start row end row start 2 row end 2 row start 3 row end 3 col start col end col start 2 col end 2 col start 3 col end 3 grid row row start 2 row end 3 grid column col start col start 3 to position items by lines with the same name reference the line s name and position name s occurrence number the name and number should be separated by a whitespace in this example item 1 s row position starts at the 2nd grid line named row start and ends at the 3rd grid line named row end and its column position starts at the 1st grid line named col start and ends at the 3rd grid line named col start 1 2 3 4 5 6 row start row end row start 2 row end 2 row start 3 row end 3 col start col end col start 2 col end 2 col start 3 col end 3 naming and positioning items by grid areas like grid line names grid areas can also be named with the grid template areas property names can then be referenced to position grid items grid template areas header header content sidebar footer footer grid template rows 150px 1fr 100px grid template columns 1fr 200px sets of names should be surrounded in single or double quotes and each name separated by a whitespace each set of names defines a row and each name defines a column header content sidebar footer header content sidebar footer grid row start header grid row end header grid column start header grid column end header grid area names can be referenced by the same properties to position grid items grid row start grid row end grid column start and grid column end header grid row footer grid column footer the grid row and grid column shorthand properties can also reference grid area names header content footer grid area sidebar the grid area shorthand property can also be used to reference grid area names header content sidebar footer implicit grid an implicit grid is created when a grid needs to position items outside of the explicit grid because there isn t enough space for items in the explicitly defined tracks or you decide to position something outside of the explicit grid those items are then auto placed in the implicit grid the implicit grid can be defined using the grid auto rows grid auto columns and grid auto flow properties grid template rows 70px grid template columns repeat 2 1fr grid auto rows 140px in this example we ve only defined one row track therefore grid items 1 and 2 are 70px tall a second row track was auto created to make room for items 3 and 4 grid auto rows defines the row track sizes in the implicit grid which is reflected by the the 140px heights of items 3 and 4 1 2 3 4 grid auto flow row the default flow direction of a grid is row 1 2 3 4 5 grid auto flow column a grid s flow can be changed to column 1 2 3 4 5 grid template columns 30px 60px grid auto flow column grid auto columns 1fr in this example we ve only defined the sizes of the first two column tracks item 1 is 30px wide and item 2 60px column tracks are auto created in the implicit grid to make room for items 3 4 and 5 and track sizes are defined by grid auto columns 1 2 3 4 5 implicitly named grid areas grid lines can generally be named whatever you d like but assigning names ending in start and end comes with added benefits they implicitly create named grid areas which can be referenced for positioning grid template rows outer start 1fr inner start 1fr inner end 1fr outer end grid template columns outer start 1fr inner start 1fr inner end 1fr outer end in this example both rows and columns have inner start and inner end lines which implicitly assigns the grid area s name as inner grid area inner grid items can then be positioned by the grid area name as opposed to line names inner outer start inner start inner end outer end outer start inner start inner end outer end implicitly named grid lines implicitly named grid lines work in reverse to implicitly named grid areas naming grid areas implicitly assigns names to grid lines grid template areas header header content sidebar footer footer grid template rows 80px 1fr 40px grid template columns 1fr 200px named grid areas will implicitly name the grid lines along the edges of the area those grid lines will be named based on the area name and suffixed with start or end header start content start footer start content end sidebar start header end sidebar end footer end header start header end content start sidebar start content end sidebar end footer start footer end grid row start header start grid row end content start grid column start footer start grid column end sidebar end in this example the header was positioned using the implicit grid line names header content sidebar footer layering grid items grid items can be layered stacked by properly positioning them and assigning z index when necessary item 1 item 2 grid row start 1 grid column end span 2 item 1 grid column start 1 z index 1 item 2 grid column start 2 in this example items 1 and 2 are positioned to start on row line 1 and set to span 2 columns both items are positioned by grid line numbers item 1 is set to start at column line 1 and item 2 at column line 2 which results in both items overlapping in the center column track by default item 2 would sit on top of item 1 however we ve created stacking context by assigning z index 1 to item 1 resulting it to sit on top of item 2 1 2 3 4 5 grid row start header start grid row end content end grid column start content start grid column end sidebar start z index 1 in this example a grid item is positioned and layered on top using implicit grid line names from the defined grid template areas header content sidebar footer overlay aligning grid items box alignment css s box alignment module complements css grid to allow items to be aligned along the row of column axis justify items and justify self align items along the row axis and align items and align self align items along the column axis justify items and align items are applied to the grid container and support the following values auto normal start end center stretch baseline first baseline last baseline grid grid template rows 80px 80px grid template columns 1fr 1fr grid template areas content content content content item grid area content grid justify items start items are positioned at the start of the row axis row line number 1 1 content justify items center items are positioned at the center of the row axis 1 content justify items end items are positioned at the end of the row axis 1 content justify items stretch items are stretched across the entire row axis stretch is the default value 1 content align items start items are positioned at the start of the column axis column line 1 1 content align items center items are positioned at the center of the column axis 1 content align items end items are positioned at the end of the column axis 1 content align items stretch items are stretched across the entire column axis 1 content justify items center align items center items are positioned at the center of the row and column axes 1 content individual items can be self aligned with the align self and justify self properties these properties support the following valuse auto normal start end center stretch baseline first baseline last baseline item 1 justify self start item 2 justify self center item 3 justify self end justify self aligns individual items along the row axis 1 2 3 content item 1 align self start item 2 align self center item 3 align self end align self aligns items along the column axis 1 2 3 content item 1 justify self center align self center item 1 is positioned at the center of the row and column axes 1 content aligning grid tracks grid tracks can be aligned relative to the grid container along the row and column axes align content aligns tracks along the row axis and justify content along the column axis they support the following properties normal start end center stretch space around space between space evenly baseline first baseline last baseline grid width 100 height 300px grid template columns repeat 4 45px grid template rows repeat 4 45px grid gap 0 5em justify content start start aligns column tracks along and at the start of the row axis it is the default value 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 justify content end columns are aligned at the end of the row axis 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 justify content center columns are aligned at the center of the row axis 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 justify content space around the remaining space of the grid container is distributed and applied to the start and end of each column track 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 justify content space between the remaining space is distributed between the column tracks 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 justify content space evenly the remaining space is distributed where the space between the columns are equal to the space at the start and end of the row track 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 align content start start aligns rows at the start of the column axis and is the default value 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 align content end rows are aligned at the end of the column axis 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 align content center rows are aligned at the center of the column axis 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 align content space around the remaining space of the grid container is distributed and applied to the start and end of each row track 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 align content space between the remaining space is distributed between the row tracks 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 align content space evenly the remaining space is distributed where the space between the rows are equal to the space at the start and end of the column track 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 this guide is designed to give you a fairly comprehensive overview of grid however it doesn t pretend to be a co...