Tag: grid-template-areas

CSS grid Property

Post author By Lena Stanley
Post date July 9, 2021

The CSS grid property is a shorthand property for:

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

none (default) – no specific sizing of the columns or rows.

grid-template-rows / grid-template-columns – defines the size(s) of the columns and rows.

grid-template-areas – defines the grid layout using named items.

grid-auto-rows / grid-template-columns – defines the auto size of the rows, and sets the grid-template-columns property.

grid-template-rows / grid-auto-flow grid-auto-columns – defines the size (height) of the rows, and how to place auto-placed items, and the auto-size of the columns.

grid-auto-flow grid-auto-rows /grid-template-columns – defines how to place auto-placed items, and the auto-size of the rows, and sets the grid-template-columns property.

Example1:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
.grid-container {
  display: grid;
  grid: 75px / auto auto auto;
  grid-gap: 10px;
  background-color: #e9c46a;
  padding: 10px;
}

.grid-container > div {
  background-color: #f4a261;
  text-align: center;
  padding: 20px 0;
  font-size: 30px;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>

<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>

</body>
</html>

Output:

Example2:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
.item-1 { grid-area: header; }
.item-2 { grid-area: menu; }
.item-3 { grid-area: main; }
.item-4 { grid-area: side; }
.item-5 { grid-area: footer; }

.grid-container1 {
  display: grid;
  grid:
  'header header header header header header'
  'menu main main main side side'
  'menu footer footer footer footer footer';
  grid-gap: 10px;
  background-color: #e9c46a;
  padding: 10px;
}

.grid-container1 > div {
  background-color: #f4a261;
  text-align: center;
  padding: 20px 0;
  font-size: 30px;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>

<div class="grid-container1">
  <div class="item-1">Header</div>
  <div class="item-2">Menu</div>
  <div class="item-3">Main</div>  
  <div class="item-4">Side</div>
  <div class="item-5">Footer</div>
</div>

</body>
</html>

Output:

Header

Main

Side

Footer

Enjoy coding!

CSS grid-template Property

Post author By Lena Stanley
Post date July 8, 2021

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

Syntax:

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

none (default) – no specific sizing of the columns or rows.

grid-template-rows – defines the size(s) of the rows.

grid-template-columns – defines the size(s) of the columns.

grid-template-areas – defines the grid layout using named items.

Example1:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
.grid-container {
  display: grid;
  grid-template: 200px / auto auto auto;
  grid-gap: 10px;
  background-color: #e9c46a;
  padding: 10px;
}

.grid-container > div {
  background-color: #f4a261;
  text-align: center;
  padding: 20px 0;
  font-size: 30px;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>

<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>

</body>
</html>

Output:

Example2:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
.item-1 { grid-area: header; }
.item-2 { grid-area: menu; }
.item-3 { grid-area: main; }
.item-4 { grid-area: side; }
.item-5 { grid-area: footer; }

.grid-container1 {
  display: grid;
  grid-template:
    'header header header header header header'
    'menu main main main side side'
    'menu footer footer footer footer footer';
  grid-gap: 10px;
  background-color: #e9c46a;
  padding: 10px;
}

.grid-container1 > div {
  background-color: #f4a261;
  text-align: center;
  padding: 20px 0;
  font-size: 30px;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>

<div class="grid-container1">
  <div class="item-1">Header</div>
  <div class="item-2">Menu</div>
  <div class="item-3">Main</div>  
  <div class="item-4">Side</div>
  <div class="item-5">Footer</div>
</div>

</body>
</html>

Output:

Header

Main

Side

Footer

Enjoy coding!

CSS grid-template-areas Property

Post author By Lena Stanley
Post date July 8, 2021

The CSS grid-template-areas property defines areas within the grid layout.

You can name grid items by using the CSS grid-area property, and then reference to the name in the CSS grid-template-areas property.

Syntax:

grid-template-areas: none|itemnames;

none (default) – no named grid areas.

itemnames – a sequence that defines how each column and row should display.

Example1:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
.item1 {
  grid-area: exampleArea;
}

.grid-container {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-areas: 'exampleArea exampleArea . . .';
  grid-gap: 10px;
  background-color: #e9c46a;
  padding: 10px;
}

.grid-container > div {
  background-color: #f4a261;
  text-align: center;
  padding: 20px 0;
  font-size: 30px;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>

<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 class="item9">9</div>
</div>

</body>
</html>

Output:

Example2:

Name all items, and make a ready-to-use webpage template:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
.item-1 { grid-area: header; }
.item-2 { grid-area: menu; }
.item-3 { grid-area: main; }
.item-4 { grid-area: side; }
.item-5 { grid-area: footer; }

.grid-container2 {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-areas:
  'header header header header header header'
  'menu main main main side side'
  'menu footer footer footer footer footer';
  grid-gap: 10px;
  background-color: #e9c46a;
  padding: 10px;
}

.grid-container2 > div {
  background-color: #f4a261;
  text-align: center;
  padding: 20px 0;
  font-size: 30px;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>

<div class="grid-container2">
  <div class="item-1">Header</div>
  <div class="item-2">Menu</div>
  <div class="item-3">Main</div>  
  <div class="item-4">Side</div>
  <div class="item-5">Footer</div>
</div>

</body>
</html>

Output:

Header

Main

Side

Footer

Enjoy coding!

CSS gap Property

CSS grid-column-start Property

Tags CSS, grid, grid-template-areas