CSS Grids for Everyone
The new CSS Grid spec offers unprecedented control when it comes to constructing layouts and components. In fact, this level of power and flexibility has never been available before now. That being said, there's a slight learning curve.
Come along, as I teach you everything you need to know in bite-sized episodes. You'll be constructing your own custom grids in no time.
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01
Your First Grid Free
Let's get started at the very beginning. How do we construct our first 2x3 grid? This episode will introduce you to a handful of new CSS properties.
View the source code for this first episode on JSBin.
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02
Position it Anywhere Free
We now have unprecedented control over how we position items within a grid. No longer are we forced to rearrange HTML to a move a region from one position to another. There's literally no limit to how you organize your layouts.
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03
Named Grid Areas Free
Each grid item can optionally be assigned a
grid-areaname. The container can then use these referenced names to construct your desired grid using a more readable convention.View the source code for this episode on JSBin.com.
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04
The Fractional Unit Free
When reviewing CSS grid demos, you'll likely come across the new
frmeasurement type. This stands for fraction, and allows us to easily specify how much of a grid's remaining available space should be taken up. Let's review a few examples in this episode. -
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Nested Grids Free
As it turns out, any item within a grid can also serve as its own grid container. This allows for a near infinite array of layout possibilities.
View the source code for this episode on GitHub.
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06
The Tricky Auto-Fill and Auto-Fit Free
The
auto-fillandauto-fitkeywords offer a lot of flexibility when it comes to dynamically constructing and distributing grid tracks. But, understanding the difference between the two can be tricky. Let's break it down as succinctly as we can.