CSS Grid Layout

CSS Grid layout has been designed to provide a two-dimensional layout method for CSS, with the ability to lay out items in rows and columns. A CSS grid can be used to achieve many different layouts. It excels at dividing a page into major regions, or defining the relationship in terms of size, position, and layer, between parts of a control built from HTML primitives.

Like tables, grid layout enables an author to align elements into columns and rows. However, unlike tables, grid layout doesn't have content structure, therefore enabling a wide variety of layouts not possible in tables. For example, a grid container's child elements could position themselves so they actually overlap and layer, similar to CSS positioned elements.

Basic example

The below example shows a three column track grid with new rows created at a minimum of 100 pixels and a maximum of auto. Items have been placed onto the grid using line-based placement.

* {box-sizing: border-box;}
.wrapper {
  max-width: 940px;
  margin: 0 auto;
}

.wrapper > div {
  border: 2px solid rgb(233,171,88);
  border-radius: 5px;
  background-color: rgba(233,171,88,.5);
  padding: 1em;
  color: #d9480f;
}

<div class="wrapper">
  <div class="one">One</div>
  <div class="two">Two</div>
  <div class="three">Three</div>
  <div class="four">Four</div>
  <div class="five">Five</div>
  <div class="six">Six</div>
</div>

.wrapper {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: repeat(3, 1fr);
  grid-gap: 10px;
  grid-auto-rows: minmax(100px, auto);
}
.one {
  grid-column: 1 / 3;
  grid-row: 1;
}
.two { 
  grid-column: 2 / 4;
  grid-row: 1 / 3;
}
.three {
  grid-row: 2 / 5;
  grid-column: 1;
}
.four {
  grid-column: 3;
  grid-row: 3;
}
.five {
  grid-column: 2;
  grid-row: 4;
}
.six {
  grid-column: 3;
  grid-row: 4;
}

Reference

CSS properties

CSS function

Glossary entries

Guides

External resources

• Examples from Jen Simmons
• Grid by Example - a collection of usage examples and video tutorials
• Codrops Grid Reference
• Firefox DevTools CSS Grid Inspector

Specifications