Let's refresh Our CSS Grid Memory. Here's a Cheat Sheet of everything you can do with Grid to get started in 2021!🎖️
Check Out The YouTube Tutorial Here
Grid Architecture
grid-template-columns
This is used to define the Number & Width of columns. You can either individually set the width of each column, or set a uniform width for all columns using "repeat()" function.
grid-template-rows
This is used to define the Number & Height of rows. You can either individually set the height of each row, or set a uniform height for all rows using "repeat()" function.
grid-template-areas
This is used to specify the amount of space a grid cell should carry in terms of column & row across the parent container. Life's quite easier with this as it allows us to see visually what we're doing.
Call it, the blueprint(template) of our layout👇
column-gap
This property is used to place gap between Columns inside the grid 👇
row-gap
This property is used to place gap between Rows inside the grid 👇
justify-items
This is used to position grid-items (children) inside the grid container along the X-Axis[Main Axis]. The 4 values are 👇
align-items
This is used to position grid-items (children) inside grid container along the Y-Axis[Cross Axis]. The 4 values are 👇
justify-content
This is used to position our grid [Basically everything] inside grid container along the X-Axis[Main Axis]. The 7 values are 👇
align-content
This is used to position our grid [Basically everything] inside the grid container along the Y-Axis[Cross Axis]. The 7 values are 👇
Children Properties
The Grid Scale
grid-column : start/end
THESE 2 properties are used to join multiple COLUMNS together. It is a shorthand of grid-column-start & grid-column-end Skip to this topic on the video above if you're confused using the timestamps.
grid-row : start/end
THESE 2 properties are used to join multiple ROWS together. It is a shorthand of grid-row-start & grid-row-end
grid-area
At first, we need to setup grid-template-areas ☝️ Once done, we have to specify the names used in parent class inside the children classes, like this👇
Specifying grid-template-areas inside parent container 👇
Specifying the names used in parent container inside children classes with grid-areas👇
Justify-self
This is used to position 1 individual grid-item (children) inside grid container along the X-Axis[Main Axis]. The 4 values are 👇
align-self
This is used to position 1 individual grid-item (children) inside grid container along the Y-Axis[Cross Axis]. The 4 values are 👇
Short Hands
place-content
place-items
place-self
grid-template
gap/grid-gap
Article Credits
Conclusion
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