CSS Grid Layout Properties with Examples

Grid

The CSS Grid Layout Module offers a grid-based layout system, with rows and columns, making it easier to design web pages without having to use floats and positioning.

Example:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
.grid-container {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: auto auto auto;
  background-color: pink;
  padding: 15px;
}

.grid-item {
  background-color: white;
  border: 1px solid ;
  padding: 20px;
  font-size: 30px;
  text-align: center;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>

<h1>CSS Grid Layout</h1>

<div class="grid-container">
  <div class="grid-item">1</div>
  <div class="grid-item">2</div>
  <div class="grid-item">3</div>  
  <div class="grid-item">4</div>
  <div class="grid-item">5</div>
  <div class="grid-item">6</div>  
  <div class="grid-item">7</div>
  <div class="grid-item">8</div>
  <div class="grid-item">9</div>  
</div>

</body>
</html>

Output:

Grid Column:

The grid-column property specifies a grid item's size and location in a grid layout, and is a shorthand property for the following properties:

Syntax:

grid-column: grid-column-start / grid-column-end;

Grid Row:

The grid-row property specifies a grid item's size and location in a grid layout, and is a shorthand property for the following properties::

Syntax:

grid-row: grid-row-start / grid-row-end;

CSS Grid Properties

Column-gap	Specifies the gap between the columns
Gap	A shorthand property for the row-gap and the column-gap properties
Grid	A shorthand property for the grid-template-rows, grid-template-columns, grid-template-areas, grid-auto-rows, grid-auto-columns, and the grid-auto-flow properties
Grid-area	Either specifies a name for the grid item, or this property is a shorthand property for the grid-row-start, grid-column-start, grid-row-end, and grid-column-end properties
Grid-auto-columns	Specifies a default column size
Grid-auto-flow	Specifies how auto-placed items are inserted in the grid
Grid-auto-rows	Specifies a default row size
Grid-column	A shorthand property for the grid-column-start and the grid-column-end properties
Grid-column-end	Specifies where to end the grid item
Grid-column-gap	Specifies the size of the gap between columns
Grid-column-start	Specifies where to start the grid item
Grid-gap	A shorthand property for the grid-row-gap and grid-column-gap properties
Grid-row	A shorthand property for the grid-row-start and the grid-row-end properties
Grid-row-end	Specifies where to end the grid item
Grid-row-gap	Specifies the size of the gap between rows
Grid-row-start	Specifies where to start the grid item
Grid-template	A shorthand property for the grid-template-rows, grid-template-columns and grid-areas properties
Grid-template-areas	Specifies how to display columns and rows, using named grid items
Grid-templates-columns	Specifies the size of the columns, and how many columns in a grid layout
Grid-template-rows	Specifies the size of the rows in a grid layout
row-gap	Specifies the gap between the grid rows

Benefits

1. Reduced code bloat

Rather than creating extra HTML elements to contain your grid, columns, and rows, your grid tracks are created within your stylesheet.

2. Improved semantics

Frameworks like Bootstrap often compel developers to venture into divitis territory. What’s more, grid frameworks don’t always use the most semantically sound class names.

3. Reduced file sizes

As CSS Grid is native, there is no need to include large libraries like Bootstrap in your projects.

4. Speed of development

Once you learn the syntax, prototyping with CSS Grid is fast and efficient.

5. Style labels

It also became possible to style labels based on the state of their field using adjacent sibling selectors - for example, applying bold to a label when its associated checkbox is checked.

6. Two-dimensional

A grid is two-dimensional and respects both rows and columns. If an element is too big for its cell, the row and/or column will grow accordingly. A grid is ideal for page and form layout.

7. Nested Grids

The CSS Grid Layout is also useful for styling such smaller components as content sections with blog posts or the blog posts themselves.

8. Responsiveness

the CSS Grid Layout gives us the possibility to easily change the placement of the grid items according to the device screen.