How can I target a specific column or row in a CSS grid layout?

To style an arbitrary row, you could use a wrapper element with its display set to contents. See the code snippet below: .grid-container { display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(5, 1fr); grid-gap: 2px; } .grid-item { border: 1px solid black; padding: 5px; } .grid-row-wrapper { display: contents; } .grid-row-wrapper > .grid-item { background: skyblue; } <div class=”grid-container”> … Read more

How to repeat grid-template-rows for all rows

Use grid-auto-rows (automatically generated rows) instead of grid-template-rows (manually generated rows). In current case grid-auto-rows: 150px will do the trick. Demo: .grid { display: grid; grid-auto-rows: 150px; /* space between columns for demo */ grid-gap: 10px; } /* just styles for demo */ .grid__item { background-color: tomato; color: white; } <div class=”grid”> <div class=”grid__item”>One</div> <div … Read more

Last margin / padding collapsing in flexbox / grid layout

Potential Problem #1 The last margin is not being collapsed. It’s being ignored. The overflow property applies only to content. It doesn’t apply to padding or margins. Here’s what it says in the spec: 11.1.1 Overflow: the overflow property This property specifies whether content of a block container element is clipped when it overflows the … Read more

Change the column order in a CSS grid

Grid Layout provides multiple methods for re-arranging grid items. I’ve listed four below. The grid-template-areas property Line-based placement The order property The dense function of the grid-auto-flow property. (Possibly the simplest, easiest and most robust solution for this type of layout, as it works for any number of grid items.) Here’s the original layout: grid-container … Read more

Does CSS Grid have a flex-grow function?

CSS Grid offers the fr unit, which functions similarly to flex-grow. While flex-grow distributes free space in the container among flex items, the fr unit distributes free space in the container among rows / columns. From the spec: 7.2.3. Flexible Lengths: the fr unit A flexible length or <flex> is a dimension with the fr … Read more