When it comes to using ASCII art with the grid-template-areas property, there is an important limitation currently in place: Named grid areas must be rectangular. In other words, tetris-shaped grid areas of the same name are not allowed. This behavior is defined in two parts of the spec. 7.3. Named Areas: the grid-template-areas property If … Read more
Below are five options for achieving this layout: CSS Positioning Flexbox with Invisible DOM Element Flexbox with Invisible Pseudo-Element Flexbox with flex: 1 CSS Grid Layout Method #1: CSS Positioning Properties Apply position: relative to the flex container. Apply position: absolute to the green flex item. Now the green square is absolutely positioned within the … Read more
The Problem In some browsers the <button> element doesn’t accept changes to its display value, beyond switching between block and inline-block. This means that a <button> element cannot be a flex or grid container, or a <table>, either. In addition to <button> elements, you may find this constraint applying to <fieldset> and <legend> elements, as … Read more
This answer has two main sections: Understanding how alignment works in CSS Grid. Six methods for centering in CSS Grid. If you’re only interested in the solutions, skip the first section. The Structure and Scope of Grid layout To fully understand how centering works in a grid container, it’s important to first understand the structure … Read more
By default, a grid item cannot be smaller than the size of its content. Grid items have an initial size of min-width: auto and min-height: auto. You can override this behavior by setting grid items to min-width: 0, min-height: 0 or overflow with any value other than visible. From the spec: 6.6. Automatic Minimum Size … Read more
You have fixed heights on your child elements (.block). Based on that information, we can extrapolate the height of the container (#wrapper). By knowing the height of the container, your layout can be achieved using CSS Flexbox with flex-direction: column and flex-wrap: wrap. A fixed height on the container serves as a breakpoint, telling flex … Read more
2021 Update CSS Grid Layout Level 3 includes a masonry feature. Code will look like this: grid-template-rows: masonry grid-template-columns: masonry As of March 2021, it’s only available in Firefox (after activating the flag). https://drafts.csswg.org/css-grid-3/#masonry-layout https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/CSS_Grid_Layout/Masonry_Layout end update; original answer below Flexbox A dynamic masonry layout is not possible with flexbox, at least not in a … Read more