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CSS Grid Items

A grid container contains one or more grid items.

All direct child elements of a grid container automatically become grid items.

Below is a grid container with five grid items:

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CSS Sizing/Spanning Grid Items

A grid item can span over mulitiple columns or rows.

We can specify where to start and end a grid item by using the following properties:

  • grid-column-start - Specifies on which column-line the grid item will start
  • grid-column-end - Specifies on which column-line the grid item will end
  • grid-column - Shorthand property for grid-column-start and grid-column-end
  • grid-row-start - Specifies on which row-line the grid item will start
  • grid-row-end - Specifies on which row-line the grid item will end
  • grid-row - Shorthand property for grid-row-start and grid-row-end

The lines between the columns in a grid are called column-lines, and the lines between the rows in a grid are called row-lines.

We can refer to line numbers when placing a grid item in a grid container.


CSS grid-column-start and grid-column-end

The grid-column-start property specifies on which column-line the grid item will start.

The grid-column-end property specifies on which column-line the grid item will end.

Example

Let the first grid item start at column-line 1, and end on column-line 3:

.item1 {
  grid-column-start: 1;
  grid-column-end: 3;
}

Result:

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The CSS grid-column Property

The grid-column property is a shorthand property for the grid-column-start and the grid-column-end properties.

Example

Let the first grid item start at column-line 1, and let it span 2 columns:

.item1 {
  grid-column: 1 / span 2;
}

Result:

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CSS grid-row-start and grid-row-end

The grid-row-start property specifies on which row-line the grid item will start.

The grid-row-end property specifies on which row-line the grid item will end.

Example

Let the first grid item start at row-line 1, and end on row-line 3:

.item1 {
  grid-row-start: 1;
  grid-row-end: 3;
}

Result:

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The CSS grid-row Property

The grid-row property is a shorthand property for the grid-row-start and the grid-row-end properties.

Example

Let the first grid item start at row-line 1, and let it span 2 rows:

.item1 {
  grid-row: 1 / span 2;
}

Result:

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Combine grid-column and grid-row

Here we use both the grid-column and grid-row properties to let a grid item span both columns and rows.

Example

Let the first grid item start at column-line 1, and let it span 2 columns, also let the first grid item start at row-line 1, and let it span 2 rows:

.item1 {
  grid-column: 1 / span 2;
  grid-row: 1 / span 2;
}

Result:

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All CSS Grid Item Properties

Property Description
align-self Aligns the content for a specific grid item along the column axis
grid-area A shorthand property for the grid-row-start, grid-column-start, grid-row-end and the grid-column-end properties
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-start Specifies where to start the grid item
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-start Specifies where to start the grid item
justify-self Aligns the content for a specific grid item along the row axis
place-self A shorthand property for the align-self and the justify-self properties

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