Lewis Winstone

Grid Layouts

Grid layouts provide a method creating grid structures helping to create and maintain a layout throughout a website.

Example

Header
Menu
Main
Right
Footer

HTML

<div class="grid"> <div class="item1">Header</div> <div class="item2">Menu</div> <div class="item3">Main</div> <div class="item4">Right</div> <div class="item5">Footer</div> </div>

CSS

.item1 { grid-area: header; } .item2 { grid-area: menu; } .item3 { grid-area: main; } .item4 { grid-area: right; } .item5 { grid-area: footer; } .grid { display: grid; grid-template-areas: 'header header header header header header' 'menu main main main right right' 'menu footer footer footer footer footer'; grid-gap: 5px; background-color: black; padding: 10px; } .grid > div { background-color: #33cccc; text-align: center; padding: 20px 0; font-size: 30px; } .item3 { height: 300px; }