The grid-template-columns Property The grid-template-columns property defines the number of columns in your grid layout, and it can define the width of each column. Grid containers consist of grid items, placed inside columns and rows. This code will produce a grid layout with three columns that are 100px wide. To make an HTML element behave as a grid container, you have to set the display property to grid or inline-grid.
Step 1 - Using Properties on the Grid ContainerĬonsider the markup for a container element with six nested elements: 1 2 3 4 5 6 A modern web browser that supports CSS grid.An understanding of CSS property and values.All direct children of grid containers become grid items.
If you would like to follow along with this article, you will need: Create a grid container by setting the display property with a value of grid or inline-grid.
In this article, you will explore each of the CSS grid properties. Most of the alignment properties are applied on the grid container, but some are for grid items, for when you want to specify values that apply only for specific grid items. In this example, we apply align-items: center to the grid container, therefore all grid items are aligned to the center of the block axis. These properties are part of the CSS box alignment module and they define a standard way to position elements with either flexbox or CSS grid. With CSS grid layout, the grid itself within its container as well as grid items can be positioned with the following 6 properties: justify-items, align-items, justify-content, align-content, justify-self, and align-self.