CSS GridLesson #182

Grid Container

A grid container contains one or more grid items arranged in columns and rows.

A grid container contains one or more grid items arranged in columns and rows.

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

An element becomes a grid container when its display property is set to grid or inline-grid.

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Display Grid Property

The <div> element becomes a grid container when its display property is set to grid or inline-grid.

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.container {

  display: grid;
}

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.container {

  display: inline-grid;
}

CSS Grid Container Properties

PropertyDescription
align-contentVertically aligns the grid items inside the container
align-itemsSpecifies the default alignment for items inside a flexbox or grid container
displaySpecifies the display behavior (the type of rendering box) of an element
column-gapSpecifies the gap between the columns
gapA shorthand property for the row-gap and the column-gap properties
gridA shorthand property for the grid-template-rows, grid-template-columns, grid-template-areas, grid-auto-rows, grid-auto-columns, and the grid-auto-flow properties
grid-auto-columnsSpecifies a default column size
grid-auto-flowSpecifies how auto-placed items are inserted in the grid
grid-auto-rowsSpecifies a default row size
grid-templateA shorthand property for the grid-template-rows, grid-template-columns and grid-areas properties
grid-template-areasSpecifies how to display columns and rows, using named grid items
grid-template-columnsSpecifies the size of the columns, and how many columns in a grid layout
grid-template-rowsSpecifies the size of the rows in a grid layout
justify-contentHorizontally aligns the grid items inside the container
place-contentA shorthand property for the align-content and the justify-content properties
row-gapSpecifies the gap between the grid rows

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