Grids All The Way Down

A presentation at Colchester Digital Conference in May 2019 in Colchester, UK by Rachel Andrew

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Grids All The Way Down @rachelandrew at Colchester Digital Slides & resources https://noti.st/rachelandrew

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Doing things on the web since 1996 Co-founder Perch CMS & Notist. Editor in Chief Smashing Magazine. Writer of many books. CSS Working Group Member representing Fronteers. Spec editor Multicol and Page Floats. MDN tech writer. Slides & resources https://noti.st/rachelandrew

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CSS Grid Layout Two years on. Slides & resources https://noti.st/rachelandrew

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“I can make flexbox do anything. Why should I learn grid?” Slides & resources https://noti.st/rachelandrew

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“Should I use colour in this web design, or will fonts do?” Slides & resources https://noti.st/rachelandrew

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“Should I build my site using Flexbox or Grid?” Slides & resources https://noti.st/rachelandrew

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Stop thinking about Flexbox & Grid as two separate layout methods Slides & resources https://noti.st/rachelandrew

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Should I build my site using Flexbox or Grid? YES. Slides & resources https://noti.st/rachelandrew

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Look at the pattern you need to build. That will tell you which layout method you need. Slides & resources https://noti.st/rachelandrew

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Flexbox when you have a bunch of different size stuff you want displayed in a readable way. Slides & resources https://noti.st/rachelandrew

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Grid for when you want to control the structure and place items into it. Slides & resources https://noti.st/rachelandrew

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If you are putting widths on all your flex items to make them line up. You probably want grid. Slides & resources https://noti.st/rachelandrew

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/* flex / .airplanes { display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; } .airplanes li { flex: 1 1 400px; height: 45vh; margin: 2vh 10px; } / grid */ .airplanes { display: grid; grid-gap: 5vh; grid-template-columns: repeat(auto-fill, minmax(400px, auto)); grid-auto-rows: 45vh; } Slides & resources https://noti.st/rachelandrew

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Two-dimensional Grid works in the same way in both axes. Slides & resources https://noti.st/rachelandrew

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Inline dimension: the grid fills the grid container Block dimension: as tall as is needed for the content. Slides & resources https://noti.st/rachelandrew

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Inline dimension: the grid fills the grid container Block dimension: the grid fills the grid container Slides & resources https://noti.st/rachelandrew

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.grid { display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(3, 1fr); grid-template-rows: repeat(3,100px); gap: 5px; } Slides & resources https://noti.st/rachelandrew

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.grid { display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(3, 1fr); grid-template-rows: repeat(3,100px); gap: 5px; } Slides & resources https://noti.st/rachelandrew

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.grid { display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(3, 1fr); grid-template-rows: repeat(3, minmax(100px,auto)); } gap: 5px; Slides & resources https://noti.st/rachelandrew

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We have choices now! Enjoy them, they have been a long time coming. Slides & resources https://noti.st/rachelandrew

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What can’t we do yet? Slides & resources https://noti.st/rachelandrew

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figure { display: grid; height: 100%; grid-template-columns: 1fr 3fr; grid-template-rows: 1fr minmax(1em, auto); } Slides & resources https://noti.st/rachelandrew

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Only direct children become grid or flex items. Their children return to normal flow. Slides & resources https://noti.st/rachelandrew

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display: contents Removing the box from the layout. Slides & resources https://noti.st/rachelandrew

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<!—HTML—> <div class=”grid”> <div>Direct Child</div> <div>Direct Child</div> <ul> <li>List Item</li> <li>List Item</li> <li>List Item</li> </ul> <div>Direct Child</div> </div>

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/* CSS */ .grid { display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(3, 1fr); } .grid > * { background-color: rgba(255,255,255,.5); } ul > * { background-color: rgb(209,54,114); } ul { } Slides & resources https://noti.st/rachelandrew

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/* CSS */ .grid { display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(3, 1fr); } .grid > * { background-color: rgba(255,255,255,.5); } ul > * { background-color: rgb(209,54,114); } ul { } display: contents; Slides & resources https://noti.st/rachelandrew

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Subgrid Create a grid on a grid item which uses the grid tracks defined on the parent – for rows, columns or both. Slides & resources https://noti.st/rachelandrew

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.grid { display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(9, 1fr); grid-template-rows: repeat(4, minmax(100px, auto)); } .item { grid-column: 2 / 7; grid-row: 2 / 4; display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(3, 1fr); grid-template-rows: repeat(3, 80px); } .subitem { grid-column: 2 / 4; grid-row: 1 / 4; } Slides & resources https://noti.st/rachelandrew

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.grid { display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(9, 1fr); grid-template-rows: repeat(4, minmax(100px, auto)); } .item { grid-column: 2 / 7; grid-row: 2 / 4; display: grid; grid-template-columns: subgrid; grid-template-rows: repeat(3, 80px); } .subitem { grid-column: 3 / 6; grid-row: 1 / 4; } Slides & resources https://noti.st/rachelandrew

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.grid { display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(9, 1fr); grid-template-rows: repeat(4, minmax(100px, auto)); } .item { grid-column: 2 / 7; grid-row: 2 / 4; display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(3, 1fr); grid-template-rows: subgrid; } .subitem { grid-column: 2 / 4; grid-row: 1 / 3; } Slides & resources https://noti.st/rachelandrew

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.grid { display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(9, 1fr); grid-template-rows: repeat(4, minmax(100px, auto)); } .item { grid-column: 2 / 7; grid-row: 2 / 4; display: grid; grid-template-columns: subgrid; grid-template-rows: subgrid; } .subitem { grid-column: 3 / 6; grid-row: 1 / 3; } Slides & resources https://noti.st/rachelandrew

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Line numbers start from 1 inside the subgrid. You position child items in the subgrid according to the subgrid line numbering, not those of the parent. Slides & resources https://noti.st/rachelandrew

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Line names on the parent are passed into the subgrid. If you have named lines on the parent grid they will be passed into the subgrid and added to any names defined there. Slides & resources https://noti.st/rachelandrew

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col-start col-end col-start col-end Slides & resources https://noti.st/rachelandrew

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.grid { display: grid; grid-template-columns:1fr 1fr 1fr [col-start] 1fr 1fr 1fr [col-end] 1fr 1fr 1fr; grid-template-rows: repeat(4, minmax(100px, auto)); } .item { grid-column: 2 / 7; grid-row: 2 / 4; display: grid; grid-template-columns: subgrid; grid-template-rows: subgrid; } .subitem { grid-column: col-start / col-end; grid-row: 1 / 3; } Slides & resources https://noti.st/rachelandrew

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You can add named lines to the subgrid. Line names are added after the subgrid keyword. Slides & resources https://noti.st/rachelandrew

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col-end col-start sub-b sub-d Slides & resources https://noti.st/rachelandrew

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.grid { display: grid; grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr 1fr [col-start] 1fr 1fr 1fr [col-end] 1fr 1fr 1fr; grid-template-rows: repeat(4, minmax(100px, auto)); } .item { grid-column: 2 / 7; grid-row: 2 / 4; display: grid; grid-template-columns: subgrid [sub-a] [sub-b] [sub-c] [sub-d] [sub-e] [sub-f]; grid-template-rows: subgrid; } .subitem { grid-column: col-start / col-end; grid-row: 1 / 3; } .subitem { grid-column: sub-b / sub-d; grid-row: 1 / 3; } Slides & resources https://noti.st/rachelandrew

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The subgrid inherits the gaps from the parent. Slides & resources https://noti.st/rachelandrew

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You can change the gaps on the subgrid. Slides & resources https://noti.st/rachelandrew

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Sizing of items in the subgrid can change the size of the parent tracks. Slides & resources https://noti.st/rachelandrew

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Now the bad news There are currently no browser implementations of subgrid. Slides & resources https://noti.st/rachelandrew

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Slightly better news Firefox are implementing subgrid as we speak! Slides & resources https://noti.st/rachelandrew

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Fewer rendering engines fewer places where new ground can be broken. Slides & resources https://noti.st/rachelandrew

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Tell browsers what you want in the platform. Slides & resources https://noti.st/rachelandrew

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https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=618969 Slides & resources https://noti.st/rachelandrew

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https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1240834 Slides & resources https://noti.st/rachelandrew

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https://wpdev.uservoice.com/forums/257854-microsoft-edgedeveloper/suggestions/20447239-implement-subgrid Slides & resources https://noti.st/rachelandrew

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Write about features you want to see in browsers Write up your use cases, the problems having the feature will solve. Slides & resources https://noti.st/rachelandrew

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Use new features Browsers are watching. Slides & resources https://noti.st/rachelandrew

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Use new features when they are behind a flag You get to beta test the web platform! Slides & resources https://noti.st/rachelandrew

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Give feedback to the CSS Working Group https://github.com/w3c/csswg-drafts/issues Slides & resources https://noti.st/rachelandrew

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Participate in the web platform Or you are leaving your future as a designer or developer in the hands of the very few who do. Slides & resources https://noti.st/rachelandrew

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Thank you @rachelandrew Slides & resources https://noti.st/rachelandrew