CSS grid-area Property
Example
Make "item1" start on row 2 column 1, and span 2 rows and 3 columns:
.item1 {
grid-area: 2 / 1 / span 2 / span 3;
}
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Definition and Usage
The grid-area property specifies a grid
item's size and location in a grid layout, and is a shorthand property for the
following properties:
The grid-area property can also be used to assign a name to a grid item.
Named grid items can then be referenced to by the
grid-template-areas property of the
grid container. See examples below.
| Default value: | auto / auto / auto / auto |
|---|---|
| Inherited: | no |
| Animatable: | yes. Read about animatable Try it |
| Version: | CSS Grid Layout Module Level 1 |
| JavaScript syntax: | object.style.gridArea="1 / 2 / span 2 / span 3" Try it |
Browser Support
The numbers in the table specify the first browser version that fully supports the property.
| Property | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| grid-area | 57 | 16 | 52 | 10 | 44 |
CSS Syntax
grid-area: grid-row-start / grid-column-start / grid-row-end /
grid-column-end | itemname;
Property Values
| Value | Description | Demo |
|---|---|---|
| grid-row-start | Specifies on which row to start displaying the item. | Demo ❯ |
| grid-column-start | Specifies on which column to start displaying the item. | Demo ❯ |
| grid-row-end | Specifies on which row-line to stop displaying the item, or how many rows to span. | Demo ❯ |
| grid-column-end | Specifies on which column-line to stop displaying the item, or how many columns to span. | Demo ❯ |
| itemname | Specifies a name for the grid item |
More Examples
Example
Item1 gets the name "myArea", and spans all five columns in a five columns grid layout:
.item1 {
grid-area: myArea;
}
.grid-container {
display:
grid;
grid-template-areas: 'myArea myArea myArea myArea myArea';
}
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Example
Let "myArea" span two columns in a five columns grid layout (period signs represent items with no name):
.item1 {
grid-area: myArea;
}
.grid-container {
display:
grid;
grid-template-areas: 'myArea myArea . . .';
}
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Example
Make "item1" span two columns and two rows:
.grid-container {
grid-template-areas: 'myArea myArea . . .' 'myArea
myArea . . .';
}
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Example
Name all items, and make a ready-to-use webpage template:
.item1 { grid-area: header; }
.item2 { grid-area: menu; }
.item3 {
grid-area: main; }
.item4 { grid-area: right; }
.item5 { grid-area:
footer; }
.grid-container {
grid-template-areas:
'header header header header header header'
'menu main
main main right right'
'menu footer footer footer footer
footer';
}
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Related Pages
CSS tutorial: CSS Grid Layout