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Kevin Dees
May 18, 2017
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CSS Gird
Great web design starts with the grid
Kevin Dees
May 18, 2017
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Order and creativity
The Anatomy of the Grid
Units Smallest vertical division
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Columns Groups of units
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Regions Groups of columns of any number
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Fields Horizontal divisions
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Gutters Empty spaces between units and columns
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Margins and Padding Margins are space outside. Padding is space
inside Elements Headlines, buttons, images, etc. Modules Groups of elements
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Grid Is Epic In Every Way
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CSS Floats Have always been awesome
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<div class="row"> <div class="col-md-1">.col-md-1</div> <div class="col-md-1">.col-md-1</div> <div class="col-md-1">.col-md-1</div> <div class="col-md-1">.col-md-1</div>
<div class="col-md-1">.col-md-1</div> <div class="col-md-1">.col-md-1</div> <div class="col-md-1">.col-md-1</div> <div class="col-md-1">.col-md-1</div> <div class="col-md-1">.col-md-1</div> <div class="col-md-1">.col-md-1</div> <div class="col-md-1">.col-md-1</div> <div class="col-md-1">.col-md-1</div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md-8">.col-md-8</div> <div class="col-md-4">.col-md-4</div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md-4">.col-md-4</div> <div class="col-md-4">.col-md-4</div> <div class="col-md-4">.col-md-4</div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md-6">.col-md-6</div> <div class="col-md-6">.col-md-6</div> </div>
.left { width: 26%; box-sizing: border-box; float: left; } .right
{ box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: calc(26% + 20px); } .float { margin: auto; width: 960px; background: transparent url(float.png) repeat-y 0 25%; } .float:after { content: ''; display: block; clear: both; } <section class="float"> <div class="left"> left </div> <div class="right"> right </div> </section>
Floats are evil There must be a better way
CSS Grid
<div class="grid"> <header>header</header> <div class="sidebar">sidebar</div> <div class="content">content</div> <div class="info">info</div> <footer>footer</footer>
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<div class="grid"> <header>header</header> <div class="sidebar">sidebar</div> <div class="content">content</div> <div class="info">info</div> <footer>footer</footer>
</div> .grid { display: grid; grid-template-columns: 50% 50%; grid-template-rows: auto; max-width: 600px; margin: 100px auto; }
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<div class="grid"> <header>header</header> <div class="sidebar">sidebar</div> <div class="content">content</div> <div class="info">info</div> <footer>footer</footer>
</div> header { grid-column-start: 1; grid-column-end: 3; grid-row-start: 1; grid-row-end: 2; background: #fddf58; }
<div class="grid"> <header>header</header> <div class="sidebar">sidebar</div> <div class="content">content</div> <div class="info">info</div> <footer>footer</footer>
</div> .sidebar { grid-column-start: 1; grid-column-end: 2; grid-row-start: 2; grid-row-end: 3; background: #e68930; }
<div class="grid"> <header>header</header> <div class="sidebar">sidebar</div> <div class="content">content</div> <div class="info">info</div> <footer>footer</footer>
</div> .content { grid-column-start: 2; grid-column-end: 3; grid-row-start: 2; grid-row-end: 4; background: #1a98f9; }
<div class="grid"> <header>header</header> <div class="sidebar">sidebar</div> <div class="content">content</div> <div class="info">info</div> <footer>footer</footer>
</div> .info { grid-column-start: 1; grid-column-end: 2; grid-row-start: 3; grid-row-end: 4; background: #fff; }
<div class="grid"> <header>header</header> <div class="sidebar">sidebar</div> <div class="content">content</div> <div class="info">info</div> <footer>footer</footer>
</div> footer { grid-column-start: 1; grid-column-end: 3; grid-row-start: 4; grid-row-end: 5; background: #fddf58; }
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.grid { display: grid; grid-template-columns: 50% 50%; grid-template-rows: auto; max-width:
600px; margin: 100px auto; grid-column-gap: 20px; grid-row-gap: 20px; }
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<div class="grid"> <header>header</header> <div class="sidebar">sidebar</div> <div class="content">content</div> <div class="info">info</div> <footer>footer</footer>
<div class="extra">Extra section</div> </div> .extra { background: #fff; }
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Implicit and Explicit Grid
.grid { grid-template-columns: 1fr 3fr; grid-template-rows: 120px 120px auto 120px;
}
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Complex Layouts
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Do you need a framework?
Nope
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.grid { grid-template-areas: "header header" "sidebar content" "info content" "footer
footer"; } header { grid-area: header; background: #fddf58; } .sidebar { grid-area: sidebar; background: #e68930; } .content { grid-area: content; background: #1a98f9; } .info { grid-area: info; background: #fff; } footer { grid-area: footer; background: #fddf58; }
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.grid { grid-template-areas: "header header" "sidebar ." "info content" "footer
footer"; }
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.grid { grid-template-areas: "header content" "sidebar content" "info content" "footer
footer"; }
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.grid { grid-template-areas: "header header info" "sidebar content info" ".
content info" "footer footer footer"; } .grid { grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr 1fr; grid-template-rows: 120px 120px 120px 120px; }
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.grid { grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr 1fr; grid-template-rows: 120px 120px 120px
120px; } .grid { grid-template-columns: repeat(3, 1fr); grid-template-rows: 120px 120px 120px 120px; }
.grid { max-width: 640px; grid-template-columns: repeat(auto-fill, minmax(200px, 1fr) ); grid-template-rows:
auto; } header { background: #fddf58; } .sidebar { background: #e68930; } .content { background: #1a98f9; } .info { background: #fff; } footer { background: #fddf58; }
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Browser Support
IE Created CSS Grid!
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Are we back to browser sniffing?
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@supports (display: grid) { .grid { grid-template-areas: "header content" "sidebar
content" "info content" "footer footer"; } }
Fallbacks
Flexbox
Accessability
<div class="grid"> <footer>footer</footer> <header>header</header> <div class="sidebar">sidebar</div> <div class="content">content</div> <div class="info">info</div>
</div>
Rachel Andrews - Grid by Design
Rachel Andrews - Talk
“Great web design starts with the grid”