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CSS Grid Cheat Sheet Illustrated in 2021πŸŽ–οΈ

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Let's refresh Our CSS Grid Memory. Here's a Cheat Sheet of everything you can do with Grid to get started in 2021!πŸŽ–οΈ

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Grid Architecture

Grid Architecture

grid-template-columns

This is used to define the Number & Width of columns. You can either individually set the width of each column, or set an uniform width for all columns using "repeat()" function.

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grid-template-rows

This is used to define the Number & Height of rows. You can either individually set the height of each row, or set an uniform height for all rows using "repeat()" function.

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grid-template-areas

This is used to specify the amount of space a grid cell should carry in terms of column & row across the parent container. Life's Quite Easier With this as it allows us to see visually what we're doing.

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Call it, the blueprint(template) of our layoutπŸ‘‡

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column-gap :

This property is used to place gap between Columns inside the grid πŸ‘‡

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row-gap :

This property is used to place gap between Rows inside the grid πŸ‘‡

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justify-items :

This is used to position grid-items (children) inside grid container along the X-Axis[Main Axis]. The 4 values are πŸ‘‡

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align-items :

This is used to position grid-items (children) inside grid container along the Y-Axis[Cross Axis]. The 4 values are πŸ‘‡

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justify-content :

This is used to position our grid [Basically everything] inside grid container along the X-Axis[Main Axis]. The 7 values are πŸ‘‡

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align-content :

This is used to position our grid [Basically everything] inside grid container along the Y-Axis[Cross Axis]. The 7 values are πŸ‘‡

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Children Properties

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The Grid Scale

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grid-column : start/end

THESE 2 properties are used to join multiple COLUMNS together. It is a shorthand of grid-column-start & grid-column-end Skip to this topic on the video above if you're confused using the timestamps.

grid-row : start/end

THESE 2 properties are used to join multiple ROWS together. It is a shorthand of grid-row-start & grid-row-end
Skip to this topic on the video above if you're confused using the timestamps.

grid-area :

At first, we need to setup grid-template-areas ☝️ Once done, we have to specify the names used in parent class inside the children classes, like thisπŸ‘‡

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Specifying grid-template-areas inside parent container πŸ‘‡

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specifying the names used in parent container inside children classes with grid-areasπŸ‘‡

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Justify-self :

This is used to position 1 individual grid-item (children) inside grid container along the X-Axis[Main Axis]. The 4 values are πŸ‘‡

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align-self :

This is used to position 1 individual grid-item (children) inside grid container along the Y-Axis[Cross Axis]. The 4 values are πŸ‘‡

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Short Hands

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place-content :

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place-items :

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place-self :

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grid-template :

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gap/grid-gap :

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Credits

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Conclusion

Here's Your Medal For reading till the end ❀️

Suggestions & Criticisms Are Highly Appreciated ❀️

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John Yalcin

Very helpful explanation and illustrations....thank you JoyShaheb!