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CSS CSS Grid Layout Going Further with Grid Layout Placing Elements Using Grid Template Areas

Posted by Muaaz Matwadia
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Muaaz Matwadia
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Graduate 19,327 Points

Grid Layout

How do I add content to the grid areas.Do make the items of the grid also display grid?

1 Answer

Jonathan Grieve
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Jonathan Grieve
Treehouse Moderator 91,252 Points
Jonathan Grieve
Jonathan Grieve
Treehouse Moderator 91,252 Points

A grid area is simply an element that has been given a style of display: grid and its list items the grid-area property,.

The grid items (which are descendent elements of the grid container are given a grid-area property. You don't need to use display: grid again as descendent elements take on the properties of their parents.

You can do something like this to start learning how to get the best out of grid areas. 

<main>

  <div id="area_one"> content </div>
  <div id="area_one"> content </div>
  <div id="area_three"> content </div>

</main>

main {
    display: grid;
    grid-template-areas: 

        "area_one area_two",
        "area_three area_three" 
}


main #grid_one {
    grid-area: area_one
}

main #grid_two {
    grid-area: area_two
}

main #grid_three {
    grid-area: area_three
}