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CSS

Posted by Loes Kockelmans
Loes Kockelmans
Courses Plus Student 6,715 Points

grid-template-areas doesn't work

Ive been working on creating a grid via grid-template-areas but for some reason it doesn't work and I can't figure out why, I've done multiple google searches for it. I hope someone can help me.

My HTML is: <!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <meta charset="utf-8"> <html lang="en-US"> <meta name="description" content="Voorbeeld van Plusport website"> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"> <title>PlusPort</title> <link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css"> </head> <body> <div class="wrapper"> <nav>navigation</nav> <header>header</header> <main>main</main> <aside>side</aside> <footer>footer</footer> </div> </body> </html>

my css is:

.wrapper{
height: 100vh; display: grid; grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr 1fr 1fr; grid-column-gap: 10px; grid-template-areas: "nav nav nav nav" "header header header header" "main main side side" "main main main main" "footer footer footer footer"; }

nav{ grid-area: nav; background-color: green; color: yellow; } header{ grid-area: header; background-color: red; } main{ grid-area: main; background-color: blue; } aside{ grid-area: side; background-color: grey; } footer{ grid-area: footer; background-color: green; color: white; }

chrome developerstool gives me an error one the line in which I declare my grid-template-areas and tells me I have an invalid property value. I've tried al kinds of variations but none work.

hayden carnegie
hayden carnegie
601 Points
hayden carnegie
hayden carnegie
601 Points

Hi,

Your issue is down to your Grid Template Areas:

   grid-template-areas:
    "nav nav nav nav"
    "header header header header"
    "main main side side"
    "main main main main"
    "footer footer footer footer";

You can't have a grid area that isn't a perfect square/rectangle. If you adjust it too

   grid-template-areas:
    "nav nav nav nav"
    "header header header header"
    "main main main side"
    "main main main side"
    "footer footer footer footer";

That will fix your issue.

You might want to rethink how you will do your build of the sidebar so that the main area will wrap around your sidebar.

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Loes Kockelmans
PLUS
Loes Kockelmans
Courses Plus Student 6,715 Points
Loes Kockelmans
Loes Kockelmans
Courses Plus Student 6,715 Points

Thank you so much for your answer! I was just playing around with the grid items, so I will rethink how to actually build the site I'm working on. Thanx again!