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CSS

gene c
gene c
13,630 Points
Posted by gene c
gene c
13,630 Points

Why do I have extra unwanted space at all 4 sides of my layout when I use CSS Grid?

This is my code:

* {
  box-sizing: border-box;
}

.container {
  height: 100vh;
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 1fr 2fr 2fr 1fr;
  grid-template-rows: 50px minmax(200px, 1fr) 100px;
  grid-template-areas:
    "header header header header"
    ". main form ."
    "footer footer footer footer";

    header {
      grid-area: header;
      background-color: blue;
    }

    main {
      grid-area: main;
      background-color: tomato;
    }

    form {
      grid-area: form;
      background-color: purple;
    }

    footer {
      grid-area: footer;
      background-color: green;
    }
}
gene c
gene c
13,630 Points
gene c
gene c
13,630 Points

I did some research and it could be because normal browsers leave an 8px margin all around the content. One solution could be using normalise.css am I right?

Appreciate if someone can see if I'm right and suggest other solutions! :)

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,248 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,248 Points

Try adding this to your CSS, to turn off the default body element margins:

body { margin: 0; }