Solve those niggly float, position and layout problems with CSS grid layout. You'll discover the grid layout module, seven ways to place elements, order and alignment, auto-placement algorithms, and a fun CSS project to utilize all your new skills.

Designing with CSS Grid Layout

Preface

As web applications become more and more complex, we need a more natural way to do advanced layouts easily without hacky solutions that use floats and other less burdensome techniques. An exciting new solution for creating layouts comes with the CSS Grid Layout Module .

An Introduction to the CSS Grid Layout Module

In this chapter, the focus will be on specific ways in which you can lay out elements on the web using CSS Grid. Now, let's go over each one of them.

Seven Ways You Can Place Elements Using CSS Grid Layout

In this tutorial, you will learn how to control the order in which items are placed using the Grid Layout module. After that, we will discuss how to control the alignment of different items in the grid.

How to Order and Align Items in Grid Layout

In this tutorial, I'll be going over all the steps the auto-placement algorithm of the CSS Grid Layout module follows when positioning elements. These steps are controlled by the grid-auto-flow property.

A Step by Step Guide to the Auto-Placement Algorithm in CSS Grid

Recently I created a pure CSS crossword puzzle implemented using CSS grid that does not need JavaScript in order to work. It gained heavy interest pretty quickly on CodePen. As of this writing, it has more than 350 hearts and 24,000+ page views!

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