grid-area
Quick Summary for grid-area
The grid-area CSS shorthand property specifies a grid item's size and location within a grid by contributing a line, a span, or nothing (automatic) to its grid placement, thereby specifying the edges of its grid area.
Code Usage for grid-area
/* Keyword values */ grid-area: auto; grid-area: auto / auto; grid-area: auto / auto / auto; grid-area: auto / auto / auto / auto;  /* <custom-ident> values */ grid-area: some-grid-area; grid-area: some-grid-area / another-grid-area;  /* <integer> && <custom-ident>? values */ grid-area:  4 some-grid-area; grid-area:  4 some-grid-area / 2 another-grid-area;  /* span && [ <integer> || <custom-ident> ] values */ grid-area: span 3; grid-area: span 3 / span some-grid-area; grid-area: 2 span / another-grid-area span;  /* Global values */ grid-area: inherit; grid-area: initial; grid-area: revert; grid-area: unset; 
More Details for grid-area

grid-area

The grid-area CSS shorthand property specifies a grid item's size and location within a grid by contributing a line, a span, or nothing (automatic) to its grid placement, thereby specifying the edges of its grid area.

If four <grid-line> values are specified, grid-row-start is set to the first value, grid-column-start is set to the second value, grid-row-end is set to the third value, and grid-column-end is set to the fourth value.

When grid-column-end is omitted, if grid-column-start is a <custom-ident>, grid-column-end is set to that <custom-ident>; otherwise, it is set to auto.

When grid-row-end is omitted, if grid-row-start is a <custom-ident>, grid-row-end is set to that <custom-ident>; otherwise, it is set to auto.

When grid-column-start is omitted, if grid-row-start is a <custom-ident>, all four longhands are set to that value. Otherwise, it is set to auto.

The grid-area property can also be set to a <custom-ident> which acts as a name for the area, which can then be placed using grid-template-areas.

Constituent properties

This property is a shorthand for the following CSS properties:

grid-row-start grid-column-start grid-row-end grid-column-end

Syntax

/* Keyword values */ grid-area: auto; grid-area: auto / auto; grid-area: auto / auto / auto; grid-area: auto / auto / auto / auto;  /* <custom-ident> values */ grid-area: some-grid-area; grid-area: some-grid-area / another-grid-area;  /* <integer> && <custom-ident>? values */ grid-area:  4 some-grid-area; grid-area:  4 some-grid-area / 2 another-grid-area;  /* span && [ <integer> || <custom-ident> ] values */ grid-area: span 3; grid-area: span 3 / span some-grid-area; grid-area: 2 span / another-grid-area span;  /* Global values */ grid-area: inherit; grid-area: initial; grid-area: revert; grid-area: unset; 

Values

auto

Is a keyword indicating that the property contributes nothing to the grid item's placement, indicating auto-placement or a default span of 1.

<custom-ident>

If there is a named line with the name '<custom-ident>-start'/'<custom-ident>-end', it contributes the first such line to the grid item's placement.

Note: Named grid areas automatically generate implicit named lines of this form, so specifying grid-area: foo; will choose the start/end edge of that named grid area (unless another line named foo-start/foo-end was explicitly specified before it).

Otherwise, this is treated as if the integer 1 had been specified along with the <custom-ident>.

<integer> && <custom-ident>?

Contributes the nth grid line to the grid item's placement. If a negative integer is given, it instead counts in reverse, starting from the end edge of the explicit grid.

If a name is given as a <custom-ident>, only lines with that name are counted. If not enough lines with that name exist, all implicit grid lines are assumed to have that name for the purpose of finding this position.

An <integer> value of 0 is invalid.

span && [ <integer> || <custom-ident> ]

Contributes a grid span to the grid item's placement such that the corresponding edge of the grid item's grid area is n lines from the opposite edge.

If a name is given as a <custom-ident>, only lines with that name are counted. If not enough lines with that name exist, all implicit grid lines on the side of the explicit grid corresponding to the search direction are assumed to have that name for the purpose of counting this span.

If the <integer> is omitted, it defaults to 1. Negative integers or 0 are invalid.

Formal definition

Initial valueas each of the properties of the shorthand:grid-row-start: autogrid-column-start: autogrid-row-end: autogrid-column-end: auto
Applies togrid items and absolutely-positioned boxes whose containing block is a grid container
Inheritedno
Computed valueas each of the properties of the shorthand:grid-row-start: as specifiedgrid-column-start: as specifiedgrid-row-end: as specifiedgrid-column-end: as specified
Animation typediscrete

Formal syntax

<grid-line> [ / <grid-line> ]{0,3}

where <grid-line> = auto | <custom-ident> | [ <integer> && <custom-ident>? ] | [ span && [ <integer> || <custom-ident> ] ]

Examples

Setting grid areas

HTML
<div id="grid">   <div id="item1"></div>   <div id="item2"></div>   <div id="item3"></div> </div> 
CSS
#grid {   display: grid;   height: 100px;   grid-template: repeat(4, 1fr) / 50px 100px; }  #item1 {   background-color: lime;   grid-area: 2 / 2 / auto / span 3; }  #item2 {   background-color: yellow; }  #item3 {   background-color: blue; } 
Result

Specifications

Specification
CSS Grid Layout Module Level 3 # propdef-grid-area

See also

Related CSS properties: grid-row, grid-row-start, grid-row-end, grid-column, grid-column-start, grid-column-end, grid-template-areas Grid Layout Guide: Grid template areas Video tutorial: Grid Template Areas Select your preferred language English (US)Français日本語한국어Русский中文 (简体) Change language

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