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CSS CSS Grid Layout Flexible Sized Grids Control the Auto-placement of Grid Items

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

How to make the grid direction horizontal instead of vertical when grid-auto-flow: column?

grid-auto-flow: column makes my grid count vertically.

.grid {
  max-width: 1000px;
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr 1fr;
  grid-template-rows: 100px 100px;
  grid-gap: 15px;
  grid-auto-columns: minmax(150px, auto);
  grid-auto-flow: column;
}

it's like:

1 3 5
2 4 6

i want it to be:

1 2 3
4 5 6
Aiden Berzins
Aiden Berzins
23,837 Points
Aiden Berzins
Aiden Berzins
23,837 Points

It's helpful to add a snippet of your code so we can help see the issue.

1 Answer

Aiden Berzins
Aiden Berzins
23,837 Points
Aiden Berzins
Aiden Berzins
23,837 Points 
.grid {
  max-width: 1000px;
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr 1fr;
  grid-template-rows: 100px 100px;
  grid-gap: 15px;
  grid-auto-columns: minmax(150px, auto);
  grid-auto-flow: column; /* change this to row instead of column*/
}
Rich Donnellan
Rich Donnellan
Treehouse Moderator 27,696 Points
Rich Donnellan
Rich Donnellan
Treehouse Moderator 27,696 Points

The alternative is to let the default behavior take over. Not setting grid-auto-flow is equivalent to setting it to row.