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CSS CSS Grid Layout Going Further with Grid Layout Position Items by Grid Lines

Eduardo Vargas
Eduardo Vargas
5,871 Points
Posted by Eduardo Vargas
Eduardo Vargas
5,871 Points

Which to use: Rows or Columns?

In this particular example, Guil declares the beginning and end of the Header and Footer using "grid-column-start" and "grid-column-end". On the other hand, he declares the Main and Aside using "grid-row-start" and "grid-row-end".

Is there any downside to declaring all of them with the "grid-column-start / end" property or did Guil do it this way for lecture purposes? The grid seems to display the same either way.

.container {
    height: 100vh;
    display: grid;
    grid-template-columns: 2fr 1fr;
    grid-template-rows: 100px minmax(200px, 1fr) 100px;
    grid-gap: 10px;
}

header {
    grid-column-start: 1;
    grid-column-end: 3;
}

main {
    grid-column-start: 1;
    grid-column-end: 2;
}

aside {
    grid-column-start: 2;
    grid-column-end: 3;
}

footer {
    grid-column-start: 1;
    grid-column-end: 3;
}

1 Answer

Clinton Hays
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Clinton Hays
Front End Web Development Techdegree Graduate 18,156 Points

Hi Eduardo,

In this instance, no...there isn't anything wrong with building your layout using only column declarations! You've achieved your desired layout and that's the goal. Once you need to manipulate the number of rows an element spans, then you can employ the grid-row-start/end properties.

Hope this helps! Happy coding!