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Grid-template-columns related coding questions

👩‍💻 Technical question

how do I make one grid item resize but keep the other intact in size

🤖 SheCodes Athena says:

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You can use the grid-template-columns property to set the size of the grid columns, and use the grid-column property to define which grid columns your grid items belong to.

To make one grid item resize while keeping the other intact in size, you can set the grid item you want to resize to span across multiple columns using the grid-column property. Then, you can adjust the size of the columns that the other grid item belongs to, without affecting the size of the grid item that spans across multiple columns.

Here's an example in CSS:

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.grid-container { display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(3, 1fr); /* create three columns of equal width */ } .grid-item-1 { grid-column: 1 / span 2; /* make this item span two columns */ background-color: red; } .grid-item-2 { background-color: blue; }

In this example, grid-item-1 will span across columns 1 and 2, while grid-item-2 will only belong to column 3. You can then adjust the width of column 3, without affecting the size of grid-item-1.

Here's a visual example of how the grid would look like:

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_______________________________ | | | | | grid-1 | grid-1 | grid-2 | |________|________|______________|

👩‍💻 Technical question

how do I set container size of specific grid boxes?

🤖 SheCodes Athena says:

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To set the container size of specific grid boxes in CSS Grid, you can use the grid-template-rows and grid-template-columns properties and define the size of each row and column respectively.

Here is an example of setting the size of the first and third columns of a 3-column grid to be 100px and the second column to be 200px:

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.grid-container { display: grid; grid-template-columns: 100px 200px 100px; }

You can also use other units for your grid container size, like fr for specifying the size as a fraction of the available space.

Here's an example of having the middle column take up twice as much space as the other two:

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.grid-container { display: grid; grid-template-columns: 1fr 2fr 1fr; }

For more information on CSS Grid, refer to the MDN web docs.

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In this code in css , how can i make my sidebar wider { font-family: "Roboto"; scroll-behavior: smooth; list-style: none; text-decoration: none; } body { background: var(--background-color); } .container { display: grid; grid-template-columns: 100px 1fr 1fr; grid-template-rows: 100px 1fr; grid-gap: 20px; height: 100vh; } .header { grid-column: 1 / span 3; background-color: #333; color: #fff; text-align: center; font-size: 20px; position: fixed; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; background: var(--bs-info-gradient); box-shadow: 0 0.5rem 1rem rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.02); padding: 0.5rem 5%; display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: space-between; z-index: 1000; } .sidebar { grid-column: 1 / span 1; grid-row: 1 / span 2; display: grid; grid-template-rows: repeat(7, 1fr); grid-gap: 10px; background-color: var(--bs-log); color: #fff; text-align: center; margin-top: 40px; } .sidebar a { display: flex; flex-direction

🤖 SheCodes Athena says:

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To make the sidebar wider, you can adjust the grid-template-columns property in the .container class.

You can increase the width of the first column by increasing the value of 100px and decreasing the value of 1fr in the next two columns. For example, you can change grid-template-columns: 100px 1fr 1fr; to grid-template-columns: 200px 1fr 1fr; to make the sidebar twice as wide.

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.sidebar { grid-column: 1 / span 1; grid-row: 1 / span 2; display: grid; grid-template-rows: repeat(7, 1fr); grid-gap: 10px; background-color: var(--bs-log); color: #fff; text-align: center; margin-top: 40px; /* Update sidebar width */ width: 200px; } .container { display: grid; /* Update grid template columns */ grid-template-columns: 200px 1fr 1fr; grid-template-rows: 100px 1fr; grid-gap: 20px; height: 100vh; }

👩‍💻 and how can i make the margin-left smaller

🤖 SheCodes Athena says:

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Assuming you want to reduce the margin between the sidebar and the content in the main section, you can adjust the grid-gap property in the .container class to make the gap smaller.

For example, you can change grid-gap: 20px; to grid-gap: 10px; to reduce the gap between the sidebar and the content.

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.container { display: grid; /* Update grid template columns */ grid-template-columns: 200px 1fr 1fr; grid-template-rows: 100px 1fr; /* Update grid gap */ grid-gap: 10px; height: 100vh; }

👩‍💻 I want to make the main-right wider

🤖 SheCodes Athena says:

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To make the right section wider, you can adjust the grid-template-columns property in the .container class.

You can increase the width of the second column by decreasing the value of 1fr in the last column. For example, you can change grid-template-columns: 200px 1fr 1fr; to grid-template-columns: 200px 1fr 2fr; to make the right section twice as wide as the middle section.

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.container { display: grid; /* Update grid template columns */ grid-template-columns: 200px 1fr 2fr; grid-template-rows: 100px 1fr; /* Update grid gap */ grid-gap: 10px; height: 100vh; }

👩‍💻 Technical question

Asked 2 years ago in CSS by Tahereh

Display 3 cards in a a grid of 3 columns

🤖 SheCodes Athena says:

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To display 3 cards in a grid of 3 columns, you can use the CSS Grid Layout. Here's an example code snippet that includes three cards displayed in three columns:

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<div class="grid-container"> <div class="card">Card 1 content goes here</div> <div class="card">Card 2 content goes here</div> <div class="card">Card 3 content goes here</div> </div> <style> .grid-container { display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(3, 1fr); grid-gap: 20px; } .card { background-color: #fff; padding: 20px; box-shadow: 0 0 10px rgba(0,0,0,0.1); } </style>

In this example, the grid-template-columns property defines a grid with three equal columns, and grid-gap adds a 20-pixel gap between the cards. The .card class styles the cards with a white background, padding, and a slight shadow effect.

You can adjust the styles of the .card class and the grid-container, to customize the appearance of the cards and the grid to your preference.

👩‍💻 Technical question

Asked 2 years ago in CSS by Veranika

What is the difference between grid-template-columns and grid-template-rows

🤖 SheCodes Athena says:

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grid-template-columns and grid-template-rows are CSS properties used in CSS Grid Layout.

grid-template-columns defines the number and size of columns in a grid container, while grid-template-rows defines the number and size of rows in the grid container.

Here is an example of how they can be used:

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.grid-container { display: grid; grid-template-columns: 100px 50px 200px; /* Three columns, 100px, 50px, and 200px wide */ grid-template-rows: 50px 100px; /* Two rows, 50px and 100px tall */ }

In the example above, the grid-container has three columns, with the first column being 100px wide, the second being 50px wide, and the third being 200px wide. It also has two rows, with the first row being 50px tall and the second being 100px tall.

👩‍💻 what if i have only height of the image?

🤖 SheCodes Athena says:

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If you only have the height of an image and not the width, you can still use CSS to define its size.

You could use height to define the height of the image and width to set it to 'auto'. This will maintain the aspect ratio of the image and automatically calculate its width based on the given height.

Here's an example:

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img { height: 300px; /* Set the height of the image */ width: auto; /* Set the width to auto to maintain the aspect ratio */ }

In the example above, the image will have a height of 300px, and its width will be automatically calculated based on its aspect ratio to prevent distortion.

👩‍💻 can I use auto width in grid?

🤖 SheCodes Athena says:

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Yes, you can use auto as a value for the grid-template-columns property in CSS Grid Layout.

When you set a grid column to auto, it will be automatically sized to fit its content. This can be useful when you have variable content widths in a grid and want the size of the columns to adjust accordingly.

Here's an example:

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.grid-container { display: grid; grid-template-columns: 100px auto 200px; /* Three columns, first and third column with fixed width, the second column auto sized */ }

In the example above, the grid-container has three columns where the first and the third columns have fixed widths of 100px and 200px respectively, and the second column is automatically sized to fit its content. The auto value can be applied to any column, and CSS Grid will automatically adjust the size of the column to fit the content in it.

👩‍💻 how to create grid with different image sizes?

🤖 SheCodes Athena says:

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To create a grid with different image sizes, you can use a combination of grid-template-columns, grid-row, and object-fit CSS properties.

Here's an example of how to create a responsive grid with different size images:

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<div class="grid-container"> <div class="grid-item"> <img src="image1.jpg" alt="Image 1"> </div> <div class="grid-item"> <img src="image2.jpg" alt="Image 2"> </div> <div class="grid-item"> <img src="image3.jpg" alt="Image 3"> </div> <div class="grid-item"> <img src="image4.jpg" alt="Image 4"> </div> <div class="grid-item"> <img src="image5.jpg" alt="Image 5"> </div> </div>
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.grid-container { display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(auto-fit, minmax(200px, 1fr)); grid-gap: 10px; } .grid-item { position: relative; height: 0; padding-bottom: 100%; } .grid-item img { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; object-fit: cover; }

In this example, the grid-container parent element is set to display: grid, with grid-template-columns set to a repeat function that creates flexible columns of at least 200px wide each. The grid-gap property creates a 10px gap between the items in the grid.

The grid-item child elements are set to position: relative with height: 0 and padding-bottom set to a percentage value to maintain the aspect ratio of the images. Then the img element inside each grid-item is set to position: absolute, with width and height set to 100%, and object-fit set to cover. This ensures that each image takes up the full area of the grid-item and maintains its aspect ratio, resulting in images of different sizes fitting in the grid.

This approach is a common CSS Grid method to display images that have different aspect ratios, and it allows the grid to display images of different sizes in a responsive and visually appealing way.

👩‍💻 how to create grid based on image height?

🤖 SheCodes Athena says:

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Creating a grid based on image height can be a little tricky because CSS Grid does not have a property to directly set the height of a row based on the height of the content inside the grid cell. However, you can use grid-auto-rows and object-fit properties to approximate cell height based on the image height.

Here is an example:

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<div class="grid-container"> <div class="grid-item"> <img src="image1.jpg" alt="Image 1"> </div> <div class="grid-item"> <img src="image2.jpg" alt="Image 2"> </div> <div class="grid-item"> <img src="image3.jpg" alt="Image 3"> </div> <div class="grid-item"> <img src="image4.jpg" alt="Image 4"> </div> </div>
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.grid-container { display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(auto-fit, minmax(200px, 1fr)); grid-auto-rows: 1fr; grid-gap: 10px; } .grid-item { position: relative; width: 100%; height: 100%; } .grid-item img { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; object-fit: cover; }

In this example, the grid-container parent element is set to display: grid, with grid-template-columns set to a repeat function that creates flexible columns of at least 200px wide each. grid-auto-rows is set to 1fr to allow the rows to expand based on the height of their content.

The grid-item child elements are set to position: relative with width and height set to 100%, and then the img element inside grid-item is set to position: absolute with width and height also set to 100% and object-fit set to cover. This ensures that each image takes up the full area of its grid-item parent, and maintains its aspect ratio.

Although this approach does not create a perfect grid of exact heights, it does allow for a grid that can expand dynamically based on the image height. You can adjust grid-auto-rows value to better fit the images in the grid as needed.

👩‍💻 how to create grid with different image sizes but without changing the height?

🤖 SheCodes Athena says:

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If you want to create a grid with images of different sizes, but where all images are displayed at the same height, you can use object-fit CSS property to create a uniform display.

Here's an example:

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<div class="grid-container"> <div class="grid-item"> <img src="image1.jpg" alt="Image 1"> </div> <div class="grid-item"> <img src="image2.jpg" alt="Image 2"> </div> <div class="grid-item"> <img src="image3.jpg" alt="Image 3"> </div> <div class="grid-item"> <img src="image4.jpg" alt="Image 4"> </div> </div>
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.grid-container { display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(auto-fit, minmax(200px, 1fr)); grid-gap: 10px; } .grid-item { position: relative; height: 200px; overflow: hidden; } .grid-item img { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: auto; object-fit: cover; }

In this example, the grid-container parent element is set to display: grid, with grid-template-columns set to a repeat function that creates flexible columns of at least 200px wide each. grid-gap is used to create a gap of 10px between the grid items.

The grid-item child elements are set to a fixed height of 200px, with overflow property set to hidden to ensure that any images larger than 200px are not scaled up. The img element inside each grid-item is set to position: absolute, with width set to 100% and height set to auto, so the height is adjusted proportionally to the image width. The object-fit property is set to cover to uniformize the display of each image by cropping it to fit the defined height.

This approach will ensure that each image in the grid is displayed at a uniform height, even if they have different sizes or aspect ratios.

👩‍💻 how to create grid with different image sizes but without cropping?

🤖 SheCodes Athena says:

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If you want to create a grid with images of different sizes without cropping them and while keeping their original aspect ratio, you can do so by setting the align-items and justify-items CSS properties to start.

Here's an example:

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<div class="grid-container"> <div class="grid-item"> <img src="image1.jpg" alt="Image 1"> </div> <div class="grid-item"> <img src="image2.jpg" alt="Image 2"> </div> <div class="grid-item"> <img src="image3.jpg" alt="Image 3"> </div> <div class="grid-item"> <img src="image4.jpg" alt="Image 4"> </div> </div>
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.grid-container { display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(auto-fit, minmax(200px, 1fr)); grid-auto-rows: minmax(100px, auto); grid-gap: 10px; align-items: start; justify-items: start; } .grid-item { display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: center; width: 100%; height: 100%; } img { max-width: 100%; max-height: 100%; }

In this example, the grid-container parent element is set to display: grid, with grid-template-columns set to a repeat function that creates flexible columns of at least 200px wide each. grid-auto-rows is used to set a minimum height of 100px for the grid item, with the maximum height being set to auto to allow the images to keep their original aspect ratio. grid-gap is used to create a gap of 10px between the grid items.

The align-items and justify-items properties are set to start to ensure that the images are aligned to the top left corner of the grid cell, without being stretched or cropped.

The grid-item child elements are set to display: flex, with align-items and justify-content properties set to center, to center the images both horizontally and vertically inside their grid cells.

Finally, the img element is set to have a max-width and max-height of 100% to ensure that the images are always contained within their grid cells without being stretched, cropped, or distorted.

This approach will display the images of different sizes without cropping and without losing their original aspect ratio.

👩‍💻 Technical question

Asked 2 years ago in CSS by Stephanie

how do i fix horizontal scrolling on small screens

🤖 SheCodes Athena says:

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It depends on the language and framework you are using. Generally speaking, to fix horizontal scrolling on small screens, you need to make sure the width of the elements is not exceeding the width of the viewport. If you are using CSS, one way you can do this is by using @media queries to set different widths based on the screen size.

Here is an example using CSS Grid:

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@media only screen and (max-width: 800px) { .container { display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(auto-fit, minmax(200px, 1fr)); } }

👩‍💻 Technical question

Asked 2 years ago in CSS by Yandia

How can i fix my two column grid

🤖 SheCodes Athena says:

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In CSS you can fix a two-column grid with the display: grid; and grid-template-columns properties. Example Code:

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div { display: grid; grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr; }

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