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Simple Responsive Grid

WARNING

Based on Gridlex (which is based on Flexbox). We used this because of missing CSS grid compatibility of Internet Explorer, could and should be replaced by CSS grid in the future!

See Gridlex Documentation for more examples.

1. Basics

Just add a class .grid-* (from -1 to -12) Why should we be required to put sizing classes on every single cell when they all have the same width? In this way, you will always have the specified number of columns in a row:

grid-1

grid-1

html
<div class="grid-1">
    <div class="col">
        <p>grid-1</p>
    </div>
</div>

grid-2

grid-2

 

html
<div class="grid-2">
    <div class="col">
        <p>grid-2</p>
    </div>    
    <div class="col">
        <p>grid-2</p>
    </div>
</div>

Responsive Class Modifiers

Example

  • .grid-3_xs-1 means that on small screens, the grid will have 1 column, and on larger screens, it will have 3 columns.
  • Screens are defined as follows: xs (extra small), sm (small), md (medium), lg (large).

grid-3

 

 

html
<div class="grid-3_xs-1">
    <div class="col">
        <div class="-demo"><p>grid-3</p></div>
    </div>
    <div class="col">
        <div class="-demo"><p>&nbsp;</p></div>
    </div>
    <div class="col">
        <div class="-demo"><p>&nbsp;</p></div>
    </div>
</div>

grid-8

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

html
<div class="grid-8_md-4">
    <div class="col">
        <div class="-demo"><p>grid-8</p></div>
    </div>
    <div class="col">
        <div class="-demo"><p>&nbsp;</p></div>
    </div>
    <div class="col">
        <div class="-demo"><p>&nbsp;</p></div>
    </div>
    <div class="col">
        <div class="-demo"><p>&nbsp;</p></div>
    </div>
    <div class="col">
        <div class="-demo"><p>&nbsp;</p></div>
    </div>
    <div class="col">
        <div class="-demo"><p>&nbsp;</p></div>
    </div>
    <div class="col">
        <div class="-demo"><p>&nbsp;</p></div>
    </div>
    <div class="col">
        <div class="-demo"><p>&nbsp;</p></div>
    </div>
</div>

But what happens if we have more than 3 columns in a .grid-3 ? This:

grid-1

grid-1

grid-1

grid-1

2. Compose Cell by Cell

col-12

col-6

col-3

col-3

html
<div class="grid">
    <div class="col-12"><div class="-demo"><p>col-12</p></div></div> <!-- first row: one column -->
    <div class="col-6"><div class="-demo"><p>col-6</p></div></div> <!-- second row: three columns (6+3+3) -->
    <div class="col-3"><div class="-demo"><p>col-3</p></div></div>
    <div class="col-3"><div class="-demo"><p>col-3</p></div></div>
</div>

3. Automatic Grid

Just add number of cells you want in the grid (.grid > .col):

col

col

col

col

html
<div class="grid"> <!-- Four <div class="col"> for 4 columns in the grid -->
    <div class="col"><div class="-demo"><p>col</p></div></div>
    <div class="col"><div class="-demo"><p>col</p></div></div>
    <div class="col"><div class="-demo"><p>col</p></div></div>
    <div class="col"><div class="-demo"><p>col</p></div></div>
</div>

4. Mix all three ways

col

col-2_sm-12

col-6_sm-12

html
<div class="grid">
    <div class="col"><div class="-demo"><p>col</p></div></div>
    <div class="col-2_sm-12"><div class="-demo"><p>col-2_sm-12</p></div></div>
    <div class="col-6_sm-12"><div class="-demo"><p>col-6_sm-12</p></div></div>
</div>

5. Different Gutter Sizes

No Gutter / Gaps

.grid-noGutter

col-12

col-6

col-6

html
<div class="grid-noGutter">
    <div class="col-12"><div class="-demo"><p>col-12</p></div></div>
    <div class="col-6 -demo"><div class="-demo"><p>col-6</p></div></div>
    <div class="col-6 -demo"><div class="-demo"><p>col-6</p></div></div>
</div>

Large Gutter

.grid-lgGutter

col-12

col-6

col-6

html
<div class="grid-lgGutter">
    <div class="col-12"><div class="-demo"><p>col-12</p></div></div>
    <div class="col-6"><div class="-demo"><p>col-6</p></div></div>
    <div class="col-6"><div class="-demo"><p>col-6</p></div></div>
</div>

Extra Large Gutter

.grid-xlGutter

col-12

col-6

col-6

col-6

col-6

col-6

html
<div class="grid-xlGutter">
    <div class="col-2"><div class="-demo"><p>col-6</p></div></div>
    <div class="col-2"><div class="-demo"><p>col-6</p></div></div>
    <div class="col-2"><div class="-demo"><p>col-6</p></div></div>
    <div class="col-2"><div class="-demo"><p>col-6</p></div></div>
    <div class="col-2"><div class="-demo"><p>col-6</p></div></div>
</div>

6. Equal Height

.grid-equalHeight

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col-6

col-6

7. Nesting

Just an "empty" col-6:

Each column can become a grid too (.col-6.grid)

col-6

col-4

col-6

col-6

col-4

col-4

col-4

8. Hide columns at breakpoints

This column is hidden up to _lg breakpoint

This column is hidden up to_md breakpoint

This column is hidden up to_sm breakpoint

This column is hidden up to_xs breakpoint

9. Horizontal Alignment

Example: .grid-3-center

(default)

.grid-center

.grid-right

10. Vertical Alignment

Vertical Top Alignment (= default)

(default)

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Vertical alignment on the grid: middle

.grid-middle

.grid-middle

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Vertical alignment on the grid: bottom

.grid-bottom

.grid-bottom

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Vertical alignment on the column: grid-middle & mixed columns

Example: .grid-4-middle

default (middle)

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col-bottom

col-top

11. Reverse, order and other things

Example: .grid-5-reverse

A

B

C

D

E

12. Distribution

Horizontal Distribution (space-between)

If you add spaceBetween class, the distribution will have no margin around first and last elements :

.grid-spaceBetween

A

B

C

html
<div class="grid-spaceBetween">
    <div class="col-2">
        ...
    </div>
    <div class="col-2">
        ...
    </div>    
    <div class="col-2">
        ...
    </div>
</div>

Horizontal Distribution (space-around)

.grid-spaceAround

A

B

C

html
<div class="grid-spaceAround">
    <div class="col-2">
       ...
    </div>
    <div class="col-2">
        ...
    </div>    
    <div class="col-2">
        ...
    </div>
</div>

Grid Columns

.grid-column

A

B

C

html
<div class="grid-column">
   <div class="col-2">
       ...
   </div>
   <div class="col-2">
       ...
   </div>    
   <div class="col-2">
       ...
   </div>
</div>