3 CSS Grid Layouts That You'll Ever Need

Building a responsive layout requires media queries. This adds complexity and maintenance overhead.

CSS Grid allows you to create responsive layouts without media queries using the repeat(auto-fit) function.

Building a classic application layout (Header, Sidebar, Main Content, Footer) is historically painful. You have to deal with float, flex-direction, or fixed positioning. If the sidebar height changes, the footer breaks.

CSS Grid allows you to draw your layout using ASCII-style names. It is self-documenting code.

What if you want the sidebar to be on the right on desktop, but on the left on mobile? With traditional CSS, you would need to duplicate your HTML or use JavaScript to change the order of elements.

CSS Grid allows you to change the order of elements using the grid-template-areas property. You can define different layouts for different screen sizes without changing your HTML.

Blog copy should stay readable in a centred column, but media and code examples sometimes need to stretch edge-to-edge.

Use a three-column grid with gutters and a middle content track. Place everything in the middle by default, then let selected items (like img.full-width) span from the first to the last grid line.