Ultra-simple, automatic, non-float, 1-4 column, grid system
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Has everyone moved over to CSS Grid and/or Flexbox? If not, I've maintained and evolved this system over a fair amount of time, the concept was derived originally, I believe, from Mary Lou, although I don't recall where the article is.
I was never a proponent of floats, although the using font-size:0 to clear whitespace isn't an ideal solution either, neither is a DOM Cleaner function in javascript. Probably minimized (non-formatted) HTML without whitespaces is ideal, just difficult to maintain... There's a lot of other "hacky" concepts, comments in HTML, bleh... but I landed on the font-size:0. This served me well and I still use it in a handful of projects, though I've mostly moved to a CSSGrid/Flexbox combination as of late.
It's a similar to:
.table {display: table}
.table>div {display: table-cell}
With a higher degree of flexibility, if you need heights to match, the above or flexbox/css grid are probably a better solution. or min-height on columns if it's known content.
Any ideas to improve or flaws, let me know.
.autogrid {
padding: .5rem; /* 8px */
/** remove whitespace from container */
font-size: 0;
box-sizing: border-box}
.autogrid>* {
box-sizing: inherit; /* inherit border-box */
display: block;
font-size: inherit; /* inherit 0px */
margin: 0 auto .5rem; /* 0 auto 8px */
padding: 0 .5rem .5rem /* 0 8px 8px */}
/** create vertical space in columns & prevent margin-collapsing */
.autogrid>*:before {
content: '';
display: inline-block;
vertical-align: 0; /* baseline or 0% */
width: 0;
height: .5rem /* 8px */}
@media (min-width: 33.75em) { /* 540px */
.autogrid>* {
display: inline-block;
margin: .5rem; /* 8px */
/** align columns/cards to top, middle, etc. */
vertical-align: top}
.autogrid>*:first-child:nth-last-child(1),
.autogrid>*:first-child:nth-last-child(3),
.autogrid>*:first-child:nth-last-child(3)~* {width: calc(100% - 1rem) /* 100% - 16px */}
.autogrid>*:first-child:nth-last-child(4),
.autogrid>*:first-child:nth-last-child(4)~*,
.autogrid>*:first-child:nth-last-child(2),
.autogrid>*:first-child:nth-last-child(2)~* {width: calc(50% - 1rem) /* 50% - 16px */}
}
@media (min-width: 50em) { /* 800px */
.autogrid>*:first-child:nth-last-child(3),
.autogrid>*:first-child:nth-last-child(3)~* {width: calc(33.333% - 1rem) /* 33.333% - 16px */}
.autogrid>*:first-child:nth-last-child(4),
.autogrid>*:first-child:nth-last-child(4)~* {width: calc(25% - 1rem) /* 25% - 16px */}
}
/**
###############
# DEMO ONLY #
###############
html:
`
<div class="autogrid">
<div><p>col</p></div>
<div><p>col</p></div>
<div><p>col</p></div>
<div><p>col</p></div>
</div>
`
*/
html {
font: 400 100%/1 sans-serif;
color: #333}
body,
p {
font-size: 1rem; /* 16px */
line-height: 1.45; /* 145% or 23.2px */
margin: 0}
.autogrid>* {text-align: center}
.autogrid>*:first-child,
.autogrid>*:nth-child(2) {color: #fff}
.autogrid>*:nth-child(3),
.autogrid>*:last-child {color: inherit}
.autogrid>*:first-child {background-color: #4af}
.autogrid>*:nth-child(2) {background-color: #fa4}
.autogrid>*:nth-child(3) {background-color: #def}
.autogrid>*:last-child {background-color: #fed}<div class="autogrid">
<div><p>col</p></div>
<div><p>col</p></div>
<div><p>col</p></div>
<div><p>col</p></div>
</div>css layout
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Has everyone moved over to CSS Grid and/or Flexbox? If not, I've maintained and evolved this system over a fair amount of time, the concept was derived originally, I believe, from Mary Lou, although I don't recall where the article is.
I was never a proponent of floats, although the using font-size:0 to clear whitespace isn't an ideal solution either, neither is a DOM Cleaner function in javascript. Probably minimized (non-formatted) HTML without whitespaces is ideal, just difficult to maintain... There's a lot of other "hacky" concepts, comments in HTML, bleh... but I landed on the font-size:0. This served me well and I still use it in a handful of projects, though I've mostly moved to a CSSGrid/Flexbox combination as of late.
It's a similar to:
.table {display: table}
.table>div {display: table-cell}
With a higher degree of flexibility, if you need heights to match, the above or flexbox/css grid are probably a better solution. or min-height on columns if it's known content.
Any ideas to improve or flaws, let me know.
.autogrid {
padding: .5rem; /* 8px */
/** remove whitespace from container */
font-size: 0;
box-sizing: border-box}
.autogrid>* {
box-sizing: inherit; /* inherit border-box */
display: block;
font-size: inherit; /* inherit 0px */
margin: 0 auto .5rem; /* 0 auto 8px */
padding: 0 .5rem .5rem /* 0 8px 8px */}
/** create vertical space in columns & prevent margin-collapsing */
.autogrid>*:before {
content: '';
display: inline-block;
vertical-align: 0; /* baseline or 0% */
width: 0;
height: .5rem /* 8px */}
@media (min-width: 33.75em) { /* 540px */
.autogrid>* {
display: inline-block;
margin: .5rem; /* 8px */
/** align columns/cards to top, middle, etc. */
vertical-align: top}
.autogrid>*:first-child:nth-last-child(1),
.autogrid>*:first-child:nth-last-child(3),
.autogrid>*:first-child:nth-last-child(3)~* {width: calc(100% - 1rem) /* 100% - 16px */}
.autogrid>*:first-child:nth-last-child(4),
.autogrid>*:first-child:nth-last-child(4)~*,
.autogrid>*:first-child:nth-last-child(2),
.autogrid>*:first-child:nth-last-child(2)~* {width: calc(50% - 1rem) /* 50% - 16px */}
}
@media (min-width: 50em) { /* 800px */
.autogrid>*:first-child:nth-last-child(3),
.autogrid>*:first-child:nth-last-child(3)~* {width: calc(33.333% - 1rem) /* 33.333% - 16px */}
.autogrid>*:first-child:nth-last-child(4),
.autogrid>*:first-child:nth-last-child(4)~* {width: calc(25% - 1rem) /* 25% - 16px */}
}
/**
###############
# DEMO ONLY #
###############
html:
`
<div class="autogrid">
<div><p>col</p></div>
<div><p>col</p></div>
<div><p>col</p></div>
<div><p>col</p></div>
</div>
`
*/
html {
font: 400 100%/1 sans-serif;
color: #333}
body,
p {
font-size: 1rem; /* 16px */
line-height: 1.45; /* 145% or 23.2px */
margin: 0}
.autogrid>* {text-align: center}
.autogrid>*:first-child,
.autogrid>*:nth-child(2) {color: #fff}
.autogrid>*:nth-child(3),
.autogrid>*:last-child {color: inherit}
.autogrid>*:first-child {background-color: #4af}
.autogrid>*:nth-child(2) {background-color: #fa4}
.autogrid>*:nth-child(3) {background-color: #def}
.autogrid>*:last-child {background-color: #fed}<div class="autogrid">
<div><p>col</p></div>
<div><p>col</p></div>
<div><p>col</p></div>
<div><p>col</p></div>
</div>css layout
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Has everyone moved over to CSS Grid and/or Flexbox? If not, I've maintained and evolved this system over a fair amount of time, the concept was derived originally, I believe, from Mary Lou, although I don't recall where the article is.
I was never a proponent of floats, although the using font-size:0 to clear whitespace isn't an ideal solution either, neither is a DOM Cleaner function in javascript. Probably minimized (non-formatted) HTML without whitespaces is ideal, just difficult to maintain... There's a lot of other "hacky" concepts, comments in HTML, bleh... but I landed on the font-size:0. This served me well and I still use it in a handful of projects, though I've mostly moved to a CSSGrid/Flexbox combination as of late.
It's a similar to:
.table {display: table}
.table>div {display: table-cell}
With a higher degree of flexibility, if you need heights to match, the above or flexbox/css grid are probably a better solution. or min-height on columns if it's known content.
Any ideas to improve or flaws, let me know.
.autogrid {
padding: .5rem; /* 8px */
/** remove whitespace from container */
font-size: 0;
box-sizing: border-box}
.autogrid>* {
box-sizing: inherit; /* inherit border-box */
display: block;
font-size: inherit; /* inherit 0px */
margin: 0 auto .5rem; /* 0 auto 8px */
padding: 0 .5rem .5rem /* 0 8px 8px */}
/** create vertical space in columns & prevent margin-collapsing */
.autogrid>*:before {
content: '';
display: inline-block;
vertical-align: 0; /* baseline or 0% */
width: 0;
height: .5rem /* 8px */}
@media (min-width: 33.75em) { /* 540px */
.autogrid>* {
display: inline-block;
margin: .5rem; /* 8px */
/** align columns/cards to top, middle, etc. */
vertical-align: top}
.autogrid>*:first-child:nth-last-child(1),
.autogrid>*:first-child:nth-last-child(3),
.autogrid>*:first-child:nth-last-child(3)~* {width: calc(100% - 1rem) /* 100% - 16px */}
.autogrid>*:first-child:nth-last-child(4),
.autogrid>*:first-child:nth-last-child(4)~*,
.autogrid>*:first-child:nth-last-child(2),
.autogrid>*:first-child:nth-last-child(2)~* {width: calc(50% - 1rem) /* 50% - 16px */}
}
@media (min-width: 50em) { /* 800px */
.autogrid>*:first-child:nth-last-child(3),
.autogrid>*:first-child:nth-last-child(3)~* {width: calc(33.333% - 1rem) /* 33.333% - 16px */}
.autogrid>*:first-child:nth-last-child(4),
.autogrid>*:first-child:nth-last-child(4)~* {width: calc(25% - 1rem) /* 25% - 16px */}
}
/**
###############
# DEMO ONLY #
###############
html:
`
<div class="autogrid">
<div><p>col</p></div>
<div><p>col</p></div>
<div><p>col</p></div>
<div><p>col</p></div>
</div>
`
*/
html {
font: 400 100%/1 sans-serif;
color: #333}
body,
p {
font-size: 1rem; /* 16px */
line-height: 1.45; /* 145% or 23.2px */
margin: 0}
.autogrid>* {text-align: center}
.autogrid>*:first-child,
.autogrid>*:nth-child(2) {color: #fff}
.autogrid>*:nth-child(3),
.autogrid>*:last-child {color: inherit}
.autogrid>*:first-child {background-color: #4af}
.autogrid>*:nth-child(2) {background-color: #fa4}
.autogrid>*:nth-child(3) {background-color: #def}
.autogrid>*:last-child {background-color: #fed}<div class="autogrid">
<div><p>col</p></div>
<div><p>col</p></div>
<div><p>col</p></div>
<div><p>col</p></div>
</div>css layout
asked 9 hours ago
darcher
439215
Has everyone moved over to CSS Grid and/or Flexbox? If not, I've maintained and evolved this system over a fair amount of time, the concept was derived originally, I believe, from Mary Lou, although I don't recall where the article is.
I was never a proponent of floats, although the using font-size:0 to clear whitespace isn't an ideal solution either, neither is a DOM Cleaner function in javascript. Probably minimized (non-formatted) HTML without whitespaces is ideal, just difficult to maintain... There's a lot of other "hacky" concepts, comments in HTML, bleh... but I landed on the font-size:0. This served me well and I still use it in a handful of projects, though I've mostly moved to a CSSGrid/Flexbox combination as of late.
It's a similar to:
.table {display: table}
.table>div {display: table-cell}
With a higher degree of flexibility, if you need heights to match, the above or flexbox/css grid are probably a better solution. or min-height on columns if it's known content.
Any ideas to improve or flaws, let me know.
.autogrid {
padding: .5rem; /* 8px */
/** remove whitespace from container */
font-size: 0;
box-sizing: border-box}
.autogrid>* {
box-sizing: inherit; /* inherit border-box */
display: block;
font-size: inherit; /* inherit 0px */
margin: 0 auto .5rem; /* 0 auto 8px */
padding: 0 .5rem .5rem /* 0 8px 8px */}
/** create vertical space in columns & prevent margin-collapsing */
.autogrid>*:before {
content: '';
display: inline-block;
vertical-align: 0; /* baseline or 0% */
width: 0;
height: .5rem /* 8px */}
@media (min-width: 33.75em) { /* 540px */
.autogrid>* {
display: inline-block;
margin: .5rem; /* 8px */
/** align columns/cards to top, middle, etc. */
vertical-align: top}
.autogrid>*:first-child:nth-last-child(1),
.autogrid>*:first-child:nth-last-child(3),
.autogrid>*:first-child:nth-last-child(3)~* {width: calc(100% - 1rem) /* 100% - 16px */}
.autogrid>*:first-child:nth-last-child(4),
.autogrid>*:first-child:nth-last-child(4)~*,
.autogrid>*:first-child:nth-last-child(2),
.autogrid>*:first-child:nth-last-child(2)~* {width: calc(50% - 1rem) /* 50% - 16px */}
}
@media (min-width: 50em) { /* 800px */
.autogrid>*:first-child:nth-last-child(3),
.autogrid>*:first-child:nth-last-child(3)~* {width: calc(33.333% - 1rem) /* 33.333% - 16px */}
.autogrid>*:first-child:nth-last-child(4),
.autogrid>*:first-child:nth-last-child(4)~* {width: calc(25% - 1rem) /* 25% - 16px */}
}
/**
###############
# DEMO ONLY #
###############
html:
`
<div class="autogrid">
<div><p>col</p></div>
<div><p>col</p></div>
<div><p>col</p></div>
<div><p>col</p></div>
</div>
`
*/
html {
font: 400 100%/1 sans-serif;
color: #333}
body,
p {
font-size: 1rem; /* 16px */
line-height: 1.45; /* 145% or 23.2px */
margin: 0}
.autogrid>* {text-align: center}
.autogrid>*:first-child,
.autogrid>*:nth-child(2) {color: #fff}
.autogrid>*:nth-child(3),
.autogrid>*:last-child {color: inherit}
.autogrid>*:first-child {background-color: #4af}
.autogrid>*:nth-child(2) {background-color: #fa4}
.autogrid>*:nth-child(3) {background-color: #def}
.autogrid>*:last-child {background-color: #fed}<div class="autogrid">
<div><p>col</p></div>
<div><p>col</p></div>
<div><p>col</p></div>
<div><p>col</p></div>
</div>.autogrid {
padding: .5rem; /* 8px */
/** remove whitespace from container */
font-size: 0;
box-sizing: border-box}
.autogrid>* {
box-sizing: inherit; /* inherit border-box */
display: block;
font-size: inherit; /* inherit 0px */
margin: 0 auto .5rem; /* 0 auto 8px */
padding: 0 .5rem .5rem /* 0 8px 8px */}
/** create vertical space in columns & prevent margin-collapsing */
.autogrid>*:before {
content: '';
display: inline-block;
vertical-align: 0; /* baseline or 0% */
width: 0;
height: .5rem /* 8px */}
@media (min-width: 33.75em) { /* 540px */
.autogrid>* {
display: inline-block;
margin: .5rem; /* 8px */
/** align columns/cards to top, middle, etc. */
vertical-align: top}
.autogrid>*:first-child:nth-last-child(1),
.autogrid>*:first-child:nth-last-child(3),
.autogrid>*:first-child:nth-last-child(3)~* {width: calc(100% - 1rem) /* 100% - 16px */}
.autogrid>*:first-child:nth-last-child(4),
.autogrid>*:first-child:nth-last-child(4)~*,
.autogrid>*:first-child:nth-last-child(2),
.autogrid>*:first-child:nth-last-child(2)~* {width: calc(50% - 1rem) /* 50% - 16px */}
}
@media (min-width: 50em) { /* 800px */
.autogrid>*:first-child:nth-last-child(3),
.autogrid>*:first-child:nth-last-child(3)~* {width: calc(33.333% - 1rem) /* 33.333% - 16px */}
.autogrid>*:first-child:nth-last-child(4),
.autogrid>*:first-child:nth-last-child(4)~* {width: calc(25% - 1rem) /* 25% - 16px */}
}
/**
###############
# DEMO ONLY #
###############
html:
`
<div class="autogrid">
<div><p>col</p></div>
<div><p>col</p></div>
<div><p>col</p></div>
<div><p>col</p></div>
</div>
`
*/
html {
font: 400 100%/1 sans-serif;
color: #333}
body,
p {
font-size: 1rem; /* 16px */
line-height: 1.45; /* 145% or 23.2px */
margin: 0}
.autogrid>* {text-align: center}
.autogrid>*:first-child,
.autogrid>*:nth-child(2) {color: #fff}
.autogrid>*:nth-child(3),
.autogrid>*:last-child {color: inherit}
.autogrid>*:first-child {background-color: #4af}
.autogrid>*:nth-child(2) {background-color: #fa4}
.autogrid>*:nth-child(3) {background-color: #def}
.autogrid>*:last-child {background-color: #fed}<div class="autogrid">
<div><p>col</p></div>
<div><p>col</p></div>
<div><p>col</p></div>
<div><p>col</p></div>
</div>.autogrid {
padding: .5rem; /* 8px */
/** remove whitespace from container */
font-size: 0;
box-sizing: border-box}
.autogrid>* {
box-sizing: inherit; /* inherit border-box */
display: block;
font-size: inherit; /* inherit 0px */
margin: 0 auto .5rem; /* 0 auto 8px */
padding: 0 .5rem .5rem /* 0 8px 8px */}
/** create vertical space in columns & prevent margin-collapsing */
.autogrid>*:before {
content: '';
display: inline-block;
vertical-align: 0; /* baseline or 0% */
width: 0;
height: .5rem /* 8px */}
@media (min-width: 33.75em) { /* 540px */
.autogrid>* {
display: inline-block;
margin: .5rem; /* 8px */
/** align columns/cards to top, middle, etc. */
vertical-align: top}
.autogrid>*:first-child:nth-last-child(1),
.autogrid>*:first-child:nth-last-child(3),
.autogrid>*:first-child:nth-last-child(3)~* {width: calc(100% - 1rem) /* 100% - 16px */}
.autogrid>*:first-child:nth-last-child(4),
.autogrid>*:first-child:nth-last-child(4)~*,
.autogrid>*:first-child:nth-last-child(2),
.autogrid>*:first-child:nth-last-child(2)~* {width: calc(50% - 1rem) /* 50% - 16px */}
}
@media (min-width: 50em) { /* 800px */
.autogrid>*:first-child:nth-last-child(3),
.autogrid>*:first-child:nth-last-child(3)~* {width: calc(33.333% - 1rem) /* 33.333% - 16px */}
.autogrid>*:first-child:nth-last-child(4),
.autogrid>*:first-child:nth-last-child(4)~* {width: calc(25% - 1rem) /* 25% - 16px */}
}
/**
###############
# DEMO ONLY #
###############
html:
`
<div class="autogrid">
<div><p>col</p></div>
<div><p>col</p></div>
<div><p>col</p></div>
<div><p>col</p></div>
</div>
`
*/
html {
font: 400 100%/1 sans-serif;
color: #333}
body,
p {
font-size: 1rem; /* 16px */
line-height: 1.45; /* 145% or 23.2px */
margin: 0}
.autogrid>* {text-align: center}
.autogrid>*:first-child,
.autogrid>*:nth-child(2) {color: #fff}
.autogrid>*:nth-child(3),
.autogrid>*:last-child {color: inherit}
.autogrid>*:first-child {background-color: #4af}
.autogrid>*:nth-child(2) {background-color: #fa4}
.autogrid>*:nth-child(3) {background-color: #def}
.autogrid>*:last-child {background-color: #fed}<div class="autogrid">
<div><p>col</p></div>
<div><p>col</p></div>
<div><p>col</p></div>
<div><p>col</p></div>
</div>css layout
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