Grid-row Item Placement

Part of the CSS Mastery section of Coddy's HTML journey — lesson 32 of 43.

The grid-row property allows you to control where an item is placed vertically in a CSS Grid. It specifies on which row to start and end the item.

Let's say we have a simple container with 8 items, and we want the first item to span from row line 1 to row line 4 in the grid:

.item1 {
  grid-row: 1 / 4;
}

This is how it looks:

To span across multiple rows, you can also use the span keyword:

.item2 {
  grid-row: 2 / span 2;
  background-color: lightpink;
}

This places item2 starting at row line 2 and spanning across 2 rows.

Test yourself

This lesson includes a short quiz. Start the lesson to answer it and track your progress.

Test yourself

This lesson includes a short quiz. Start the lesson to answer it and track your progress.

Challenge

Easy

Use the grid-row property to make the fourth grid item span from row line 2 to row line 4.

Cheat sheet

The grid-row property controls where an item is placed vertically in a CSS Grid, specifying which row to start and end the item.

Basic syntax:

.item {
  grid-row: start-line / end-line;
}

Example spanning from row line 1 to row line 4:

.item1 {
  grid-row: 1 / 4;
}

You can also use the span keyword to span across multiple rows:

.item2 {
  grid-row: 2 / span 2;
}

Try it yourself

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
.grid-container {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: auto auto auto;
  gap: 10px;
  background-color: dodgerblue;
  padding: 10px;
}

.grid-container > div {
  background-color: #f1f1f1;
  text-align: center;
  padding: 10px;
  font-size: 30px;
}
/* Add your CSS styles here */

</style>
</head>
<body>
<div class="grid-container">
  <div class="item1">1</div>
  <div class="item2">2</div>
  <div class="item3">3</div>  
  <div class="item4">4</div>
  <div class="item5">5</div>
  <div class="item6">6</div>
  <div class="item7">7</div>
  <div class="item8">8</div>  
</div>

</body>
</html>

Test yourself

This lesson includes a short quiz. Start the lesson to answer it and track your progress.