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CSS Grid generating more columns than existing

I have a grid that for large screens (@media (min-width: 800px)) uses a grid of 12 columns with the next directive:

grid-template-columns: repeat(12, [col-start] 1fr);

But for mobile devices I use instead:

grid-template-columns: repeat(4, [col-start] 1fr);

Until here everything is fine, no clear problem. But if I add grid-gap: 1rem; the problem becomes obvious for the small screens since it seems that even though I specified 4 columns, it takes it as 12 columns 4 of them with 25% width and the rest with 0px so there is a bad behaviour of css.

I cannot reproduce it in a JSFiddle by the moment but I have some image of the problem.

For 12 columns on big screen:

Grid for 12 columns Computed values for 12 columns

Applied styles: (Other computed values) 

 @media (min-width: 800px) {
   .my-grid {
     display: grid;
     padding: 2.5rem 4.875rem 0 4.875rem;
     grid-template-columns: repeat(12,[col-start] 1fr);
   }
 }

For 4 columns: Not good 4 columns computed values

Applied styles: (Other computed values)

   .my-grid {
     display: grid;
     grid-template-columns: repeat(4,[col-start] 1fr);
     padding: 1rem;
   }

As you can see the computed values for the 4 columns grid has 4 columns set and the rest with 0px width...

In the element inspection there are only the lines I wrote above.

Any idea of why do we have this behaviour?

On an additional note, I am using styled-components and it is a div.

Codepen with the error

Solution

  • The element that is underneath had an span of:

    grid-column: 1 / span 12;

    This was forcing the CSS Grid to have 12 columns.

    If we delete that element underneath, the CSS Grid behaves normally