I have a lot of white space at the bottom of my CSS Grid items and I want to figure out why. I set an image to take 40% height of the container, whose height is set to 100% height. I had understood that by default a grid item's height (in a row) is that of its content. All items in an implicit row should have the same height if they only span one row, which is the case for me.
How do I get the portion under the image to take up only the space needed for the next and any padding, and no more?
.cards {
display: grid;
grid-template-columns: repeat(6, 1fr);
grid-template-rows: min-content;
grid-gap: 1rem;
}
.card {
height: 100%;
border: 1px solid black;
}
.main-img {
display: block;
object-fit: cover;
height: 40%;
width: 100%;
}
.author-img {
display: none;
}<body>
<div class="cards">
<article class="card">
<img class="main-img" src="https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1554142918-2c055786cf67?ixlib=rb-1.2.1&q=85&fm=jpg&crop=entropy&cs=srgb&ixid=eyJhcHBfaWQiOjE0NTg5fQ" alt="">
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<article class="card">
<img class="main-img" src="https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1554302006-5c11782b1f69?ixlib=rb-1.2.1&q=85&fm=jpg&crop=entropy&cs=srgb&ixid=eyJhcHBfaWQiOjE0NTg5fQ" alt="">
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<p class="article-date">on April 16th, 2019</p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</article>
<article class="card">
<img class="main-img" src="https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1553586633-929ec02f4fb4?ixlib=rb-1.2.1&q=85&fm=jpg&crop=entropy&cs=srgb&ixid=eyJhcHBfaWQiOjE0NTg5fQ" alt="">
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<p class="author-name">By Alex</p>
<p class="article-date">on April 16th, 2019</p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</article>
<article class="card">
<img class="main-img" src="https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1548247416-ec66f4900b2e?ixlib=rb-1.2.1&q=85&fm=jpg&crop=entropy&cs=srgb&ixid=eyJhcHBfaWQiOjE0NTg5fQ" alt="">
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<p class="author-name">By Alex</p>
<p class="article-date">on April 16th, 2019</p>
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</div>
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</div>
</body>You need to set your height of 40% in px or rem or em because 40% is calculating differently, for responsive you can use % or vh but height set in px or rem or em is more suitable in this case.
.cards {
display: grid;
grid-template-columns: repeat(6, 1fr);
grid-template-rows: min-content;
grid-gap: 1rem;
}
.card {
border: 1px solid black;
}
.main-img {
display: block;
object-fit: cover;
height: 15rem;
width: 100%;
}
.author-img {
display: none;
}<body>
<div class="cards">
<article class="card">
<img class="main-img" src="https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1554142918-2c055786cf67?ixlib=rb-1.2.1&q=85&fm=jpg&crop=entropy&cs=srgb&ixid=eyJhcHBfaWQiOjE0NTg5fQ" alt="">
<div class="card-content">
<h4>Blogging</h4>
<h2>The challenges & rewards of being vulnerable</h2>
<div class="metadata">
<img class="author-img" src="https://via.placeholder.com/1000x800/fb0" alt="">
<div>
<p class="author-name">By Alex</p>
<p class="article-date">on April 16th, 2019</p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</article>
<article class="card">
<img class="main-img" src="https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1553994535-aa6c2ee8cfc1?ixlib=rb-1.2.1&q=85&fm=jpg&crop=entropy&cs=srgb&ixid=eyJhcHBfaWQiOjE0NTg5fQ" alt="">
<div class="card-content">
<h4>Blogging</h4>
<h2>Content strategy best practices vs reality with Alex of Scripted</h2>
<div class="metadata">
<img class="author-img" src="https://via.placeholder.com/1000x800/cf0" alt="">
<div>
<p class="author-name">By Alex</p>
<p class="article-date">on April 16th, 2019</p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</article>
<article class="card">
<img class="main-img" src="https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1554283048-23c1133c646e?ixlib=rb-1.2.1&q=85&fm=jpg&crop=entropy&cs=srgb&ixid=eyJhcHBfaWQiOjE0NTg5fQ" alt="">
<div class="card-content"><h4>Blogging</h4>
<h2>The selling 7: How to make amazing employee bio videos (+Examples)</h2>
<div class="metadata">
<img class="author-img" src="https://via.placeholder.com/1000x800/cf0" alt="">
<div>
<p class="author-name">By Alex</p>
<p class="article-date">on April 16th, 2019</p>
</div>
</div></div>
</article>
<article class="card">
<img class="main-img" src="https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1554302006-5c11782b1f69?ixlib=rb-1.2.1&q=85&fm=jpg&crop=entropy&cs=srgb&ixid=eyJhcHBfaWQiOjE0NTg5fQ" alt="">
<div class="card-content">
<h4>Blogging</h4>
<h2>The challenges & rewards of being vulnerable</h2>
<div class="metadata">
<img class="author-img" src="https://via.placeholder.com/1000x800/fb0" alt="">
<div>
<p class="author-name">By Alex</p>
<p class="article-date">on April 16th, 2019</p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</article>
<article class="card">
<img class="main-img" src="https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1553586633-929ec02f4fb4?ixlib=rb-1.2.1&q=85&fm=jpg&crop=entropy&cs=srgb&ixid=eyJhcHBfaWQiOjE0NTg5fQ" alt="">
<div class="card-content">
<h4>Blogging</h4>
<h2>Content strategy best practices vs reality with Alex Barron of Scripted</h2>
<div class="metadata">
<img class="author-img" src="https://via.placeholder.com/1000x800/cf0" alt="">
<div>
<p class="author-name">By Alex</p>
<p class="article-date">on April 16th, 2019</p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</article>
<article class="card">
<img class="main-img" src="https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1548247416-ec66f4900b2e?ixlib=rb-1.2.1&q=85&fm=jpg&crop=entropy&cs=srgb&ixid=eyJhcHBfaWQiOjE0NTg5fQ" alt="">
<div class="card-content">
<h4>Blogging</h4>
<h2>The selling 7: How to make amazing employee bio videos (+Examples)</h2>
<div class="metadata">
<img class="author-img" src="https://via.placeholder.com/1000x800/cf0" alt="">
<div>
<p class="author-name">By Alex</p>
<p class="article-date">on April 16th, 2019</p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</article>
</div>
</body>