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Arrangement of elements in html

Is possible to achieve this structure using html + css ?

But instead of having that vertical space between orange blocks I want to be one in the top of another.

I have used flex and grid but not really succeed so far :(

jsfiddle:

.container {
  padding: 10px;
  border: 1px solid red;
  display: flex;
  flex-flow: row wrap;
  justify-content: space-between;
}

.big {
  width: calc(60% - 22px);
  padding: 10px;
  background: lime;
  height: 100px;
  margin-bottom: 10px;
}

.small {
  width: calc(40% - 22px);
  height: 100px;
  padding: 10px;
  background: orange;
  margin-bottom: 10px;
}
<div class="container">
  <div class="big"> I AM BIG 1</div>
  <div class="small"> I AM SMALL 1</div>
  <div class="big"> I AM BIG 2</div>
  <div class="big"> I AM BIG 3</div>
  <div class="big"> I AM BIG 4</div>
  <div class="small"> I AM SMALL 2 </div>
</div>

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Solution

  • You can do this easily with CSS grid layout:

    • you can use grid-template-columns: 3fr 2fr; because you have 60% to 40% ratio of the big and small elements,

    • row heights can be set using grid-auto-rows: 100px,

    • margin between rows can be set using grid-row-gap property,

    • now set the big to always occupy the first column using grid-column: 1 and the small to always occupy the second.

    See demo below for the configuration upto now:

    .container {
  padding: 10px;
  border: 1px solid red;
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 3fr 2fr;
  grid-auto-rows: 100px;
  grid-row-gap: 10px;
}

.big {
  padding: 10px;
  background: lime;
  grid-column: 1;
}

.small {
  padding: 10px;
  background: orange;
  grid-column: 2;
}
    <div class="container">
  <div class="big"> I AM BIG 1</div>
  <div class="small"> I AM SMALL 1</div>
  <div class="big"> I AM BIG 2</div>
  <div class="big"> I AM BIG 3</div>
  <div class="big"> I AM BIG 4</div>
  <div class="small"> I AM SMALL 2 </div>
</div>

    Now just add grid-auto-flow: dense to pull the orange blocks to the top - see demo below:

    .container {
  padding: 10px;
  border: 1px solid red;
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 3fr 2fr; /* two columns */
  grid-auto-rows: 100px; /* row height */
  grid-row-gap: 10px; /* gap between rows */
  grid-auto-flow: dense; /* added */
}

.big {
  padding: 10px;
  background: lime;
  grid-column: 1; /* in first column */
}

.small {
  padding: 10px;
  background: orange;
  grid-column: 2; /* in second column */
}
    <div class="container">
  <div class="big"> I AM BIG 1</div>
  <div class="small"> I AM SMALL 1</div>
  <div class="big"> I AM BIG 2</div>
  <div class="big"> I AM BIG 3</div>
  <div class="big"> I AM BIG 4</div>
  <div class="small"> I AM SMALL 2 </div>
</div>