I have the following CSS grid system that has 4 kinds of different cell sizes: small, wide, tall and large. In a desktop version I've made them in a puzzle like shape that looks good but to make it mobile friendly I need the cells with a class small to automatically fill up the blank spaces that appear.
Here's the css:
.portfolio-holder {
margin: 66px auto;
display: flex;
flex-wrap: wrap;
}
.portfolio {
margin: auto;
display: grid;
height: 100%;
grid-template-rows: repeat(13, 200px);
grid-template-columns: repeat(4, 200px);
grid-gap: 10px;
padding: 24px;
grid-auto-rows: minmax(100px, auto);
}
.portfolio_hat {
background: #fd3a1e;
overflow: hidden;
color: black;
font-weight: 14px;
display: flex;
justify-content: center;
align-items: center;
font-size: 1.5em;
background-size: cover;
background-position: top left;
position: relative;
}
.portfolio_hat.tall {
grid-row: span 2;
grid-column: span 1;
}
.portfolio_hat.wide {
grid-row: span 1;
grid-column: span 2;
}
.portfolio_hat.small {
grid-row: span 1;
grid-column: span 1;
}
.portfolio_hat.tall {
grid-row: span 2;
grid-column: span 2;
}
@media (max-width:860px) {
.portfolio {
grid-template-rows: repeat(26, 40vw);
grid-template-columns: repeat(2, 40vw);
}
}
and the HTML looks something like this:
<section class="portfolio-holder">
<div id="port" class="portfolio">
<div href="#" class="portfolio_hat tall"></div>
<div href="#" class="portfolio_hat small"></div>
<div href="#" class="portfolio_hat wide"></div>
<div href="#" class="portfolio_hat large"></div>
<!-- divs like the four above are generated from MYSQL DATABASE and there's a lot of them in a chaotic order -->
</div>
</section>
I want a way to make sure that no matter the number of columns in the grid I won't get any empty spaces.
Thank You
Take a look at https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/grid-auto-flow
The grid-auto-flow CSS property controls how the auto-placement algorithm works, specifying exactly how auto-placed items get flowed into the grid.
.portfolio-holder {
margin: 66px auto;
display: flex;
flex-wrap: wrap;
}
.portfolio {
margin: auto;
display: grid;
height: 100%;
grid-template-rows: repeat(13, 200px);
grid-template-columns: repeat(4, 200px);
grid-gap: 10px;
padding: 24px;
grid-auto-rows: minmax(100px, auto);
grid-auto-flow: row dense;/* here your CSS update */
}
.portfolio_hat {
background: #fd3a1e;
overflow: hidden;
color: black;
font-weight: 14px;
display: flex;
justify-content: center;
align-items: center;
font-size: 1.5em;
background-size: cover;
background-position: top left;
position: relative;
}
.portfolio_hat.tall {
grid-row: span 2;
grid-column: span 1;
}
.portfolio_hat.wide {
grid-row: span 1;
grid-column: span 2;
}
.portfolio_hat.small {
grid-row: span 1;
grid-column: span 1;
}
.portfolio_hat.tall {
grid-row: span 2;
grid-column: span 2;
}
@media (max-width:860px) {
.portfolio {
grid-template-rows: repeat(26, 40vw);
grid-template-columns: repeat(2, 40vw);
}
}
div {/* see them for demo */
border: solid 1px;
padding: 1em;
margin: 2px;
}
<section class="portfolio-holder">
<div id="port" class="portfolio">
<div href="#" class="portfolio_hat tall"></div>
<div href="#" class="portfolio_hat small"></div>
<div href="#" class="portfolio_hat wide"></div>
<div href="#" class="portfolio_hat large"></div>
<div href="#" class="portfolio_hat tall"></div>
<div href="#" class="portfolio_hat small"></div>
<div href="#" class="portfolio_hat wide"></div>
<div href="#" class="portfolio_hat small"></div>
<div href="#" class="portfolio_hat large"></div>
<div href="#" class="portfolio_hat tall"></div>
<div href="#" class="portfolio_hat wide"></div>
<div href="#" class="portfolio_hat large"></div>
<div href="#" class="portfolio_hat wide"></div>
<div href="#" class="portfolio_hat tall"></div>
<div href="#" class="portfolio_hat small"></div>
<div href="#" class="portfolio_hat large"></div>
<div href="#" class="portfolio_hat tall"></div>
<div href="#" class="portfolio_hat large"></div>
<div href="#" class="portfolio_hat small"></div>
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<!-- divs like the four above are generated from MYSQL DATABASE and there's a lot of them in a chaotic order -->
</div>
</section>