How to use row span in a css grid

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Not sure if what am I am trying to achieve is possible using css grid but the current implementation I have is not working. Below is the layout I am trying to achieve. The box in red spans two rows.

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#wrapper {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: repeat(5, 90px);
  grid-auto-rows: 50px;
  grid-gap: 5px;
  width: 516px;
}

.wide {
  grid-row: 1 / 4;
  grid-column: 3 / 5;
  background-color: red;
}

.block {
  background-color: grey;
}
<div id="wrapper">
  <div class="block"></div>
  <div class="block"></div>
  <div class="block"></div>
  <div class="block"></div>
  <div class="block wide"></div>
  <div class="block"></div>
  <div class="block"></div>
  <div class="block"></div>
</div>

3 Answers

As said in the comment, you dont span 2 rows, you span 2 columns. Also you need to apply the class to the 1st element: .wide { grid-column: span 2; }

In your picture you also have a 6 column grid not a 5 column one

.grid {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: repeat(6, 90px);
  grid-auto-rows: 50px;
  grid-gap: 5px;
}

.wide {
  grid-column: span 2;
}


/* for styling purpose only */
.grid > div:nth-child(n+1) {
  background-color: grey;
}

.grid > div:nth-child(1) {
  background-color: brown;
}
<div class="grid">
  <div class="wide"></div>
  <div></div>
  <div></div>
  <div></div>
  <div></div>
  <div></div>
  <div></div>
  <div></div>
  <div></div>
  <div></div>
  <div></div>
</div>

#wrapper {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: repeat(5, 90px);
  grid-auto-rows: 50px;
  grid-gap: 5px;
  width: 516px;
}

.wide {
  grid-row: 1 / 2;
  grid-column: 1 /3;
  background-color: re
}

.block {
  background-color: blue;
}
<div id="wrapper">
  <div class="block wide"></div>
  <div class="block"></div>
  <div class="block"></div>
  <div class="block"></div>
  <div class="block"></div>
  <div class="block"></div>
  <div class="block"></div>
  <div class="block"></div>
  <div class="block"></div>
</div>

The following produces exactly what you want.

<div id="wrapper">
    <div class="block" style="grid-column: 1/3;"></div>
    <div class="block"></div>
    <div class="block"></div>
    <div class="block"></div>
    <div class="block"></div>
    <div class="block"></div>
    <div class="block"></div>
    <div class="block"></div>
    <div class="block"></div>
</div>

In the CSS, I deleted .wide and .block. #wrapper was left unchanged.


Not sure if what am I am trying to achieve is possible using css grid

Anything is possible using CSS Grid

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