CSS grid-area Property

The grid-area property is used to specify the size and location of grid items in a grid layout. The grid-area property is also used to give a grid item a name.

Syntax

grid-area: grid-row-start | grid-column-start | grid-row-end | grid-column-end  |  item-name;

Example

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
    .grid-container {
        display: grid;
        grid-template-columns: auto auto auto auto;
        grid-gap: 10px;
        background-color: #00ab55;
        padding: 10px;
    }

    .grid-container > div {
        background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);
        text-align: center;
        padding: 10px 0;
    }

    .box1 {
        grid-area: 1 / 1 / span 2 / span 2;
    }
</style>
</head>
<body>

<div class="grid-container">
    <div class="box1">1</div>
    <div class="box2">2</div>
    <div class="box3">3</div>
    <div class="box4">4</div>
    <div class="box5">5</div>
</div>

</body>
</html>

Preview

Property Values

Value	Description
grid-row-start	Specifies which row the item should be displayed in.
grid-column-start	Specifies which column the item should be displayed in.
grid-row-end	Specifies which row-line the item should be displayed on, as well as how many rows it should span.
grid-column-end	Specifies where to stop displaying the item or how many columns to span.
item-name	The grid item's name is specified here.

Supported Browsers

Property	Chrome	Firefox	Safari	Edge / IE	Opera
grid-area	57.0	52.0	10.0	16.0	44.0

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