Griddle

Griddle is a CSS grid system for modern browsers. It is generated from a set of Sass functions and mixins. The grid uses inline-block and box-sizing to provide features that float-based layouts cannot.

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Features

• Fluid layout.
• Fluid offsets.
• Intelligent cell wrapping.
• Horizontal centering of cells.
• Custom vertical alignment of cells (top, bottom, or middle).
• Cell width is controlled independently of grid gutter.
• Infinite nesting.
• Built-in redundancy coupled with automatic consolidation of rules in compiled CSS.
• Suitable for responsive layouts. Generate styles (tied to HTML classes) to modify cell proportions at different breakpoints.
• RTL support.

How to use it

The grid system is suitable whether or not you choose to develop "mobile first". Import grid-helpers and grid-core in order to "initialize" the grid at a given breakpoint.

The grid-build-units() mixin handles the generation of styles for grids. It can accept a space-separated list of integers, each of which results in the creation of a grid with that many parts. For example:

// example-mobile.scss (for min-width >= 30em)
@import "grid-helpers";
@import "grid-core";
// create 2, 3, and 4 column grids
@include grid-build-units(2 3 4);

For any subsequent breakpoints specified in separate files, import grid-helpers to have access to the grid-build-units() mixin. The mixin also accepts a string as a second (optional) argument. This can be used to generate modified selectors to override the width of a cell at different breakpoints. For example:

// example-desktop.scss (for min-width >= 40em)
@import "grid-helpers";
// create 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 12 column grids (wider screens)
@include grid-build-units(2 3 4 5 6 12, '--desktop');

You can have a cell that is 50% wide at narrow viewports, but 25% wide at wider viewports when the styles are applied to the modifier class: (<div class="grid__cell unit-1-2 unit-1-4--desktop>).

Feel free to customize the default class name pattern to suit your personal preferences.

Browser support

• Google Chrome
• Firefox
• Safari
• Opera
• Internet Explorer 8+

License

Public domain