npm package: @financial-times/o-grid
Description: A 12 column responsive, flexbox-based grid system for laying out documents, templates and components.
Latest version: 6.1.9

# o-grid

A 12 column responsive, flexbox-based grid system for laying out documents, templates and components.

-   [Usage](#usage)
-   [Quick Start](#quick-start)
-   [Grid dimensions](#grid-dimensions)
    -   [General settings](#general-settings)
    -   [Layout sizes](#layout-sizes)
    [Handover notes](#handover-notes)
-   [Markup](#markup)
    -   [Utility classes](#utility-classes)
    -   [Responsive columns](#responsive-columns)
    -   [Examples](#examples)
-   [Sass](#sass)
    -   [Options](#options)
-   [Advanced usage](#advanced-usage)
    -   [Utilities](#utilities)
-   [JavaScript Helpers](#javascript-helpers)
-   [Grid Bookmarklet](#grid-bookmarklet)
-   [Migration](#migration)
-   [Contact](#contact)
-   [Licence](#licence)

This component is a collection of Sass styles to build a 12 column grid system, with a few JavaScript helpers.

Our grid consists of:
-    12 columns, of equal size.
-    5 layouts (breakpoints) to support devices of various sizes.
-    Gutters of variable width, that adjust according to the current layout.
-    A maximum page width of 1220px, by default.


[![Grid system](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Financial-Times/origami/main/components/o-grid/img/grid-system.png)](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Financial-Times/origami/main/components/o-grid/img/grid-system.png)

## Usage

Check out [how to include Origami components in your project](https://origami.ft.com/documentation/components/#including-origami-components-in-your-project) to get started with `o-grid`.

## Quick Start

```scss
// your-app/main.scss
@import '@financial-times/o-grid/main';
@include oGrid();
```

```js
// your-app/main.js

// Return the current layout (e.g. default, S, M, L, XL)
import oGrid from '@financial-times/o-grid';
let currentLayout = oGrid.getCurrentLayout();
console.log(currentLayout);

// Return the current gutter (e.g. 10px, 20px)
import oGrid from '@financial-times/o-grid';
let currentGutter = oGrid.getCurrentGutter();
console.log(currentGutter);
```

## Grid dimensions

### General settings

-   Minimum width: 240px
-   Maximum width: 1220px
-   Gutter widths (space between columns):
    -   10px on small screens
    -   20px on larger screens
-   Number of columns: 12

### Layout sizes

-   **Default** 240px - …
-   **Small (S)** 490px - 739px
-   **Medium (M)** 740px - 979px
-   **Large (L)** 980px to 1219px
-   **Extra large (XL)** 1220px

## Handover notes

Engineers may choose to use the o-grid Origami component to build a web based project to our grid, and respond to layout changes, but this may not be technically appropriate in every scenario particularly where it is appropriate to fallback to a simpler layout for older browsers.

It is important not to make assumptions about the devices our users are using or the most common screen-size, as these change. It is better to focus on the content of your design and adapt as needed when the space available to the design changes, rather than waiting to hit a specific breakpoint.
## Markup

### Utility classes

```html
<div class="o-grid-container">
    <div class="o-grid-row">
        <!-- two divs, spanning a total of 12 columns -->
        <div data-o-grid-colspan="8">A div, 8 columns wide</div>
        <div data-o-grid-colspan="4">Another div, 4 columns wide</div>
    </div>
</div>
```

### Responsive columns

Set a number of columns per layout:

```html
<div class="o-grid-container">
    <div class="o-grid-row">
        <div data-o-grid-colspan="6 L8" class="first-column">
            Half by default, then 8 columns wide on Large layout and up
        </div>
        <div data-o-grid-colspan="6 L4" class="second-column">
            Half by default, then 4 columns wide on Large layout and up
        </div>
    </div>
</div>
```

```scss
div {
	@include oGridContainer();

	> div {
		@include oGridRow();
	}
}

.first-column {
	// Half by default, then 8 columns wide on Large layout and up
	@include oGridColspan((default: 6, L: 8));
}
.second-column {
	// Half by default, then 4 columns wide on Large layout and up
	@include oGridColspan((default: 6, L: 4));
}
```

#### Using numbers

-   `{0-12}` - number of columns to span by default
-   `S{0-12}` - number of columns to span at the small layout and up
-   `M{0-12}` - number of columns to span at the medium layout and up
-   `L{0-12}` - number of columns to span at the large layout and up
-   `XL{0-12}` - number of columns to span at the extra large layout and up

```html
<div data-o-grid-colspan="6 L8"></div>
```

```scss
div { @include oGridColspan((default: 6, L: 8)); }
```

#### Using keywords<a name="keywords"></a>

-   `hide`
-   `one-half`
-   `one-third`, `two-thirds`
-   `one-quarter`, `three-quarters`

```html
<div data-o-grid-colspan="one-half Ltwo-thirds"></div>
```

```scss
div { @include oGridColspan((default: one-half, L: two-thirds)); }
```

### Examples

A full width column for all sizes except large screens and up, where it spans on 9 columns:

```html
<div data-o-grid-colspan="full-width L9"></div>
```

```scss
div { @include oGridColspan((default: full-width, L: 9)); }
```

A half width column that becomes full-width on medium screens and up:

```html
<div data-o-grid-colspan="one-half M12"></div>
```

```scss
div { @include oGridColspan((default: one-half, M: 12)); }
```

A column which gradually takes up a greater portion of horizontal space as the screen gets smaller:

```html
<div data-o-grid-colspan="4 M3 L2 XL1"></div>
```

```scss
div { @include oGridColspan((default: 4, M: 3, L: 2, XL: 1)); }
```

A column which has `width: auto` on small screens, and then takes half the available space on medium screens and up:

```html
<div data-o-grid-colspan="M6"></div>
```

```scss
div { @include oGridColspan((M: 6)); }
```

## Sass

To include all styles call the `oGrid` mixin.

```scss
@include oGrid();
```

### Options

`o-grid` css may be included granularly by passing options to the `oGrid` mixin.

```scss
@include oGrid($opts: (
	'bleed': true,
	'shuffle-selectors': true,
	'friendly-selectors': true,
	'surface': ('current-layout', 'layout-sizes'),
	'rows': ('compact')
));
```

If you would not like to use `o-grid` markup at all, the styles for the `surface` option may be included independently to enable JavaScript features:

```scss
// Surface current breakpoint and gutter size information to JavaScript.
// Supports `getGridBreakpoints` and `enableLayoutChangeEvents`
// JavaScript methods.
@include oGridSurfaceLayoutSizes();

// Surface grid breakpoints to JavaScript.
// Supports the `getCurrentLayout` and `getCurrentGutter` JavaScript methods.
@include oGridSurfaceCurrentLayout();
```

## Advanced usage

### Utilities

#### Hiding elements

`hide` the column, show it again at Large (`L`) layout size, and hide it at the largest (`XL`) layout size:

```html
<div data-o-grid-colspan="hide L12 XLhide"></div>
```

```scss
div { @include oGridColspan((default: hide, L: 12, XL: hide)); }
```

#### Centering a column

`center` the column and `uncenter` it at Large (`L`) layout size:

```html
<div data-o-grid-colspan="center Luncenter"></div>
```

```scss
.my-column {
	@include oGridCenter;

	@include oGridRespondTo(L) {
		@include oGridUncenter;
	}
}
```

#### Push and pull columns

```html
<div data-o-grid-colspan="8 push4"></div>
<div data-o-grid-colspan="4 pull8"></div>
```

```scss
// Content is first in the source
.content {
	@include oGridColspan(8);
	@include oGridPush(4); // outputs left: -33.333333333%;
}

// Sidebar comes second in the source but appears first on the left
.sidebar {
	@include oGridColspan(4);
	@include oGridPull(8); // outputs right: -66.666666667%;
}
```

Responsively:
```html
<div data-o-grid-colspan="L8 Lpush4"></div>
<div data-o-grid-colspan="L4 Lpull8"></div>
```

```scss
// Content is first in the source
.content {
	@include oGridColspan((L: 8));
	@include oGridRespondTo(L) {
		@include oGridPush(4); // outputs left: -33.333333333%;
	}
}

// Sidebar comes second in the source but appears first on the left
.sidebar {
	@include oGridColspan((L: 4));
	@include oGridRespondTo(L) {
		@include oGridPull(8); // outputs right: -66.666666667%;
	}
}
```



#### Add space before a column

```html
<div data-o-grid-colspan="8 offset4"></div>

<div data-o-grid-colspan="L8 Loffset4"></div>
```

```scss
div {
	@include oGridColspan(8);
	@include oGridOffset(4); // outputs margin-left: 33.333333333%;
}

div {
	@include oGridColspan((L: 8));

	@include oGridRespondTo(L) {
		@include oGridOffset(4); // outputs margin-left: 33.333333333%;
	}
}
```

#### Compact (gutterless) rows

To remove gutters from in between columns in a row, use the `o-grid-row--compact` class or the `oGridRowCompact()` mixin:

```html
<div class="o-grid-row o-grid-row--compact">
    <div data-o-grid-colspan="6">Look 'ma, no gutters</div>
    <div data-o-grid-colspan="6">Look 'pa, no gutters here either</div>
</div>
```


```scss
div {
	@include oGridContainer();

	> div {
		@include oGridRow();
		@include oGridRowCompact('.column');
	}

	.column {
		@include oGridColspan((default: full-width, S: 3));
	}
}
```

#### Full bleed container

To remove gutters from the left and right sides of the grid container, use the `o-grid-container--bleed` class.  Note that it is not possible to remove the outer gutters for an individual row, instead you need to start a new container.

```html
<div class="o-grid-container o-grid-container--bleed">
    <div class="o-grid-row o-grid-row--compact">
        <div data-o-grid-colspan="6">Look 'ma, no gutters</div>
        <div data-o-grid-colspan="6">Look 'pa, no gutters here either</div>
    </div>
</div>
```

#### Responsive column helper

For simplicity, examples below don't show the output code that brings support for Internet Explorer.

##### Give column properties to an element

```scss
el { @include oGridColspan(); }
```

Outputs:

```css
// Fallbacks for Internet Explorer omitted in this example
el {
	position: relative;
	float: left;
	box-sizing: border-box;
	flex: 1 1 0%;
	padding-left: 10px;
}
@media (min-width: 46.25em) {
	el {
		padding-left: 20px;
	}
}
```

##### Give a width to an element

```scss
el { @include oGridColspan($span: 4); }
```

Outputs:

```css
el {
	position: relative;
	float: left;
	box-sizing: border-box;
	flex: 1 1 0%;
	padding-left: 10px;
	display: block;
	flex-basis: 33.33333%;
	min-width: 33.33333%;
	max-width: 33.33333%;
	width: 33.33333%;
}
@media (min-width: 46.25em) {
	el {
		padding-left: 20px;
	}
}
```

##### Responsive width for different layouts

```scss
el {
	@include oGridColspan((
		default: full-width,
		M: 6
	));
}
```

Outputs:

```css
el {
	position: relative;
	float: left;
	box-sizing: border-box;
	flex: 1 1 0%;
	padding-left: 10px;
	display: block;
	flex-basis: 100%;
	min-width: 100%;
	max-width: 100%;
	width: 100%;
}
@media (min-width: 46.25em) {
	el {
		display: block;
		flex-basis: 50%;
		min-width: 50%;
		max-width: 50%;
		padding-left: 20px;
	}
}
```

#### Responsive layout helper

```scss
@include oGridRespondTo($from, $until) {
	// Styles
}
```

To create styles that respond to the same breakpoints as the grid, this Sass mixin can be used to wrap the styles in the appropriate media query. It should be passed `S`, `M`, `L` or `XL` depending on which layout size the style should apply to e.g.

```scss
@include oGridRespondTo(S) {
	.o-example-module .item-subheading {
		font-size: 0.5em;
	}
}
.o-example-module .item-subheading {
	@include oGridRespondTo(XL) {
		color: red;
	}
}
.o-example-module .item-subheading {
	@include oGridRespondTo($until: L) {
		width: auto;
	}
}
```

It relies on [Sass MQ](http://git.io/sass-mq) to output mobile-first @media queries.

`$from` is inclusive but `$until` is _exclusive_ – e.g. `@include oGridRespondTo(S, L)` matches the breakpoints `S` and `M`, but not `L`.

#### Gutters

```scss
el {
	margin-left: oGridGutter();

	@include oGridRespondTo(L) {
		margin-left: oGridGutter(L);
	}
}
```

Outputs:

```css
el {
	margin-left: 10px;
}

@media (min-width: 61.25em) {
	el {
		margin-left: 20px;
	}
}
```

#### _Unstyle_ a row or a column

```scss
.un-rowify {
	@include oGridResetRow;
}

.de-columnify {
	@include oGridResetColumn;
}
```

#### Variables

Some of the variables used by the grid (see [_variables.scss](https://github.com/Financial-Times/o-grid/blob/master/src/scss/_variables.scss)) can be used to customise the grid system.

Here are the most useful ones:

```scss
// Show the currently active breakpoint and output loaded settings
$o-grid-debug-mode: true;

// Gutters (distance between 2 columns), in pixels
$o-grid-gutters: (default: 10px, M: 20px);

// Grid mode
// - fluid: full width up to the largest layout's width
// - snappy  fluid width until the layout defined in $o-grid-start-snappy-mode-at (default: M),
//           and then snaps into a larger fixed layout at each breakpoint
// - fixed: always fixed-width with the layout defined by
//          $o-grid-fixed-layout (default: L)
$o-grid-mode: fluid (default) | snappy | fixed;

// Default layouts
$o-grid-layouts: (
	S:  490px,
	M:  740px,
	L:  980px,
	XL: 1220px,
);
```

#### Adding a layout

Products who need to add other breakpoints/layouts should use the helper `oGridAddLayout()`:

```scss
@import '@financial-times/o-grid/main';

// Add various layouts
@include oGridAddLayout(
	$layout-name: XS,
	$layout-width: 360px
);
@include oGridAddLayout(
	$layout-name: P,
	$layout-width: 600px,
	$gutter-width: 24px
);

// Layouts are now:
//   XS: 360px,
//   S: 490px,
//   P: 600px,
//   M: 740px,
//   L: 980px,
//   XL: 1220px

// Include all o-grid styles, including:
// - Surface the layout currently displayed to make it readable in JS
// - Generate grid helpers classes and data attributes.
@include oGrid();
```

#### Snappy mode

The container size can snap between fixed-widths as the viewport gets larger:

```html
<!-- Make the whole document snappy -->
<body class="o-grid-snappy">
    <div class="o-grid-container">
        <div class="o-grid-row">
            …
        </div>
    </div>
</body>

<!-- Make a container snappy -->
<div class="o-grid-container o-grid-container--snappy">
    <div class="o-grid-row">
        …
    </div>
</div>
```

#### Debug mode

Enable debug mode to see the currently active breakpoint in the top-right corner of the page (based on [sass-mq's show-breakpoints](https://github.com/sass-mq/sass-mq#seeing-the-currently-active-breakpoint) feature).

```scss
$o-grid-debug-mode: true;
```

![show-breakpoints demo](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sass-mq/sass-mq/65b00c7be6dba7de24173cc445eec7aaca036ceb/show-breakpoints.gif)

## JavaScript Helpers

### `getCurrentLayout()`

Returns the name of the layout currently displayed.

```js
import oGrid from '@financial-times/o-grid';

console.log(oGrid.getCurrentLayout());
// > default | S | M | L | XL
```

CSS must be included so JavaScript can retrieve layout information. If using [Sass](#sass) and the `oGrid` mixin, ensure the `surface` [option](#options) includes `current-layout`; or include the `oGridSurfaceCurrentLayout` mixin if your project is not using any o-grid markup.

### `getCurrentGutter()`

Returns the width of the gutter currently displayed.

```js
import oGrid from '@financial-times/o-grid';

console.log(oGrid.getCurrentGutter());
// > 10px | 20px
```

CSS must be included so JavaScript can retrieve layout information. If using [Sass](#sass) and the `oGrid` mixin, ensure the `surface` [option](#options) includes `current-layout`; or include the `oGridSurfaceCurrentLayout` mixin if your project is not using any o-grid markup.

### `getGridBreakpoints()`

Returns the sizes of all grid breakpoints available.

```js
import oGrid from '@financial-times/o-grid';

console.log(oGrid.getGridBreakpoints());
// > { "layouts": { "S": "490px", "M": "740px", "L": "980px", "XL": "1220px" } }
```

CSS must be included so JavaScript can retrieve layout information. If using [Sass](#sass) and the `oGrid` mixin, ensure the `surface` [option](#options) includes `layout-sizes`; or include the `oGridSurfaceLayoutSizes` mixin if your project is not using any o-grid markup.

### `enableLayoutChangeEvents()`

Enable matchMedia queries that fire an `o-grid.layoutChange` event upon layout change.

```js
import oGrid from '@financial-times/o-grid';

oGrid.enableLayoutChangeEvents();
```

CSS must be included so JavaScript can retrieve layout information. If using [Sass](#sass) and the `oGrid` mixin, ensure the `surface` [option](#options) includes `layout-sizes`; or include the `oGridSurfaceLayoutSizes` mixin if your project is not using any o-grid markup.

## Grid Bookmarklet

1.  Create a new Bookmark with this URL:
    ```js
    javascript:(function(){var s=document.createElement("script");s.src="https://unpkg.com/@financial-times/o-grid@^6.0.0/bookmarklet/bookmarklet.js";document.head.appendChild(s);}());
    ```

2.  Load a website
3.  Click the bookmarklet (the overlay should appear)
4.  Check the alignment of the layout on the grid

![](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/85783/6125746/732fe9c0-b111-11e4-88d2-5031493cfec0.png)


## Migration

|     State     | Major Version | Last Minor Release |                       Migration guide                        |
|:-------------:|:-------------:| :---: |:------------------------------------------------------------:|
|   ✨ active    |      o3       | N/A  | [migrate to o3](MIGRATION.md#migrating-from-v6-to-origami-3) |
|   ⚠ maintained    |       6       | N/A  |    [migrate to v5](MIGRATION.md#migrating-from-v5-to-v6)     |
| ╳ deprecated  |       5       | N/A  |    [migrate to v5](MIGRATION.md#migrating-from-v4-to-v5)     |
| ╳ deprecated  |       4       | 4.5  |    [migrate to v4](MIGRATION.md#migrating-from-v3-to-v4)     |
| ╳ deprecated  |       3       | 3.2 |                              -                               |
| ╳ deprecated  |       2       | 2.4 |                              -                               |
|  ╳ deprecated |       1       | 1.4 |                              -                               |

## Contact

If you have any questions or comments about this component, or need help using it, please either [raise an issue](https://github.com/Financial-Times/o-grid/issues), visit [#origami-support](https://financialtimes.slack.com/messages/origami-support/) or email [Origami Support](mailto:origami-support@ft.com).

***

## Licence

Copyright (c) 2016 Financial Times Ltd. All rights reserved.

This software is published under the [MIT licence](http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT).