grid-template
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The **`grid-template`** CSS property is a shorthand property for defining grid columns, grid rows, and grid areas.

Try it
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Constituent properties
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This property is a shorthand for the following CSS properties:

* `grid-template-areas`
* `grid-template-columns`
* `grid-template-rows`
Syntax
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```css
/\* Keyword value \*/
grid-template: none;

/\* grid-template-rows / grid-template-columns values \*/
grid-template: 100px 1fr / 50px 1fr;
grid-template: auto 1fr / auto 1fr auto;
grid-template: [linename] 100px / [columnname1] 30% [columnname2] 70%;
grid-template: fit-content(100px) / fit-content(40%);

/\* grid-template-areas grid-template-rows / grid-template-column values \*/
grid-template:
  "a a a"
  "b b b";
grid-template:
  "a a a" 20%
  "b b b" auto;
grid-template:
  [header-top] "a a a" [header-bottom]
  [main-top] "b b b" 1fr [main-bottom]
  / auto 1fr auto;

/\* Global values \*/
grid-template: inherit;
grid-template: initial;
grid-template: revert;
grid-template: revert-layer;
grid-template: unset;
```

### Values

`none`

Is a keyword that sets all three longhand properties to `none`, meaning there is no explicit grid. There are no named grid areas. Rows and columns will be implicitly generated; their size will be determined by the `grid-auto-rows` and `grid-auto-columns` properties.

`<'grid-template-rows'> / <'grid-template-columns'>`

Sets `grid-template-rows` and `grid-template-columns` to the specified values, and sets `grid-template-areas` to `none`.

`[ <line-names>? <string> <track-size>? <line-names>? ]+ [ / <explicit-track-list> ]?`

Sets `grid-template-areas` to the strings listed, `grid-template-rows` to the track sizes following each string (filling in `auto` for any missing sizes), and splicing in the named lines defined before/after each size, and `grid-template-columns` to the track listing specified after the slash (or `none`, if not specified).

**Note:** The `repeat()` function isn't allowed in these track listings, as the tracks are intended to visually line up one-to-one with the rows/columns in the "ASCII art".



**Note:** The `grid` shorthand accepts the same syntax, but also resets the implicit grid properties to their initial values. Use `grid` (as opposed to `grid-template`) to prevent these values from cascading in separately.

Formal definition
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|  |  |
| --- | --- |
| Initial value | as each of the properties of the shorthand:* `grid-template-columns`: `none`
* `grid-template-rows`: `none`
* `grid-template-areas`: `none`
 |
| Applies to | grid containers |
| Inherited | no |
| Percentages | as each of the properties of the shorthand:* `grid-template-columns`: refer to corresponding dimension of the content area
* `grid-template-rows`: refer to corresponding dimension of the content area
 |
| Computed value | as each of the properties of the shorthand:* `grid-template-columns`: as specified, but with relative lengths converted into absolute lengths
* `grid-template-rows`: as specified, but with relative lengths converted into absolute lengths
* `grid-template-areas`: as specified
 |
| Animation type | as each of the properties of the shorthand:* `grid-template-columns`: simple list of length, percentage, or calc, provided the only differences are in the values of the length, percentage, or calc components in the list
* `grid-template-rows`: simple list of length, percentage, or calc, provided the only differences are in the values of the length, percentage, or calc components in the list
* `grid-template-areas`: discrete
 |

Formal syntax
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```

grid-template =   
  none                                                |  
  [ <'grid-template-rows'> / <'grid-template-columns'> ]  |  
  [ <line-names>? <string> <track-size>? <line-names>? ]+ [ / <explicit-track-list> ]?    
  
<line-names> =   
  '[' <custom-ident>\* ']'    
  
<track-size> =   
  <track-breadth>                                   |  
  minmax( <inflexible-breadth> , <track-breadth> )  |  
  fit-content( <length-percentage [0,∞]> )            
  
<explicit-track-list> =   
  [ <line-names>? <track-size> ]+ <line-names>?    
  
<track-breadth> =   
  <length-percentage [0,∞]>  |  
  <flex [0,∞]>               |  
  min-content                |  
  max-content                |  
  auto                         
  
<inflexible-breadth> =   
  <length-percentage [0,∞]>  |  
  min-content                |  
  max-content                |  
  auto                         
  
<length-percentage> =   
  <length>      |  
  <percentage>    
  
```

Examples
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### Defining a grid template

#### CSS


```css
#page {
  display: grid;
  width: 100%;
  height: 200px;
  grid-template:
    [header-left] "head head" 30px [header-right]
    [main-left] "nav main" 1fr [main-right]
    [footer-left] "nav foot" 30px [footer-right]
    / 120px 1fr;
}

header {
  background-color: lime;
  grid-area: head;
}

nav {
  background-color: lightblue;
  grid-area: nav;
}

main {
  background-color: yellow;
  grid-area: main;
}

footer {
  background-color: red;
  grid-area: foot;
}
```


#### HTML


```html
<div id="page">
  <header>Header</header>
  <nav>Navigation</nav>
  <main>Main area</main>
  <footer>Footer</footer>
</div>
```


#### Result

Specifications
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| Specification |
| --- |
| CSS Grid Layout Module Level 2 # explicit-grid-shorthand |

Browser compatibility
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See also
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* Related CSS properties: `grid-template-rows`, `grid-template-columns`, `grid-template-areas`
* Grid Layout Guide: *Line-based placement with CSS Grid*
* Grid Layout Guide: *Grid template areas - Grid definition shorthands*
* Video tutorial: *Grid Template shorthand*