CSS Grid Areas

by Rodwyn Moreno

HTML

<section id="page">
  <header>Header</header>
  <nav>Navigation</nav>
  <main>
    Main area
    <h2>vw: Relative to 1% of the width of the viewport*</h2> 
    <h2>vh: Relative to 1% of the height of the viewport*</h2>
    <h2>fr: Fractional unit and 1fr is for 1 part of the available space.</h2>
  </main>
  <footer>Footer</footer>
</section>

SCSS

#page {
  display: grid;
  height: 100vh;
  grid-template:
    [row1-start] "head head" 75px [row1-end]
    [row2-start] "nav main" 1fr [row2-end]
    [row3-start] "foot foot" 50px [row3-end]
    / 200px 1fr;
  width: 100vw;  
  grid-gap: 12px 8px;

  header {
    grid-area: head;
    background-color: #8ca0ff;
  }

  nav {
    grid-area: nav;
    background-color: #ffa08c;
  }

  main {
    grid-area: main;
    background-color: #ffff64;
  }

  footer {
    grid-area: foot;
    background-color: #8cffa0;
  }
}