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CSS grid-auto-rows Property

The grid-auto-rows property specifies the size for the rows in a grid container. It has an effect only on the rows without specified size.

This property has the following values: auto, max-content, min-content, minmax, length and percentages.

Initial Value auto
Applies to Grid containers.
Inherited No.
Animatable Yes. Size of the rows are animatable.
Version CSS Grid Layout Module Level 1
DOM Syntax object.style.gridAutoRows = "40px";

Syntax

grid-auto-rows: auto | max-content | min-content | <length> | <percentage> | <flex> | initial | inherit;

Example of the grid-auto-rows property:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <title>Title of the document</title>
    <style>
      .box1 {
        grid-area: 1 / 1 / 2 / 2;
      }
      .box2 {
        grid-area: 1 / 2 / 2 / 3;
      }
      .box3 {
        grid-area: 1 / 3 / 2 / 4;
      }
      .box4 {
        grid-area: 2 / 1 / 3 / 2;
      }
      .box5 {
        grid-area: 2 / 2 / 3 / 3;
      }
      .box6 {
        grid-area: 2 / 3 / 3 / 4;
      }
      .auto-box1 {
        grid-area: 1 / 1 / 2 / 2;
      }
      .auto-box2 {
        grid-area: 1 / 2 / 2 / 3;
      }
      .auto-box3 {
        grid-area: 1 / 3 / 2 / 4;
      }
      .auto-box4 {
        grid-area: 2 / 1 / 3 / 2;
      }
      .auto-box5 {
        grid-area: 2 / 2 / 3 / 3;
      }
      .auto-box6 {
        grid-area: 2 / 3 / 3 / 4;
      }
      .grid-container {
        display: grid;
        grid-auto-rows: 100px;
        grid-gap: 10px;
        background-color: #ccc;
        padding: 10px;
      }
      .grid-container > div {
        background-color: #666;
        text-align: center;
        padding: 20px 0;
        font-size: 20px;
      }
      .auto-container {
        display: grid;
        grid-auto-rows: auto;
        grid-gap: 10px;
        background-color: #ccc;
        padding: 10px;
      }
      .auto-container > div {
        background-color: #666;
        text-align: center;
        padding: 20px 0;
        font-size: 20px;
      }
    </style>
  </head>
  <body>
    <h2>Grid-auto-rows property example</h2>
    <h3>100 pixels</h3>
    <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 class="box6">6</div>
    </div>
    <h3>auto</h3>
    <div class="auto-container">
      <div class="auto-box1">1</div>
      <div class="auto-box2">2</div>
      <div class="auto-box3">3</div>
      <div class="auto-box4">4</div>
      <div class="auto-box5">5</div>
      <div class="auto-box6">6</div>
    </div>
  </body>
</html>

Result

CSS grid-auto-rows Property

Example of the grid-auto-rows property with the several values:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <title>Title of the document</title>
    <style>
      .box1 {
        grid-area: 1 / 1 / 2 / 2;
      }
      .box2 {
        grid-area: 1 / 2 / 2 / 3;
      }
      .box3 {
        grid-area: 1 / 3 / 2 / 4;
      }
      .box4 {
        grid-area: 2 / 1 / 3 / 2;
      }
      .box5 {
        grid-area: 2 / 2 / 3 / 3;
      }
      .box6 {
        grid-area: 2 / 3 / 3 / 4;
      }
      .grey-box1 {
        grid-area: 1 / 1 / 2 / 2;
      }
      .grey-box2 {
        grid-area: 1 / 2 / 2 / 3;
      }
      .grey-box3 {
        grid-area: 1 / 3 / 2 / 4;
      }
      .grey-box4 {
        grid-area: 2 / 1 / 3 / 2;
      }
      .grey-box5 {
        grid-area: 2 / 2 / 3 / 3;
      }
      .grey-box6 {
        grid-area: 2 / 3 / 3 / 4;
      }
      .auto-box1 {
        grid-area: 1 / 1 / 2 / 2;
      }
      .auto-box2 {
        grid-area: 1 / 2 / 2 / 3;
      }
      .auto-box3 {
        grid-area: 1 / 3 / 2 / 4;
      }
      .auto-box4 {
        grid-area: 2 / 1 / 3 / 2;
      }
      .auto-box5 {
        grid-area: 2 / 2 / 3 / 3;
      }
      .auto-box6 {
        grid-area: 2 / 3 / 3 / 4;
      }
      .min-box1 {
        grid-area: 1 / 1 / 2 / 2;
      }
      .min-box2 {
        grid-area: 1 / 2 / 2 / 3;
      }
      .min-box3 {
        grid-area: 1 / 3 / 2 / 4;
      }
      .min-box4 {
        grid-area: 2 / 1 / 3 / 2;
      }
      .min-box5 {
        grid-area: 2 / 2 / 3 / 3;
      }
      .min-box6 {
        grid-area: 2 / 3 / 3 / 4;
      }
      .max-box1 {
        grid-area: 1 / 1 / 2 / 2;
      }
      .max-box2 {
        grid-area: 1 / 2 / 2 / 3;
      }
      .max-box3 {
        grid-area: 1 / 3 / 2 / 4;
      }
      .max-box4 {
        grid-area: 2 / 1 / 3 / 2;
      }
      .max-box5 {
        grid-area: 2 / 2 / 3 / 3;
      }
      .max-box6 {
        grid-area: 2 / 3 / 3 / 4;
      }
      .grid-container {
        display: grid;
        grid-auto-rows: 150px;
        grid-gap: 10px;
        background-color: #ccc;
        padding: 10px;
      }
      .grid-container > div {
        background-color: #888;
        text-align: center;
        padding: 20px 0;
        font-size: 30px;
      }
      .grey-container {
        display: grid;
        grid-auto-rows: 30%;
        grid-gap: 10px;
        background-color: #ccc;
        padding: 10px;
      }
      .grey-container > div {
        background-color: #888;
        text-align: center;
        padding: 20px 0;
        font-size: 30px;
      }
      .auto-container {
        display: grid;
        grid-auto-rows: auto;
        grid-gap: 10px;
        background-color: #ccc;
        padding: 10px;
      }
      .auto-container > div {
        background-color: #888;
        text-align: center;
        padding: 20px 0;
        font-size: 30px;
      }
      .min-container {
        display: grid;
        grid-auto-rows: min-content;
        grid-gap: 10px;
        background-color: #000;
        padding: 10px;
      }
      .min-container > div {
        background-color: #ccc;
        text-align: center;
        padding: 20px 0;
        font-size: 30px;
      }
      .max-container {
        display: grid;
        grid-auto-rows: max-content;
        grid-gap: 10px;
        background-color: #000;
        padding: 10px;
      }
      .max-container > div {
        background-color: #ccc;
        text-align: center;
        padding: 20px 0;
        font-size: 30px;
      }
    </style>
  </head>
  <body>
    <h2>Grid-auto-rows property example</h2>
    <p>Use the <strong>grid-auto-rows</strong> property to set a default size (height) for all rows.</p>
    <h3>150 pixels</h3>
    <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 class="box6">6</div>
    </div>
    <h3>30%</h3>
    <div class="grey-container">
      <div class="grey-box1">1</div>
      <div class="grey-box2">2</div>
      <div class="grey-box3">3</div>
      <div class="grey-box4">4</div>
      <div class="grey-box5">5</div>
      <div class="grey-box6">6</div>
    </div>
    <h3>auto</h3>
    <div class="auto-container">
      <div class="auto-box1">1</div>
      <div class="auto-box2">2</div>
      <div class="auto-box3">3</div>
      <div class="auto-box4">4</div>
      <div class="auto-box5">5</div>
      <div class="auto-box6">6</div>
    </div>
    <h3>min-content</h3>
    <div class="min-container">
      <div class="min-box1">1</div>
      <div class="min-box2">2</div>
      <div class="min-box3">3</div>
      <div class="min-box4">4</div>
      <div class="min-box5">5</div>
      <div class="min-box6">6</div>
    </div>
    <h3>max-content</h3>
    <div class="max-container">
      <div class="max-box1">1</div>
      <div class="max-box2">2</div>
      <div class="max-box3">3</div>
      <div class="max-box4">4</div>
      <div class="max-box5">5</div>
      <div class="max-box6">6</div>
    </div>
  </body>
</html>

Example of the grid-auto-rows property with the "minmax" value:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <title>Title of the document</title>
    <style>
      .box1 {
        grid-area: 1 / 1 / 2 / 2;
      }
      .box2 {
        grid-area: 1 / 2 / 2 / 3;
      }
      .box3 {
        grid-area: 1 / 3 / 2 / 4;
      }
      .box4 {
        grid-area: 2 / 1 / 3 / 2;
      }
      .box5 {
        grid-area: 2 / 2 / 3 / 3;
      }
      .box6 {
        grid-area: 2 / 3 / 3 / 4;
      }
      .minmax1 {
        grid-area: 1 / 1 / 2 / 2;
      }
      .minmax2 {
        grid-area: 1 / 2 / 2 / 3;
      }
      .minmax3 {
        grid-area: 1 / 3 / 2 / 4;
      }
      .minmax4 {
        grid-area: 2 / 1 / 3 / 2;
      }
      .minmax5 {
        grid-area: 2 / 2 / 3 / 3;
      }
      .minmax6 {
        grid-area: 2 / 3 / 3 / 4;
      }
      .grid-container {
        display: grid;
        grid-auto-rows: 100px;
        grid-gap: 10px;
        background-color: #ccc;
        padding: 10px;
      }
      .grid-container > div {
        background-color: #666;
        text-align: center;
        padding: 20px 0;
        font-size: 20px;
      }
      .minmax-container {
        display: grid;
        grid-auto-rows: minmax(90px, 4cm);
        grid-gap: 10px;
        background-color: #cccccc;
        padding: 10px;
      }
      .minmax-container > div {
        background-color: #f5f5f5;
        text-align: center;
        padding: 20px 0;
        font-size: 20px;
      }
    </style>
  </head>
  <body>
    <h2>Grid-auto-rows property example</h2>
    <h3>100 pixels</h3>
    <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 class="box6">6</div>
    </div>
    <h3>minmax</h3>
    <div class="minmax-container">
      <div class="minmax1">1</div>
      <div class="minmax2">2</div>
      <div class="minmax3">3</div>
      <div class="aminmax4">4</div>
      <div class="minmax5">5</div>
      <div class="minmax6">6</div>
    </div>
  </body>
</html>

Here, the grid-auto-rows is used to set a default size (height) for all rows.

Values

Value Description Play it
auto The size of the rows takes up the size of the container. This is the default value of the property. Play it »
max-content The size of each rows depends on the largest item in the rows. Play it »
min-content The size of each rows depends on the smallest item in the rows. Play it »
minmax(min.max) The size range is greater than or equal to "min" and less than or equal to "max". Play it »
<length> The size of the rows is specified by length value. Play it »
<percentage> The size of the rows is specified by percentages. Play it »
<flex> A non-negative dimension with the unit "fr" that specifies the track’s flex factor. Each <flex>-sized track shares remaining space in proportion to its flex factor.
initial Makes the property use its default value.
inherit Inherits the property from its parents element.

Browser support

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