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Align a nested grid with its parent’s columns
CSS: Subgrid reuses the parent tracks for the nested grid’s covered span.
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Center a small item in a grid cell
CSS: Place-items sets both block-axis and inline-axis item alignment.
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Combine a fixed sidebar with a flexible content track
CSS: Minmax zero avoids an intrinsic minimum forcing the flexible track wider than its container.
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Describe a page arrangement with named grid areas
CSS: Named areas make the relationship between a grid template and its sections explicit.
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Divide grid space in a chosen proportion
CSS: Fraction units divide the remaining track space proportionally.
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Fill an earlier grid hole with a later small item
CSS: Dense auto-placement may move a later item visually ahead of other items to fill a gap.
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Fill grid rows before moving to the next column
CSS: Column auto-flow fills the explicitly declared rows in each successive implicit column.
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Give implicit grid rows a minimum height
CSS: Minmax allows an implicit row to grow when its content requires more room.
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Set explicit grid row heights
CSS: Grid-template-rows controls each declared row’s block-axis track size.
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Span a grid item across multiple columns
CSS: Grid-column span counts tracks and includes the gaps between them.
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