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One of the most useful features in Grid Layout is the minmax() function. minmax() lets you set a grid track's minimum and maximum size.
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One of the most useful features in
Grid Layout is the minmax function.
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Minmax lets you set a grid
track's minimum and maximum size.
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For example, you might give certain tracks
a minimum size to make sure the content
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doesn't become too narrow or short and
set a max size to ensure tracks don't
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get too wide or tall, or expand to fit
content that might be added later.
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Being able to set how small and how large
a grid track can be will help you build
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complex layouts that adapt your content
to a wide range of viewport sizes.
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And it makes it possible to create
responsive Grid Layouts without the use
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of media queries.
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All right, so in our grid rule,
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let's create a new track list
that sets three column tracks.
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We'll set the first track to minmax and
the second and third tracks to 1fr.
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Now let's define our min and
max values for the first track.
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The minmax function accepts two values.
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The first value is the minimum.
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And the second value is the maximum.
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And keep in mind that the value for
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min needs to be smaller than the value for
max.
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Otherwise, the browser
will ignore the max value.
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And the function will
not work as intended.
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So I'll pass it a min value of 200 pixels,
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followed by a comma, and
a max value of 300 pixels.
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So this means that the first column track
will not get any narrower than 200 pixels.
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And once it expands to the max value
of 300 pixels, it won't get any wider.
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And the other two columns set to
1fr will divide the free space.
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So let's have a look.
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Resizing the browser,
once the first column here hits
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a min width of 200 pixels,
it does not get any narrower.
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And once it hits the max width of
300 pixels, it doesn't get wider.
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You can also use the fr unit with minmax,
but only for the max value.
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This lets you create fluid tracts that
expand to fill the available space,
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while not getting any narrower
than the specified min size.
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So setting the max value to 1fr
means that the column won't get any
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narrower than 200 pixels.
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And if the available space allows it,
it's going to expand and
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get in on that free space
with the other two tracks
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Finally, let's say we want three flexible,
equal size,
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column tracks that will not get
any narrower than 200 pixels.
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Well, you can set all three
column tracks using minmax.
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And depending on the number of tracks,
your track list could get messy and
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hard to read.
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This is where the repeat notation you
learned in the previous video comes in
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handy to help you write less code and
keep it maintainable.
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You can set all three flexible column
tracks at once using the repeat function.
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I'll set the track repeat value to 3 and
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track size values to minmax(200 pixels,
and 1fr).
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And this allows the columns to flex
in size ranging from 200 pixels to
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equal width columns that stretch across
the full width of the container.
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So all three columns take
up the available space, but
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never get any narrower than 200 pixels.
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Notice how the grid container begins
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overflowing once it's unable
to fit all the columns.
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Well, at this point, you might use media
queries to force overflowing items
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onto a new row or a certain number of
items per row at different breakpoints.
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Well, wouldn't it be wonderful if we
could let Grid figure out how many column
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tracks can fit inside the available space
and when to wrap them onto a new row?
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Well, Grid actually has a solution for
this.
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In the next video, I'll teach you how
CSS Grid helps you create responsive
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Grid Layouts,
without the use of media queries.
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