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Recipe: CSS grid layout patterns

Production-ready grid recipes for dashboards, cards, and page shells.

Holy grail shell

.holy-grail {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-rows: auto 1fr auto;
  grid-template-columns: 240px 1fr;
  min-height: 100vh;
}
.holy-grail > header { grid-column: 1 / -1; }
.holy-grail > footer { grid-column: 1 / -1; }

Auto-fit card grid

.card-grid {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: repeat(auto-fit, minmax(280px, 1fr));
  gap: 1.5rem;
}

Pancake stack

.pancake {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-rows: auto 1fr auto;
  min-height: 100vh;
}

12-column dashboard

.dashboard {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: repeat(12, 1fr);
  gap: 1rem;
}
.span-4 { grid-column: span 4; }
.span-8 { grid-column: span 8; }

Sidebar + content

.layout {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 260px 1fr;
  gap: 2rem;
}