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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">

<html lang=en>
 <head><meta content="text/html;charset=utf-8" http-equiv=Content-Type>

  <title>CSS Grid Positioning Module Level 3</title>
  <link href="../default.css" rel=stylesheet type="text/css">

  <style type="text/css">
    .cols { width: 500px; height: 200px; background: #fff; position: relative; border: solid 10px blue; margin: 0.5em 2em 1em 0; font: bold 14px/19px Arial, sans-serif }
    .cols p { padding: 3px; margin: 0;  }
    .gap { position: absolute; background: black; width: 5px; bottom: 0px; top: 0px; border: 10px solid red; border-top-width: 0; border-bottom-width: 0;  }
    .rep { position: absolute; background: #333; height: 110px; width: 100px;  color: white; z-index: 4 }

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   <h1 id=css-grid>CSS Grid Positioning Module Level 3</h1>

   <h2 class="no-num no-toc" id=longstatus>Editor's Draft $Date$</h2>

   <dl>
    <dt>This version:
    <dd><a href="http://dev.w3.org/csswg/css3-grid/overview.html">$Date$ (CVS $Revision$)</a>

    <dt>Latest version:

    <dd><a
     href="http://www.w3.org/TR/css3-grid">http://www.w3.org/TR/css3-grid</a>

    <dt>Previous version:

    <dd>none

    <dt>Editors:

    <dd>Alex Mogilevsky, Microsoft, <a
     href="mailto:alexmog@microsoft.com">alexmog@microsoft.com</a>

    <dt>Authors:

    <dd>Alex Mogilevsky, Microsoft, <a
     href="mailto:alexmog@microsoft.com">alexmog@microsoft.com</a>

    <dd>Markus Mielke, Microsoft, <a
     href="mailto:alexmog@microsoft.com">mmielke@microsoft.com</a>
   </dl>
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  <h2 class="no-num no-toc" id=abstract>Abstract</h2>

  <p>This module describes integration of grid-based layout (similar to the
   grids traditionally used in books and newspapers) with CSS sizing and
   positioning.

  <h2 class="no-num no-toc" id=status>Status of this document</h2>
  <!--begin-status-->

  <p>This is a member-only draft. It may be updated, replaced or obsoleted by
   other documents at any time. It is inappropriate to cite this document as
   other than work in progress.

  <p>The (<a
   href="http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/">archived</a>)
   mailing list <a href="mailto:w3c-css-wg@w3.org">w3c-css-wg@w3.org</a> is
   preferred for discussion of this specification.

  <p>This document was produced by the <a href="/Style/CSS/members">CSS
   Working Group</a> (part of the <a href="/Style/">Style Activity</a>).
   <!--end-status-->

  <p>This is the first public working draft of this module.

  <h2 class="no-num no-toc" id=contents>Table of contents</h2>
  <!--begin-toc-->

  <ul class=toc>
   <li><a href="#dependencies"><span class=secno>1. </span>Dependencies on
    other modules</a>

   <li><a href="#introduction"><span class=secno>2. </span>Introduction</a>

   <li><a href="#examples"><span class=secno>3. </span>Examples</a>
    <ul class=toc>
     <li><a href="#example"><span class=secno>3.1. </span>Example 1</a>

     <li><a href="#example0"><span class=secno>3.2. </span>Example 2 </a>
    </ul>

   <li><a href="#grid-"><span class=secno>4. </span>Grid declarations</a>
    <ul class=toc>
     <li><a href="#explicit"><span class=secno>4.1. </span>Explicit grid</a>
      <ul class=toc>
       <li><a href="#grid-columns"><span class=secno>4.1.1.
        </span>&lsquo;<span class=property>grid-columns</span>&rsquo; and
        &lsquo;<span class=property>grid-rows</span>&rsquo; properties</a>
      </ul>

     <li><a href="#implicit"><span class=secno>4.2. </span>Implicit grid</a>
      <ul class=toc>
       <li><a href="#multi-column"><span class=secno>4.2.1.
        </span>Multi-column element</a>

       <li><a href="#table"><span class=secno>4.2.2. </span>Table</a>

       <li><a href="#viewport"><span class=secno>4.2.3. </span>Viewport</a>

       <li><a href="#priority"><span class=secno>4.2.4. </span>Priority of
        explicit grid definition</a>
      </ul>
    </ul>

   <li><a href="#grid-units"><span class=secno>5. </span>Grid units</a>
    <ul class=toc>
     <li><a href="#applicability"><span class=secno>5.1. </span>Applicability
      of grid units</a>

     <li><a href="#grid-container"><span class=secno>5.2. </span>Grid
      container</a>

     <li><a href="#reference"><span class=secno>5.3. </span>Reference point
      for grid units</a>
    </ul>

   <li><a href="#grid-in"><span class=secno>6. </span>Grid in overflow</a>

   <li><a href="#issues"><span class=secno>7. </span>Issues</a>
    <ul class=toc>
     <li><a href="#grid-on"><span class=secno>7.1. </span>Grid on
      shrink-to-fit elements</a>

     <li><a href="#additional"><span class=secno>7.2. </span>Additional
      implicit grid lines</a>

     <li><a href="#snap-to"><span class=secno>7.3. </span>Snap to grid</a>

     <li><a href="#undefined"><span class=secno>7.4. </span>Undefined grid
      and notion of &#39;default&#39; grid</a>

     <li><a href="#page-grid"><span class=secno>7.5. </span>Page grid</a>

     <li><a href="#named"><span class=secno>7.6. </span>Named grid lines and
      cells</a>

     <li><a href="#templates"><span class=secno>7.7. </span>Templates in CSS3
      Advanced Layout module</a>
    </ul>

   <li class=no-num><a href="#acknowledgments">Acknowledgments</a>

   <li class=no-num><a href="#references">References</a>
    <ul class=toc>
     <li class=no-num><a href="#normative-references">Normative
      references</a>

     <li class=no-num><a href="#other-references">Other references</a>
    </ul>

   <li class=no-num><a href="#index">Index</a>

   <li class=no-num><a href="#property-index">Property index</a>
  </ul>
  <!--end-toc-->

  <h2 id=dependencies><span class=secno>1. </span>Dependencies on other
   modules</h2>

  <p>This CSS3 module depends on the following other CSS3 modules:

  <ul>
   <li><a href="#CSS3VAL" rel=biblioentry>[CSS3VAL]<!--{{!CSS3VAL}}--></a>
  </ul>

  <p>It has non-normative (informative) references to the following other
   CSS3 modules:

  <ul>
   <li><a href="#CSS3COL" rel=biblioentry>[CSS3COL]<!--{{CSS3COL}}--></a>

   <li><a href="#CSS3GCPM" rel=biblioentry>[CSS3GCPM]<!--{{CSS3GCPM}}--></a>

   <li><a href="#MEDIAQ" rel=biblioentry>[MEDIAQ]<!--{{MEDIAQ}}--></a>

   <li><a href="#CSS3LAYOUT"
    rel=biblioentry>[CSS3LAYOUT]<!--{{CSS3LAYOUT}}--></a>
  </ul>

  <h2 id=introduction><span class=secno>2. </span>Introduction</h2>

  <p>Grid systems have provided great value to print designers for many years
   <a href="#THEGRID" rel=biblioentry>[THEGRID]<!--{{THEGRID}}--></a>. Now
   same concepts are applied to online content <a href="#SXSWGRIDS"
   rel=biblioentry>[SXSWGRIDS]<!--{{SXSWGRIDS}}--></a>, <a href="#AGBDL"
   rel=biblioentry>[AGBDL]<!--{{AGBDL}}--></a>. Unlike print media however,
   dimensions of online devices vary broadly; a single fixed-sized grid that
   worked perfectly for print pages only works in a subset of web scenarios.
   Really adaptable solutions require dealing with a grid that adapts to fit
   devices of varying form factors.

  <p>This module adds capabilities for sizing and positioning in terms of a
   scalable grid . The grid can be specified directly by author, or can be
   implied from existing two-dimensional structures (tables or multi-column
   elements).

  <p>Grid positioning addresses layout in continuous media and in paged
   media.

  <h2 id=examples><span class=secno>3. </span>Examples</h2>

  <p>Let&#39;s start with an illustration of grid in action.

  <h3 id=example><span class=secno>3.1. </span>Example 1</h3>

  <div class=figure> <img alt="example of a 3-column layout with an image
   that spans the whole page and a 2-column box in bottom left corner"
   src=grid1_small.jpg>
   <p class=caption>Floats in multi-column layout</p>
  </div>

  <p style="height: 18px">Figure 1 shows a 3-column layout in paged media. It
   can be seen as a grid with 6 vertical lines (at each column boundary) and
   horizontal lines at margins.

  <div class=example>
   <pre>body { columns:3; column-gap:2em; }
float1 { float:page bottom left; <strong>width:3gr;</strong> }
/* Figure 1 */
</pre>
  </div>

  <p>The statement &quot;float:page bottom left&quot; positions the image at
   the bottom left corner of the page (as defined in <a href="#CSS3GCPM"
   rel=biblioentry>[CSS3GCPM]<!--{{CSS3GCPM}}--></a>)

  <p>Property &quot;width:3gr&quot; makes it 3 &quot;grid units&quot; wide,
   where a &quot;grid unit&quot; is the distance between two adjacent grid
   lines. Each boundary between a column and a gap automatically produces a
   grid line, therefore to specify &quot;two columns, including the gap
   between columns, but not including any gaps outside the columns&quot; we
   can just say &quot;3gr&quot;.

  <p>Also, in this example the author has added a horizontal line to align
   illustrations with. This can be done by explicitly defining grid lines:

  <div class=example>
   <pre>
body { columns:3; column-gap:2em;
       <strong>grid-rows: 1.5in 1fr;</strong> }

div.illustrations
     { float:page top left; width:5gr; height:1gr;}

float1 { float:page bottom left; width:3gr; }

/* Figure 2 */
</pre>
  </div>

  <p>In this example, &quot;grid-rows&quot; divides vertical space with
   explicit grid lines.

  <p>&quot;1fr&quot; is a flex unit (&#39;fr&#39; for &#39;fraction&#39;). If
   multiple flex units are used, they take space proportional to their
   values. If we wanted to define vertical lines that would exactly match the
   3-column layout with 2em gaps we could say

  <div class=example>
   <pre>
       grid-columns: 1fr 2em 1fr 2em 1fr;
</pre>
  </div>

  <p>When only one value has a &#39;fr&#39; unit (as in &quot;grid-rows:
   1.5in 1fr&quot; above), it just takes all remaining space regardless of
   the number.

  <h3 id=example0><span class=secno>3.2. </span>Example 2</h3>

  <p>The following example illustrates the use of a grid in construction of a
   complex web site (see <a href="#SXSWGRIDS"
   rel=biblioentry>[SXSWGRIDS]<!--{{SXSWGRIDS}}--></a> for how exactly this
   was built). Note how groups of elements are aligned with different sets of
   grid lines.

  <div class=figure> <img alt="[image of a complex page with overlaid grid]"
   src=Yeeaahh_grid.png style="float:left; width:9cm;"> <img alt="[image of
   complex page]" src=Yeeaahh.png style="float:left; width:9cm;">
   <p class=caption style=clear:left>Complex site designed with a grid</p>
  </div>

  <h2 id=grid-><span class=secno>4. </span>Grid declarations</h2>

  <p>There are two ways to define a grid.

  <ol>
   <li>Explicit grid: defined with &#39;grid-columns&#39;,
    &#39;grid-rows&#39; properties.

   <li>Implicit grid: automatically created by elements with a natural grid
    structure (multi-column elements and tables).
  </ol>

  <h3 id=explicit><span class=secno>4.1. </span>Explicit grid</h3>

  <p>Grid lines can be defined in terms of rows and columns.&nbsp;Rows are
   always horizontal and columns are always vertical (this doesn&#39;t change
   in vertical writing modes)

  <h4 id=grid-columns><span class=secno>4.1.1. </span>&lsquo;<a
   class=property href="#grid-columns0">grid-columns</a>&rsquo; and &lsquo;<a
   class=property href="#grid-rows">grid-rows</a>&rsquo; properties</h4>

  <table class=propdef id=name->
   <tbody>
    <tr>
     <td>Name:

     <td> <dfn id=grid-columns0>grid-columns</dfn>

    <tr>
     <td>Value:

     <td>[[&lt;length&gt;|&lt;percentage&gt;|&lt;fraction&gt;] | <br>
      repeat([&lt;length&gt;|&lt;percentage&gt;|&lt;fraction&gt; ]+)]+ | <br>
      none | inherit

    <tr>
     <td>Initial:

     <td>none

    <tr>
     <td>Applies to:

     <td>non-replaced block-level elements

    <tr>
     <td>Inherited:

     <td>no

    <tr>
     <td>Percentages:

     <td><span>refer to width of the block</span>

    <tr>
     <td>Media:

     <td>visual, paged

    <tr>
     <td>Computed value:

     <td>specified value
  </table>

  <table class=propdef id=name-0>
   <tbody>
    <tr>
     <td>Name:

     <td> <dfn id=grid-rows>grid-rows</dfn>

    <tr>
     <td>Value:

     <td>[[&lt;length&gt;|&lt;percentage&gt;|&lt;fraction&gt;] | <br>
      ([&lt;length&gt;|&lt;percentage&gt;|&lt;fraction&gt; ]+)[&lsquo;<code
      class=css>[</code>&rsquo;&lt;integer&gt;&lsquo;<code
      class=css>]</code>&rsquo;]? ]+ | <br>
      none | inherit

    <tr>
     <td>Initial:

     <td>none

    <tr>
     <td>Applies to:

     <td>non-replaced block-level elements

    <tr>
     <td>Inherited:

     <td>no

    <tr>
     <td>Percentages:

     <td><span>refer to height of block</span>

    <tr>
     <td>Media:

     <td>visual, paged

    <tr>
     <td>Computed value:

     <td>specified value
  </table>

  <p>When grid-rows or grid-columns are specified, grid lines are defined as
   follows:

  <ol>
   <li>&#39;start&#39; edge of content box (logical start according to
    writing mode) defines a grid line

   <li>each row or column of specified grid adds one line at the specified
    distance from previous line

   <li>if the last specified row or column does not reach the &#39;end&#39;
    edge of the content box, another grid line is added at the edge of the
    content box
  </ol>
  <p>&nbsp;

  <p>Space for each column or row of the grid can be defined as

  <ul>
   <li><b>Length</b>.
    <ul>
     <li>Note that gr unit can also be used here (it refers to grid of the
      containing block)
    </ul>

   <li><b>Percentage</b> of containing block height and width
    <ul>
     <li>Exact behavior of percentage when mixed with other units and/or
      total percentage not equal to 100% is UA-specific. If possible UA
      should apply the same distribution algorithm as for column widths of an
      empty table
    </ul>

   <li><strong>Fraction</strong> is a non-negative floating-point number
    followed by &#39;fr&#39;. Each fraction value takes portion of available
    space proportional to the number.
  </ul>

  <p>For example this rule

  <div class=example>
   <pre>div { grid-columns: 50% 1fr 1fr 4em }
</pre>
  </div>

  <ul>
   <li>adds one grid line in the middle of containing block,

   <li>another one 4em from the right

   <li>another one in the middle of remaining space
  </ul>

  <p class=issue>&#39;fr&#39; needs a precise definition. It is possible that
   there isn&#39;t any space to distribute between fractions, what happens
   then? fr becomes zero?

  <p>Grid lines can be defined in repeating groups using &quot;repeat()&quot;
   construct. Nested repeating groups are not allowed.

  <p>For example this rule

  <div class=example>
   <pre>div { grid-rows: 4em repeat(0.25em 1em); }
</pre>
  </div>

  <ul>
   <li>defines a header row of 4em

   <li>adds as many additional rows as necessary, alternating heights of
    0.25em and 1em.
  </ul>

  <p class=issue>It was proposed that property names refer to
   horizontalvertical lines instead of rows/columns (because they in fact
   define lines, not rows and columns). Possible alternatives: <strong>
   grid-horizontal-lines/grid-vertical-lines; </strong>or perhaps simply
   <strong> grid-horizontal/grid-vertical.</strong>

  <p class=issue>It was proposed to have syntax for repeating a certain
   number of times. It is not strictly necessary (if the number of times is
   known the values can be repeated inline) but handy.

  <h3 id=implicit><span class=secno>4.2. </span>Implicit grid</h3>

  <p>Elements with a natural grid structure automatically define a grid that
   aligns with the structure. It is called an<em> implicit grid</em>.<em>
   </em>Such elements are

  <h4 id=multi-column><span class=secno>4.2.1. </span>Multi-column element</h4>

  <p>Left and right edges of each column form a grid line. There are twice as
   many grid lines as there are columns.

  <h4 id=table><span class=secno>4.2.2. </span>Table</h4>

  <p>Border box of each table column defines two vertical lines; border box
   of each table row defines two horizontal lines. In collapsing border model
   there is always a pair of identical grid lines between each pair of rows
   and columns. Maintaining same amount of lines per column keeps the
   definition consistent across all table models and multi-column elements
   (e.g. a span over 2 columns is always 3gr)

  <p class=issue>Definition of a grid for a table is only meaningful if there
   is something that can use it. Currently there are no table floats. Should
   there be? Something like &quot;float:top left table; float-offset:2gr
   4gr&quot; would use the table grid. Is there a use case for such floats?
   There is still absolute positioning that can target at table of course...

  <h4 id=viewport><span class=secno>4.2.3. </span>Viewport</h4>

  <p>Viewport always defines a single-cell grid with the size of the
   viewport.

  <h4 id=priority><span class=secno>4.2.4. </span>Priority of explicit grid
   definition</h4>

  <p>If explicit grid properties grid-columns or grid-rows are specified on
   an element with an implicit grid, the explicit properties have priority.

  <h2 id=grid-units><span class=secno>5. </span>Grid units</h2>

  <p><b>&lsquo;<span class=property>gr</span>&rsquo;</b> is used to position
   in relation to the grid lines. Actual value of each gr depends on the grid
   cell in which it is used.

  <p>Example

  <div class=example>
   <pre>div { columns:3; }
div img { float: top left column;
          float-offset: 2gr;
          width: 1gr }
</pre>
  </div>

  <p>The image is positioned over the 2<sup>nd</sup> column (left edge of
   second column is 2<sup>nd</sup> grid line from left; its width is the
   distance to the next grid line).

  <div class=cols>
   <p>Lorem ipsum dolor<br>
    sit amet. Nam at jus.<br>
    Sed imp er di et ris.<br>
    Cur abi tur et sapen.<br>
    Vivamus a metus.<br>
    Aenean at risus<br>
    pharetra ante luctu<br>
    feugiat quis enim.<br>
    Cum sociis natoque<br>
    penatibus et magni.</p>

   <div style="position: absolute; left: 175px; top: 115px; z-index: 6">
    <p>Lorem ipsum dolor<br>
     sit amet. Nam at jus.<br>
     Sed imp er di et ris.<br>
     Cur abi tur et sapen.</p>
   </div>

   <div style="position: absolute; left: 350px; top: 0px; z-index: 6">
    <p>Lorem ipsum dolor<br>
     sit amet. Nam at jus.<br>
     Sed imp er di et ris.<br>
     Cur abi tur et sapen.<br>
     Vivamus a metus.<br>
     Aenean at risus<br>
     pharetra ante luctu<br>
     feugiat quis enim.<br>
     Cum sociis natoque<br>
     penatibus et magni.</p>
   </div>

   <div class=rep style="top: 0; left: 175px; width: 150px"></div>

   <div class=gap style="left: 150px"></div>

   <div class=gap style="left: 325px"></div>
  </div>

  <p>Fractions of gr unit can be used too. In this example

  <div class=example>
   <pre>div img { float:left column; float-offset: 0.5gr; width: 2gr; }
</pre>
  </div>

  <p>the image takes exactly the width required to stretch from the middle of
   first column to the middle of second column. width:2gr in the example
   doesn&#39;t start from exactly a grid line, therefore it is calculated as
   a sum of grid parts (2gr = 0.5gr + 1gr + 0.5gr), which ends in the middle
   of second column.

  <div class=cols>
   <p style="width:140px;">Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet. Nam at jus. <span
    style="float:right; width: 68px; height:110px; "></span> Sed imp er di et
    ris. Cur abi tur et sapen. Fusce sed ligula a turpis. Vivamus a metus.</p>

   <div style="position: absolute; left: 175px; width:140px; top: 0;
    z-index:4;">
    <p style=width:140px> Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet. Nam jus. <br>
     <span style="float:left; width: 78px; height:110px; "></span> <span
     class=rep style="left: -100px; top:auto; width: 175px"></span> Sed imp
     er di et ris. Cur abi tur et sapen. Fusce sed ligula a turpis.&nbsp;</p>
   </div>

   <div style="position: absolute; left: 350px; top: 0; z-index: 6;">
    <p style="width:140px;">Lorem ipsum dolor<br>
     sit amet. Nam at jus.<br>
     Sed imp er di et ris.<br>
     Cur abi tur et sapen.<br>
     Aenean at risus<br>
     pharetra ante luctu<br>
     feugiat quis enim.<br>
     Cum sociis natoque<br>
     penatibus et magni.</p>
   </div>

   <div class=gap style="left: 150px"></div>

   <div class=gap style="left: 325px"></div>
  </div>

  <h3 id=applicability><span class=secno>5.1. </span>Applicability of grid
   units</h3>

  <p>Grid units are applicable to all properties of block elements that take
   values of type <a
   href="http://www.w3.org/TR/css3-values/#lengths">&lt;length&gt;</a>.

  <p>When applied to margins, borders and padding, grid units refer to grid
   lines in the direction of line progression (horizontal in layout with
   horizontal lines).

  <p>Grid units never apply to inline elements, including inline blocks.

  <h3 id=grid-container><span class=secno>5.2. </span>Grid container</h3>

  <p>Since separate grids can be defined on nested elements, it must be
   defined which grid is referred to for every use of &#39;gr&#39; unit.

  <p>For all cases where &#39;gr&#39; unit is applicable the grid is taken
   from the containing block (which is found as defined as defined in CSS2.1
   section 10.1).

  <p>In this example, div1 is the positioning parent and therefore grid of
   div1 is used for positioning:

  <div class=example>
   <pre>&lt;style&gt;
 <strong>.div1 { position:absolute; grid-columns:4em repeat(1em 4em); }</strong> /* this grid is used */
 .div2 { columns-width:10em; column-gap:1em; }
 img { position:absolute; left:2gr; width:3gr; }
&lt;/style&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;div1&quot;&gt;
 &lt;div class=&quot;div2&quot;&gt;
  &lt;img /&gt;
 &lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
</pre>
  </div>

  <p>However in the next example, grid of div2 is used by the float, because
   it is the float&#39;s containing block:

  <div class=example>
   <pre>&lt;style&gt;
 .div1 { position:absolute; grid-columns:4.5em (1em 4.5em); }
 <strong>.div2 { columns-width:10em; column-gap:1em; }</strong> /* this grid is used */
 img { float:left; float-offset:2gr; width:3gr; }
&lt;/style&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;div1&quot;&gt;
  &lt;div class=&quot;div2&quot;&gt;
   &lt;img /&gt;
  &lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
</pre>
  </div>

  <h3 id=reference><span class=secno>5.3. </span>Reference point for grid
   units</h3>

  <p class=issue>Calculating grid units require a reference point within the
   grid and direction. This needs a precise definition. For the same element,
   grid units for position and size may have different reference points (but
   probably not different directions).

  <p class=issue>Define how &#39;gr&#39; is used on in-flow blocks. Is
   &#39;1gr&#39; generally equivalent to &#39;100%&#39; there?

  <h2 id=grid-in><span class=secno>6. </span>Grid in overflow</h2>

  <p>When a measure defined in grid units extends outside the boundaries of
   grid container, grid lines are repeated according to the following rules

  <ul>
   <li>If overflow is in positive direction (right/bottom in
    left-to-right/top-to-bottom flow, direction of text and block progression
    in other flows)
    <ul>
     <li>Explicit grid
      <ul>
       <li>If the grid definition ends with a repeat pattern (regardless of
        repeat count), the same pattern continues indefinitely

       <li>Otherwise, the last column or row size is repeated
      </ul>

     <li>Multi-column element
      <ul>
       <li>Additional (gap, column) pairs are added.
        <ul>
         <li>Current definition of multi-column layout doesn&#39;t allow
          variable-width columns; when it does, the last column with the last
          column gap should be repeated
        </ul>
      </ul>

     <li>Table
      <ul>
       <li>The last column is repeated
      </ul>

     <li>Viewport
      <ul>
       <li>Additional lines are added, separated by the size of the viewport
      </ul>
    </ul>

   <li>If overflow is in negative direction
    <ul>
     <li>The same sequence is used as in positive direction, but mirrored.
    </ul>
  </ul>

  <p class=issue>Add an example

  <p class=issue>How important is an overflow grid? What use cases would
   suffer if &#39;gr&#39; is just set to zero in overflow?

  <h2 id=issues><span class=secno>7. </span>Issues</h2>

  <h3 id=grid-on><span class=secno>7.1. </span>Grid on shrink-to-fit elements</h3>

  <p class=issue>Specifying a grid on an element with shrink-to-fit sizing
   can create difficult or unsolvable problems, similar to use percentages
   within shrink to fit but even more complicated. Consider ignoring grid
   definition on anything shrink-to-fit.

  <h3 id=additional><span class=secno>7.2. </span>Additional implicit grid
   lines</h3>

  <p class=issue>On the implicit grids for multi-column elements, it might be
   useful to have one grid line on the left and right edge of each column, as
   well as a single grid line between each pair of columns. Perhaps doing the
   same thing for tables, one line on each side of the border spacing and
   another at the row/column boundary.

  <h3 id=snap-to><span class=secno>7.3. </span>Snap to grid</h3>

  <p class=issue>Should there be an option to align flow content to next
   available gridline? It opens really cool scenarios. But are they
   compelling enough to create a next available notion?

  <h3 id=undefined><span class=secno>7.4. </span>Undefined grid and notion of
   &#39;default&#39; grid</h3>

  <p class=issue>When a grid unit is used in context where there isn&#39;t an
   explicit or implicit grid specified, what should it be? Reaching to
   nearest parent with a defined grid may or may not be the right choice.
   There is an option to give any element a &quot;default grid&quot; of one
   cell.

  <h3 id=page-grid><span class=secno>7.5. </span>Page grid</h3>

  <p>It must be possible to define different grids for left and right pages.
   Also, any page with different dimensions (such as named pages) should be
   able to define its own grid.

  <p class=issue>Add grid-columns/grid-rows to @page rule

  <h3 id=named><span class=secno>7.6. </span>Named grid lines and cells</h3>

  <p class=issue>If grid is used extensively, named grid locations would be
   quite helpful. Defining named grid lines could look for example like this:

  <div class=example>
   <pre>body { grid-columns: "left-edge" 1fr 1em 1fr 0.5em "center" 0.5em 1fr 1em 1fr "right-edge";
</pre>
  </div>

  <p class=issue>This syntax doesn&#39;t easily extend to named cells. It was
   noted however that named cells also open a possibility for named flows (by
   providing a sequence of named cells to fill) which makes the feature quite
   attractive and further approaches Advanced Layout scenarios.

  <h3 id=templates><span class=secno>7.7. </span>Templates in CSS3 Advanced
   Layout module</h3>

  <p class=issue>"Template-based positioning" in CSS3 Advanced Layout module
   <a href="#CSS3LAYOUT"
   rel=biblioentry>[CSS3LAYOUT]<!--{{CSS3LAYOUT}}--></a> defines scalable
   templates for content to fill and also used the term "grid".

  <p><span class=issue>The relationship between these modules certainly needs
   to be well defined. </span>

  <p><span class=issue>Note that technically these modules are not
   contradictory (as long as is defined how an advanced-layout template
   produces an implicit grid).</span>

  <h2 class=no-num id=acknowledgments>Acknowledgments</h2>

  <p class=MsoNormal>This specification is made possible by input from Håkon
   Wium Lie, Steve Zilles, Mike Duggan, Bill Hill, Geraldine Wade, Rikkert
   Koppes, Peter Linss [to be added].

  <p>Thanks to Khoi Vinh for the “Yeeaahh!” Example.

  <p>&nbsp;

  <h2 class=no-num id=references>References</h2>

  <h3 class=no-num id=normative-references>Normative references</h3>
  <!--begin-normative-->
  <!-- Sorted by label -->

  <dl class=bibliography>
   <dt style="display: none"><!-- keeps the doc valid if the DL is empty -->
    <!---->

   <dt id=CSS3VAL>[CSS3VAL]

   <dd>H&#229;kon Wium Lie; Chris Lilley. <cite>CSS3 module: Values and
    Units.</cite> 19 September 2006. W3C Working Draft. (Work in progress.)
    URL: <a
    href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/WD-css3-values-20060919">http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/WD-css3-values-20060919</a>
    </dd>
   <!---->
  </dl>
  <!--end-normative-->

  <h3 class=no-num id=other-references>Other references</h3>
  <!--begin-informative-->
  <!-- Sorted by label -->

  <dl class=bibliography>
   <dt style="display: none"><!-- keeps the doc valid if the DL is empty -->
    <!---->

   <dt id=AGBDL>[AGBDL]

   <dd>Charles Jacobs; et al. "Adaptive Grid Based Document Layout" in:
    <cite>ACM Transactions on Graphics.</cite> 22. 3. pp. 838&#8211;847. July
    2003. URL: <a
    href="http://grail.cs.washington.edu/pub/papers/Jacobs2003.pdf">http://grail.cs.washington.edu/pub/papers/Jacobs2003.pdf</a>
    </dd>
   <!---->

   <dt id=CSS3COL>[CSS3COL]

   <dd>H&#229;kon Wium Lie. <cite>Multi-column layout in CSS.</cite> 6 June
    2007. W3C Working Draft. (Work in progress.) URL: <a
    href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/WD-css3-multicol-20070606">http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/WD-css3-multicol-20070606</a>
    </dd>
   <!---->

   <dt id=CSS3GCPM>[CSS3GCPM]

   <dd>H&#229;kon Wium Lie. <cite>CSS Generated Content for Paged Media
    Module.</cite> 4 May 2007. W3C Working Draft. (Work in progress) URL: <a
    href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/WD-css3-gcpm-20070504">http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/WD-css3-gcpm-20070504</a>
    </dd>
   <!---->

   <dt id=CSS3LAYOUT>[CSS3LAYOUT]

   <dd>Bert Bos. <cite>CSS3 Advanced Layout Module.</cite> 9 August 2007. W3C
    Working Draft. (Work in progress) URL: <a
    href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/WD-css3-layout-20070809">http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/WD-css3-layout-20070809</a>
    </dd>
   <!---->

   <dt id=MEDIAQ>[MEDIAQ]

   <dd>H&#229;kon Wium Lie; Tantek &#199;elik; Daniel Glazman. <cite>Media
    Queries.</cite> 6 June 2007. W3C Candidate Recommendation. (Work in
    progress.) URL: <a
    href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/CR-css3-mediaqueries-20070606">http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/CR-css3-mediaqueries-20070606</a>
    </dd>
   <!---->

   <dt id=SXSWGRIDS>[SXSWGRIDS]

   <dd>Khoi Vinh; Mark Boulton. <cite>Grids Are Good.</cite> March 2007. SXSW
    Interactive, Austin, TX. URL: <a
    href="http://www.subtraction.com/pics/0703/grids_are_good.pdf">http://www.subtraction.com/pics/0703/grids_are_good.pdf</a>
    </dd>
   <!---->

   <dt id=THEGRID>[THEGRID]

   <dd>Allen Hurlburt. <cite>Grid: A Modular System for the Design and
    Production of Newpapers, Magazines, and Books.</cite> 1982. ISBN
    0-471-28923-X.</dd>
   <!---->
  </dl>
  <!--end-informative-->

  <h2 class=no-num id=index>Index</h2>
  <!--begin-index-->

  <ul class=indexlist>
   <li>grid-columns, <a href="#grid-columns0"><strong>#</strong></a>

   <li>grid-rows, <a href="#grid-rows"><strong>#</strong></a>
  </ul>
  <!--end-index-->

  <h2 class=no-num id=property-index>Property index</h2>
  <!--begin properties-->

  <table class=proptable>
   <thead>
    <tr>
     <th>Property

     <th>Values

     <th>Initial

     <th>Applies&nbsp;to

     <th>Inh.

     <th>Percentages

     <th>Media

   <tbody>
    <tr valign=baseline>
     <td><a class=property href="#grid-columns0">grid-columns</a>

     <td>[[&lt;length&gt;|&lt;percentage&gt;|&lt;fraction&gt;] |
      repeat([&lt;length&gt;|&lt;percentage&gt;|&lt;fraction&gt; ]+)]+ | none
      | inherit

     <td>none

     <td>non-replaced block-level elements

     <td>no

     <td>refer to width of the block

     <td>visual, paged

    <tr valign=baseline>
     <td><a class=property href="#grid-rows">grid-rows</a>

     <td>[[&lt;length&gt;|&lt;percentage&gt;|&lt;fraction&gt;] |
      ([&lt;length&gt;|&lt;percentage&gt;|&lt;fraction&gt;
      ]+)[&lsquo;[&rsquo;&lt;integer&gt;&lsquo;]&rsquo;]? ]+ | none | inherit

     <td>none