Is it possible to split a grid item to allow different spans? - css

Question

I have an article and an aside (sidebar) element - easy, except the title and sub-heading of the article need to span the entire row. If I take the title/sub-heading out of the article, the article element is no longer semantically complete.
Is there a way, using CSS Grid, to have the format below, where Title, Sub and Content are all a part of an "Article" element, and "Aside" is the second in a 2 column grid?
From my research so far, it seems this is not possible.

Answer 1

You can hack your way through using nested CSS grid if you know:
The width of the aside section
The height of the title and sub heading sections
(in many layouts, these dimensions are fixed)
You can use a pseudo element that create a space for the aside element and then sneak it inside the outer grid container - check out the demo below:
body {
margin: 0;
}
* {
box-sizing: border-box;
}
article,
aside {
border: 1px solid;
display: flex;
align-items: center;
justify-content: center;
}
div {
display: grid;
grid-template-areas: "section aside";
}
section {
grid-area: section;
display: grid;
grid-template-areas: "header header" "subhead subhead" "content empty";
grid-template-rows: 50px 50px auto;
grid-template-columns: 80vw auto;
height: 100vh;
width: 100vw;
}
section article:first-child {
grid-area: header;
}
section article:nth-child(2) {
grid-area: subhead;
}
section article:last-child {
grid-area: content;
}
section:after {
content: '';
display: block;
grid-area: empty;
}
aside {
grid-area: aside;
height: calc(100vh - 100px);
width: 20vw;
align-self: flex-end;
position:relative;
transform: translateX(-100%);
}
<div>
<section>
<article>Article title</article>
<article>Article sub-heading</article>
<article>Article content</article>
</section>
<aside>Aside</aside>
</div>

Answer 2

You can use something like this.
* {box-sizing: border-box;}
.wrapper {
max-width: 940px;
margin: 0 auto;
}
.wrapper > div {
border: 2px solid rgb(233,171,88);
border-radius: 5px;
background-color: rgba(233,171,88,.5);
padding: 10px;
color: #d9480f;
}.wrapper {
display: grid;
grid-template-columns: repeat(3, 1fr);
grid-gap: 10px;
grid-auto-rows: minmax(100px, auto);
}
.one {
grid-column: 1 / 4;
grid-row: 1;
}
.two {
grid-column: 1 / 4;
grid-row: 2;
}
.three {
grid-column: 1 / 3;
grid-row: 3;
min-height:200px;
}
.four {
grid-column: 3;
grid-row: 3;
min-height:200px;
}
<div class="wrapper">
<div class="one">One</div>
<div class="two">Two</div>
<div class="three">Three</div>
<div class="four">Four</div>
</div>
Also check Fiddle.
And for more details please visit https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/CSS_Grid_Layout

Answer 3

You can achieve that by simply floating all the cells, as long as the article doesn't float - https://jsfiddle.net/yxbckzcq/1/
<div class="wrapper">
<article>
<div style="float:left;width:100%" class="one">One</div>
<div style="float:left;width:100%" class="two">Two</div>
<div style="float:left;width:70%" class="three">Three</div>
</article>
<div style="float:left;width:30%" class="four">Four</div>
</div>