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<p>Problem: we have a grid of fixed size thumbnails. For a nicer look, we want this grid to be middle aligned with respect to the paragraphs above and below, and, at the same time, we want the last grid row to be left-aligned with respect to the grid.</p>
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<p>✔️ This demo shows the basic grid solution to our problem: using <code>auto-fit</code> as the number of columns argument of <code>repeat()</code>. ✔️</p>
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/* relevant styles */
.grid--thumbs {
display: grid;
justify-content: center;
grid-gap: .25em;
grid-template-columns: repeat(auto-fit, 8em);
grid-auto-flow: row
}
/* prettifying styles */
* { margin: 0 }
.post__content {
margin: 0 auto;
padding: .5em;
max-width: 57em;
background: gainsboro;
font: 1em/ 1.375em trebuchet ms, sans-serif;
> * + * { margin-top: 1em }
code {
font-size: 1em;
font-family: ubuntu mono, consolas, monaco, monospace;
}
}
.grid--thumbs {
img {
display: block;
max-width: 100%;
box-shadow: 0 0 0 1px #000
}
}
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