CSS gap Property

The gap property of CSS is used to set the spacing also caller gutter between the rows and columns. As like column-gap and row-gap using separately both so that one can use simply gap property that can given column as well as row gap.

Syntax:

gap: <row-gap> <column-gap>

Property values:

<length>: The spacing is given in terms of length unit i.e. rm, px etc. For example: gap: 10px 20px
<percentage>: The spacing is given in terms of percentage unit. For example: gap: 50%

Different Examples of using CSS Gap Property

Example 1: In this example, spacing is set in terms of length.

HTML

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
    <meta charset="UTF-8">
    <meta name="viewport" content=
        "width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
    <style>
        .row {
            display: grid;
            width: 500px;
            gap: 20px 50px;
        }

        .col {
            background-color: green;
            border: 1px solid black;
            color: #fff;
            width: fit-content;
            height: 20px;
            font-size: 20px;
        }
    </style>
</head>
<body>
    <div class="row">
        <div class="col">
            w3wiki
        </div>
        <div class="col">
            w3wiki
        </div>
        <div class="col">
            w3wiki
        </div>
    </div>
    <div class="row">
        <div class="col">
            w3wiki
        </div>
        <div class="col">
            w3wiki
        </div>
        <div class="col">
            w3wiki
        </div>
    </div>
</body>
</html>

Output:

Example: In this example, spacing is set in terms of percentage.

HTML

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
    <meta charset="UTF-8">
    <meta name="viewport" content=
        "width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
    <style>
        .row {
            display: grid;
            width: fit-content;
            gap: 20%;
            height: 100px;
            background-color: greenyellow;
        }

        .col {
            background-color: green;
            border: 1px solid black;
            color: #fff;
            width: fit-content;
            font-size: 20px;
        }
    </style>
</head>
<body>
    
<p>In terms of percentage</p>

    <div class="row">
        <div class="col">
            w3wiki
        </div>
        <div class="col">
            w3wiki
        </div>
        <div class="col">
            w3wiki
        </div>
    </div>
    <br><br><br>
    <div class="row">
        <div class="col">
            w3wiki
        </div>
        <div class="col">
            w3wiki
        </div>
        <div class="col">
            w3wiki
        </div>
    </div>
</body>
</html>

Output:

Supported Browsers:

Chrome 57+
Edge 16+
Firefox 52+
Opera 44+
Safari 10.1+

Tags:

#CSS-Properties #CSS #Web Technologies

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