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Cheatsheets

A collection of handy sheets for web devs, covering CSS Flexbox, CSS Grid, Anchor Positioning, and Invoker Commands.

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CSS Flexbox

Layout / Align Items

display:

flexinline-flex

flex-flow:

<direction> <wrap>

flex-direction:

rowrow-reversecolumncolumn-reverse

justify-content:

flex-startflex-endcenterspace-betweenspace-aroundspace-evenly

align-items:

stretchflex-startflex-endcenterbaseline

gap:

<length><row> <column>

flex-wrap:

nowrapwrapwrap-reverse

Align Lines / Content

align-content:

stretchflex-startflex-endcenterspace-betweenspace-aroundspace-evenly

Aligns wrapped lines, not individual items

place-content:

<align-content> <justify-content>center space-between

Shorthand for line/content alignment

Item Properties

flex:

<grow> <shrink> <basis>auto

flex: 1 = flex: 1 1 0%

flex-grow:

<number>

flex-shrink:

<number>

flex-basis:

auto<length><percentage>

align-self:

autoflex-startflex-endcenterstretch

order:

<integer>

margin:

<length>auto

Push item away from siblings

Axes

row (default)

justify-content

align-items

column

justify-content

align-items

flex-direction

row

column

row-reverse

col-reverse

justify-content

flex-start

flex-end

center

space-between

space-around

space-evenly

align-items

stretch

flex-start

flex-end

center

baseline

gap

gap: 4px

gap: 8px 4px

flex-wrap

nowrap

wrap

wrap-reverse

Item flex sizing

flex: 1

flex: 2

flex: 1

Item flex sizing with auto margin

40px

margin: auto;

40px

CSS Grid

Layout Setup

display:

gridinline-grid

grid-template:

"header header" auto / 150px 1frauto 1fr auto / 150px 1fr

Rows / columns shorthand, optionally with areas

grid-template-areas:

"header header" "nav main" "footer footer"

grid-auto-flow:

rowcolumndense

grid-auto-columns:

auto<track-size>

grid-auto-rows:

auto<track-size>

gap:

<length><row> <column>

Track Sizing Functions

fr:

1fr 2fr

Fractional unit of remaining space

minmax():

minmax(100px, 1fr)

Min and max size constraints. Use minmax(0, 1fr) to allow shrinking.

repeat():

repeat(3, 1fr)repeat(auto-fit, ...)repeat(auto-fill, ...)

auto-fit: collapses. auto-fill: keeps empty tracks

fit-content():

fit-content(300px)

Clamps to content or max

Place Individual Items

grid-area:

<name>row-start / column-start / row-end / column-end

grid-column:

<start> / <end>span <n>

grid-row:

<start> / <end>span <n>

Align One Item

justify-self:

startcenterendstretch

align-self:

startcenterendstretch

Grid Layout

header

nav

main

footer

grid-template: "header header" auto
               "nav    main  " 1fr
               "footer footer" auto
               / 150px 1fr;

grid-auto-flow

row

dense

place-items

stretch

start

center

end

align-items

stretch

start

center

end

Align All Items In Areas

place-items:

<align> [justify]

justify-items:

startcenterendstretch

align-items:

startcenterendstretch

Move Whole Grid As One Block

justify-content:

startcenterspace-between

Moves the whole grid inside the container

align-content:

startcenterspace-betweenstretch

Moves grid tracks when extra block space exists

Anchor Positioning

Defining an Anchor

anchor-name:

--my-anchor

Creates a named anchor point

Positioning and Sizing

position-anchor:

--anchor-name

Sets default anchor for element

position-area:

topbottom centerspan-all

Placement in the 3x3 containing block

justify-self:

anchor-center

Inline-axis center on the anchor

Also on:

align-selfjustify-itemsalign-itemsplace-selfplace-items

Fallback Positioning

position-try:

<fallbacks> <order>

position-try-fallbacks:

flip-blockflip-inlineflip-start

position-try-order:

normalmost-heightmost-width

position-visibility:

alwaysanchors-visibleno-overflow

Hide or keep anchored element when anchor is out of view

Function Values

Position:

anchor(top)anchor(--name top)

inset/top/left/right/bottom

Size:

anchor-size(width)anchor-size(block)

width/height/inline-size/block-size

Scope

anchor-scope:

noneall--name

Limits anchor visibility to subtree

Position Area Example

.trigger {
  anchor-name: --btn;
}
.tooltip {
  position: absolute;
  position-anchor: --btn;
  position-area: top;
  justify-self: anchor-center;
}

Position Area Grid

left top

center top

right top

left center

center/anchor

right center

left bottom

center bottom

right bottom

Fallback

btn

tip

default

btn

tip

flip-block

btn

tip

flip-inline

Function Example

.tooltip {
  position: absolute;
  position-anchor: --btn;
  bottom: anchor(top);
  width: anchor-size(width);
}

anchor() Sides

center/anchor

top

bottom

left

right

Invoker Commands

HTML Attributes

commandfor:

<element-id>

Target element to invoke (no #)

command:

<action>

Action to perform on target

Built-in Commands

Dialog

show-modal

close

request-close

Popover

toggle-popover

show-popover

hide-popover

Dialog commands: close vs request-close

close closes immediately

request-close fires a `cancel` event on dialog. preventDefault() on this event to prevent close

Dialog closedby Attribute

closedby:

anycloserequestnone

How dialog is dismissed

any light dismiss + Esc

closerequest Esc only

none explicit close only

Custom Commands

command:

--custom-name

Dispatch a CommandEvent on the target.

Tooltips

interestfor:

<element-id>

Popover target to show on hover.

Dialog Example

<button commandfor="dlg"
        command="show-modal">
  Open
</button>

<dialog id="dlg" closedby="any">
  <button commandfor="dlg"
   command="request-close">×</button>
</dialog>

dlg.addEventListener('cancel',
  (e) => {
    if (!canClose) e.preventDefault();
  });

Popover Example

<button commandfor="menu"
        command="toggle-popover">
  Menu
</button>

<div id="menu" popover>
  Content
</div>

Custom Command

<button commandfor="vid"
    command="--play">Play</button>

vid.addEventListener('command',
  (e) => {
    if (e.command === '--play')
      vid.play();
  });