---
category: Layout
created: '2019-12-25'
description: Create a card layout with CSS flexbox
keywords: css card layout, css flexbox, css layout
thumbnail: /assets/css-layout/thumbnails/card-layout.png
title: Card layout
---

## HTML

```html index.html
<div class="card-layout">
    <!-- A card with given width -->
    <div class="card-layout__item">...</div>

    <!-- Repeat other cards -->
    ...
</div>
```

## CSS

```css styles.css
.card-layout {
    display: flex;

    /* Put a card in the next row when previous cards take all width */
    flex-wrap: wrap;

    margin-left: -0.25rem;
    margin-right: -0.25rem;
}

.card-layout__item {
    /* There will be 3 cards per row */
    flex-basis: 33.33333%;

    padding-left: 0.25rem;
    padding-right: 0.25rem;
}
```

<Playground>
```css placeholders.css hidden
.rectangle {
    background: #d1d5db;
    border-radius: 0.25rem;
    height: var(--rectangle-height);
    width: var(--rectangle-width);
}
.rectangle--hor.rectangle--20 {
    --rectangle-width: 20%;
}
.rectangle--hor.rectangle--40 {
    --rectangle-width: 40%;
}
.rectangle--hor.rectangle--60 {
    --rectangle-width: 60%;
}
.rectangle--hor.rectangle--80 {
    --rectangle-width: 80%;
}
.rectangle--hor.rectangle--100 {
    --rectangle-width: 100%;
}
.rectangle--hor.rectangle--sm {
    --rectangle-height: 0.5rem;
}
.rectangle--hor.rectangle--md {
    --rectangle-height: 2rem;
}
.rectangle--hor.rectangle--lg {
    --rectangle-height: 4rem;
}
.rectangle--ver.rectangle--20 {
    --rectangle-height: 20%;
}
.rectangle--ver.rectangle--40 {
    --rectangle-height: 40%;
}
.rectangle--ver.rectangle--60 {
    --rectangle-height: 60%;
}
.rectangle--ver.rectangle--80 {
    --rectangle-height: 80%;
}
.rectangle--ver.rectangle--100 {
    --rectangle-height: 100%;
}
.rectangle--ver.rectangle--sm {
    --rectangle-width: 0.5rem;
}
.rectangle--ver.rectangle--md {
    --rectangle-width: 2rem;
}
.rectangle--ver.rectangle--lg {
    --rectangle-width: 4rem;
}
```

```css styles.css hidden
body {
    height: 24rem;
}

.card-layout {
    display: flex;

    /* Put a card in the next row when previous cards take all width */
    flex-wrap: wrap;

    margin-left: -0.25rem;
    margin-right: -0.25rem;
}

.card-layout__item {
    /* There will be 3 cards per row */
    flex-basis: 33.33333%;

    padding-left: 0.25rem;
    padding-right: 0.25rem;

    /* Demo */
    margin: 0.25rem 0;
}
```

```html index.html hidden
<div class="card-layout">
    <div class="card-layout__item"><div class="rectangle rectangle--hor rectangle--md rectangle--100"></div></div>
    <div class="card-layout__item"><div class="rectangle rectangle--hor rectangle--md rectangle--100"></div></div>
    <div class="card-layout__item"><div class="rectangle rectangle--hor rectangle--md rectangle--100"></div></div>

    <div class="card-layout__item"><div class="rectangle rectangle--hor rectangle--md rectangle--100"></div></div>
    <div class="card-layout__item"><div class="rectangle rectangle--hor rectangle--md rectangle--100"></div></div>
    <div class="card-layout__item"><div class="rectangle rectangle--hor rectangle--md rectangle--100"></div></div>

    <div class="card-layout__item"><div class="rectangle rectangle--hor rectangle--md rectangle--100"></div></div>
    <div class="card-layout__item"><div class="rectangle rectangle--hor rectangle--md rectangle--100"></div></div>
    <div class="card-layout__item"><div class="rectangle rectangle--hor rectangle--md rectangle--100"></div></div>
</div>
```
</Playground>