---
category: Layout
created: '2021-04-28'
description: Create a masonry grid with CSS
keywords: css column-count, css column-gap, css masonry, css masonry grid
thumbnail: /assets/css-layout/thumbnails/masonry-grid.png
title: Masonry grid
---

## HTML

```html index.html
<div class="masonry-grid">
    <!--Item -->
    <div class="masonry-grid__item">...</div>

    <!-- Repeat other items -->
</div>
```

## CSS

```css styles.css
.masonry-grid {
    /* It is split into 3 columns */
    column-count: 3;

    /* The space between columns */
    column-gap: 1rem;
}

.masonry-grid__item {
    /* Prevent a column from breaking into multiple columns */
    break-inside: avoid;
}
```

<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;
}

.masonry-grid {
    /* It is split into 3 columns */
    column-count: 3;

    /* The space between columns */
    column-gap: 1rem;

    /* Demo */
    height: 100%;
    width: 100%;
}

.masonry-grid__item {
    /* Prevent a column from breaking into multiple columns */
    break-inside: avoid;

    /* Misc */
    margin-bottom: 1rem;
}
```

```html index.html hidden
<div class="masonry-grid">
    <div class="masonry-grid__item"><div class="rectangle rectangle--hor rectangle--sm rectangle--100"></div></div>
    <div class="masonry-grid__item"><div class="rectangle rectangle--hor rectangle--md rectangle--100"></div></div>
    <div class="masonry-grid__item"><div class="rectangle rectangle--hor rectangle--md rectangle--100"></div></div>
    <div class="masonry-grid__item"><div class="rectangle rectangle--hor rectangle--sm rectangle--100"></div></div>
    <div class="masonry-grid__item"><div class="rectangle rectangle--hor rectangle--sm rectangle--100"></div></div>
    <div class="masonry-grid__item"><div class="rectangle rectangle--hor rectangle--sm rectangle--100"></div></div>
    <div class="masonry-grid__item"><div class="rectangle rectangle--hor rectangle--md rectangle--100"></div></div>
    <div class="masonry-grid__item"><div class="rectangle rectangle--hor rectangle--sm rectangle--100"></div></div>
    <div class="masonry-grid__item"><div class="rectangle rectangle--hor rectangle--md rectangle--100"></div></div>
    <div class="masonry-grid__item"><div class="rectangle rectangle--hor rectangle--sm rectangle--100"></div></div>
    <div class="masonry-grid__item"><div class="rectangle rectangle--hor rectangle--sm rectangle--100"></div></div>
</div>
```
</Playground>