If you don't, you'll stick with giving elements spacing values that adhere to no underlying logic. Start by activating the grid overlay and leaving it on all the time. And Webflow gives us all the tools we need to deal with it. You want a solution that works all the time, in all cases. When you're dealing with elements in a Dynamic List, you don't have the luxury of adding special classes to the first and last element to account for the grid. Why is having a unique class important? For maintenance, simplicity, and most importantly, for working with the CMS. Use DIVs.)įour divs as columns, obeying the grid, with a unique class, within a flex container. (Oh, and forget using containers with display: flex, because you can't alter their margins, even by adding a class. Especially if you want the columns to have a visual representation, like a colored background or visible border.
So you can't just drag a container in, set it to display: flex, and start nesting divs like they were columns. They always start right where you put them, just like a standard DIV. They don't account for the grid and the gutters. And if you want that third column in your three-column layout to appear first on mobile, just set it to reverse order and voilà! Amazing.īut flexbox containers aren't well-equipped to deal with the grid by default. Now, you've probably heard that flexbox gives us another way to deal with columns, and since it's pure CSS, it's even better for responsive design. The columns element is powerful because of the layout control it offers, plus, you get options for how it will behave at different breakpoints. But first, let’s get to know that grid, shall we? So today, we’re going to focus on making flexbox-powered layouts work with Webflow’s built-in 12-column grid. And yet poets have been writing haiku for thousands of years, producing numerous classics. It’s a rigid form that requires a specific number of lines (three) and syllables (usually, 17). An odd number of columns can push you to do things you haven't done before, and keep you from building overly symmetrical designs.īut every constraint you face translates to an opportunity - just look at haiku. Many designers will tell you to use an odd number of columns for your grids, and that's not a bad thing. You can’t customize that (yet!), but a 12-column grid proves fairly flexible since you can divide it by 2 or 3. Webflow uses a very common and convenient 12-column grid. Let's see how you can modify your flex containers to force compatibility with the grid. Some elements of Webflow use the grid naturally, others … not so much.
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