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How do I create a CSS grid layout box that spans 2 columns and 2 rows?

I have created a grid according to the newest CSS Grid specification but am not familiar with it yet. I am trying to create the following layout without defining grid areas for each child of the grid.

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body {
  max-width: 1024px;
  margin: 10px auto;
}

.grid {
  display: grid;
  grid-gap: 10px;
  grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr 1fr;
  grid-template-rows: 1fr 1fr 1fr;
  grid-template-areas: "a a b" "a a c" "d e f";
}

.grid__thing {
  background-color: rebeccapurple;
}

.a {
  grid-area: a;
}

.b {
  grid-area: b;
}

.c {
  grid-area: c;
}

.d {
  grid-area: d;
}

.e {
  grid-area: e;
}

.f {
  grid-area: f;
}

img {
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
  object-fit: cover;
}
      

        
        
        
      

    
<div class="grid">
  <div class="grid__thing a">
    <img src="https://placehold.it/1360x880" alt="" />
  </div>
  <div class="grid__thing b">
    <img src="https://placehold.it/660x405" alt="" />
  </div>
  <div class="grid__thing c">
    <img src="https://placehold.it/660x405" alt="" />
  </div>
  <div class="grid__thing d">
    <img src="https://placehold.it/660x405" alt="" />
  </div>
  <div class="grid__thing e">
    <img src="https://placehold.it/1327x817" alt="" />
  </div>
  <div class="grid__thing f">
    <img src="https://placehold.it/1327x817" alt="" />
  </div>
</div>
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Ideally, I would like to be able to set all grid properties on the parent grid item and then ONLY define properties on grid item A to span two columns and rows.

Currently, each grid area is specified and a unique class is added:

.grid {
    display: grid;
    grid-gap: 10px;
    grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr 1fr;
    grid-template-rows:  1fr 1fr 1fr;
    grid-template-areas: "a a b"
                         "a a c"
                         "d e f";
.a {
    grid-area: a;
}
.b {
    grid-area: b;
}
.c {
    grid-area: c;
}
.d {
    grid-area: d;
}
.e {
    grid-area: e;
}
.f {
    grid-area: f;
}

I would like to do something like this, so I don't need to create a unique CSS class for each grid item:

.grid {
    display: grid;
    grid-gap: 10px;
    grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr 1fr;
    grid-template-rows:  1fr 1fr 1fr;
    grid-template-areas: "a a b"
                         "a a c"
                         "d e f";
}
.a {
    // The only unique selector, so this is the only thing that
    // should be given unique styling
}
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If you don't want to define grid areas for every grid item, then don't use a property grid-template-areas

that requires you to define names for each grid item.

Instead, just work with grid-template-columns

and grid-template-rows

in the container.

Then apply a 2x2 dimension to the first mesh element using grid-column

and grid-row

.



grid-container {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: repeat(3, 1fr);
  grid-template-rows: repeat(3, 100px);
  grid-gap: 10px;
}

grid_item:first-child {
  grid-column: 1 / 3; /* span from grid column line 1 to 3 (i.e., span 2 columns) */
  grid-row: 1 / 3;    /* same concept, but for rows */
}

/* non-essential decorative styles */
grid_item {
  background-color: aqua;
  display: flex;
  justify-content: center;
  align-items: center;
  font-size: 1.5em;
}
      

        
        
        
      

    
<grid-container>
  <grid_item>A</grid_item>
  <grid_item>B</grid_item>
  <grid_item>C</grid_item>
  <grid_item>D</grid_item>
  <grid_item>E</grid_item>
  <grid_item>F</grid_item>
</grid-container>
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This seems like a silly answer ...

Just do what you plan. remove unnecessary classes.

or am I missing something?



body {
  max-width: 1024px;
  margin: 10px auto;
}

.grid {
  display: grid;
  grid-gap: 10px;
  grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr 1fr;
  grid-template-rows: 1fr 1fr 1fr;
  grid-template-areas: "a a" "a a";
}

.grid__thing {
  background-color: rebeccapurple;
}

.a {
  grid-area: a;
}

img {
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
  object-fit: cover;
}
      

        
        
        
      

    
<div class="grid">
  <div class="grid__thing a">
    <img src="https://placehold.it/1360x880" alt="" />
  </div>
  <div class="grid__thing">
    <img src="https://placehold.it/660x405" alt="" />
  </div>
  <div class="grid__thing">
    <img src="https://placehold.it/660x405" alt="" />
  </div>
  <div class="grid__thing">
    <img src="https://placehold.it/660x405" alt="" />
  </div>
  <div class="grid__thing">
    <img src="https://placehold.it/1327x817" alt="" />
  </div>
  <div class="grid__thing">
    <img src="https://placehold.it/1327x817" alt="" />
  </div>
</div>
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