How to layout workspace with CSS

byMR

February 18, 2024

I’ve created the following diagram of how i would like my UI to look:

but i just can’t get it to behave the way I want to using css.

I’ve tried to build it with CSS Grids, but instead of overflowing it’s expanding beyond the max-width.

How would I do i contrain the app to 100vh or what other approaches would work?

>Solution :

CSS-Grid is what you want here. Just specify the grid-container height as 100vh

* {
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
  min-width: 0;
  min-height: 0;
  box-sizing: border-box;
}

 ::before,
 ::after {
  box-sizing: inherit;
}

.grid {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: repeat(2, 1fr);
  grid-auto-rows: auto auto 1fr 1fr;
  height: 100vh;
  text-align: center;
  gap: .25em;
}

.nav {
  grid-column: 1 / span 2;
  background: lightblue;
  padding: 1em;
}

main {
  grid-row: 2 / span 3;
  background: green;
}

.controls {
  background: lightgrey;
  padding: .5em;
}

.scroll {
  overflow: auto;
  border: 1px solid green;
}

.h {
  height: 500px;
  background: linear-gradient(red, blue);
}

<div class="grid">
  <div class="nav">Navbar</div>
  <main>Main</main>
  <div class="controls">Controls</div>
  <div class="scroll">
    <div class="h"></div>
  </div>
  <div class="scroll">
    <div class="h"></div>
  </div>
</div>