Rows

A small and simple CSS gutter to create rows and cells using the flexbox model.

Installation

This package is made for the use with Node and also for Composer.

Yarn

Add Rows to your project by running $ yarn add bitandblack-rows.

NPM

Add Rows to your project by running $ npm install bitandblack-rows.

Composer

Add Rows to your project by running $ composer require bitandblack/rows.

Getting started

Rows uses 12 units each row per default.

Add the class row to an HTML container tag. The cells should get the class row__cell. For example:

<div class="row">
    <div class="row__cell"></div>
    <div class="row__cell"></div>
    <div class="row__cell"></div>
</div>

Use one of the modifier classes (like row__cell--cell2) to define how many units a cell will take. For example:

<div class="row">
    <div class="row__cell row__cell--cell2">
        Uses 2 units.
    </div>
    <div class="row__cell row__cell--cell6">
        Uses 6 units.
    </div>
    <div class="row__cell row__cell--cell4">
        Uses 4 units.
    </div>
</div>

Use classes like row__cell--rightMarginCell1 to define empty units to the left or to the right of a cell.

Use classes like row__cell--order2 to define the sort order of cells in case you want to use breakpoints and sort differently then.

Breakpoints

Rows supports the use of breakpoints. Those are defined as:

• phone: smaller than 600px
• tablet-portrait: 600px
• tablet-landscape: 900px
• desktop: 1200px
• desktop-big: 1800px

Add them at the beginning of the modifiers class name. For example:

<div class="row">
    <div class="row__cell row__cell--cell12 row__cell--tablet-portrait-cell6 row__cell--desktop-cell4">
        <div>12 rows per default, 6 rows when device has the resolution of a tablet in portrait or wider, 4 rows when device has a desktop resolution</div>
    </div>
    <div class="row__cell row__cell--cell12 row__cell--tablet-portrait-cell6 row__cell--desktop-cell4">
        <div>12 rows per default, 6 rows when device has the resolution of a tablet in portrait or wider, 4 rows when device has a desktop resolution</div>
    </div>
    <div class="row__cell row__cell--cell12 row__cell--tablet-portrait-cell6 row__cell--desktop-cell4">
        <div>12 rows per default, 6 rows when device has the resolution of a tablet in portrait or wider, 4 rows when device has a desktop resolution</div>
    </div>
</div>

You can also use the breakpoints in SCSS by using some mixins, for example:

@import "./src/scss/mixins";

div {
    display: block;
    
    @include tablet-landscape-up() {
        display: none;
    }
}

Spaces

There's a smell of bootstrap in Rows: You can use some classes for adding margins and paddings. There are:

• m to set a margin from 0 to 5
• mx to set a margin-left and margin-right from 0 to 5
• my to set a margin-top and margin-bottom from 0 to 5
• mt to set a margin-top from 0 to 5
• mr to set a margin-right from 0 to 5
• mb to set a margin-bottom from 0 to 5
• ml to set a margin-left from 0 to 5
• p to set a padding from 0 to 5
• px to set a padding-left and padding-right from 0 to 5
• py to set a padding-top and padding-bottom from 0 to 5
• pt to set a padding-top from 0 to 5
• pr to set a padding-right from 0 to 5
• pb to set a padding-bottom from 0 to 5
• pl to set a padding-left from 0 to 5

So to add a margin-left with the value of 5rem, you need to add the class ml-5.

To define a margin or a padding dependent on a breakpoint, add the name of the breakpoint like mt-tablet-portrait-5.

If you need a negative margin, add a n. For example: mt-n-5 or mt-n-tablet-portrait-5.

Options

Gutter

Add the class row--gutter-disabled if you don't want to have a gutter at a specific place.

Fit one row

If you have an unknown number of cells or a number which doesn't maches your number of columns, add the class row--fit-row. The cells only need row__cell then and will result with the same width in one row.

<div class="row row--fit-row">
    <div class="row__cell">
        <div>Auto size, all cells in one row</div>
    </div>
    <div class="row__cell">
        <div>Auto size, all cells in one row</div>
    </div>
    <div class="row__cell">
        <div>Auto size, all cells in one row</div>
    </div>
    <div class="row__cell">
        <div>Auto size, all cells in one row</div>
    </div>
    <div class="row__cell">
        <div>Auto size, all cells in one row</div>
    </div>
</div>

Flexible width

Sometimes the cells need a flexible width. In this case add the class row__cell--width-flexible.

<div class="row">
    <div class="row__cell row__cell--width-flexible">
        <div>Auto width as wide as possible</div>
    </div>
    <div class="row__cell">
        <div>Auto size fitting the content</div>
    </div>
</div>

Customization

Namespace

You can change or remove the prefix if you want by changing the value of $rows-namespace.

Gutter

Use $rows-gutter to define the size of your gutter.

Breakpoints

The breakpoints are stored in $rows-breakpoints which you can override if you want to.

Rows number

The default rows number is set to 12. You can change this by overriding the $rows-row-number.

Order classes

Per default the number of order classes will be the same as the number of rows. If you need more of them you can define that by overriding $rows-order-number.

Spaces

All the space classes are using rem per default. The smallest unit is 1rem. You can change this by setting $rows-spaces-unit to a different value.

Per default every setting has 6 steps from 0 to 5. If you need more of them you can change the value of $rows-spaces-number.

Tracking the Viewport

Rows gives a small script to track changes of the viewport. Use it like that:

import { Viewport } from "bitandblack-rows";

const viewport = new Viewport();

viewport.onResize((viewportName) => {
    console.log(`Viewport is currently defined as "${viewportName}"`);
});

Help

If you have any questions feel free to contact us under hello@bitandblack.com.