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Two column <dl> with two lines of CSS! Thank you Grid Layout!
/**
* Two column <dl> with two lines of CSS! Thank you Grid Layout!
* Limitation: Breaks if we have multiple consecutive <dt>s or <dd>s
*/
dl {
display: grid;
grid-template: auto / 10em 1fr;
}
dt {
background: #fee;
}
dd {
background: hsl(220, 10%, 95%);
}
dt, dd {
margin: 0;
padding: .3em .5em;
border-top: 1px solid rgba(0,0,0,.1);
}
<dl>
<dt>Foo</dt>
<dd>Bar</dd>
<dt>Foo</dt>
<dd>Bar</dd>
<dt>Foo</dt>
<dd>Bar</dd>
<dt>Foo</dt>
<dd>Bar</dd>
<dt>Foo</dt>
<dd>Bar</dd>
</dl>
// alert('Hello world!');
{"view":"split","fontsize":"110","seethrough":"","prefixfree":"","page":"css"}
@korenevskiy

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Perfect

@ap

ap commented Apr 15, 2023

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If you add dt { grid-column: 1 } and dd { grid-column: 2 } then it works without limitations.

@rblakejohnson

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dt { grid-column: 1 } and dd { grid-column: 2 }

This is exactly what I needed, thank you @ap and thank for posting this gist @LeaVerou

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elron commented Mar 28, 2024

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Beautiful! Thank you!

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