W3.CSS Responsive Fluid Grid
Responsive Grid
W3.CSS supports a 12 column responsive fluid grid.
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This part will occupy 12 columns on a small screen, 4 on a medium screen, and 3 on a large screen.
This part will occupy 12 columns on a small screen, 8 on a medium screen, and 9 on a large screen.
Example
<div class="w3-row">
<div class="w3-col m4 l3">
<p>12 columns on a small screen, 4
on a medium screen, and 3 on a large screen.</p>
</div>
<div class="w3-col m8 l9">
<p>12 columns on a small screen, 8
on a medium screen, and 9 on a large screen.</p>
</div>
</div>
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Responsive Rows
W3.CSS's grid system is responsive. The columns will re-arrange automatically depending on the screen size: On a big screen it might look better with the content organized in three columns, but on a small screen it might be better if the content were stacked on top of each other.
Class | Description |
---|---|
w3-row | Container for responsive classes, with no padding |
w3-row-padding | Container for responsive classes, with 8px left and right padding |
w3-col | Defines one column in a 12-column responsive grid |
w3-col has the following sub classes:
Columns for small screens (typical smart phones):
Class | Description |
---|---|
s1 | Defines 1 of 12 columns (width:08.33%) for small screens |
s2 | Defines 2 of 12 columns (width:16.66%) for small screens |
s3 | Defines 3 of 12 columns (width:25.00%) for small screens |
s4 | Defines 4 of 12 columns (width:33.33%) for small screens |
s5-s11 | |
s12 | Defines 12 of 12 columns (width:100%). Default for small screens |
Columns for medium screens (typical tablets):
Class | Description |
---|---|
m1 | Defines 1 of 12 columns (width:08.33%) for medium screens |
m2 | Defines 2 of 12 columns (width:16.66%) for medium screens |
m3 | Defines 3 of 12 columns (width:25.00%) for medium screens |
m4 | Defines 4 of 12 columns (width:33.33%) for medium screens |
m5-m11 | |
m12 | Defines 12 of 12 columns (width:100%). Default for medium screens |
Columns for large screens (typical laptops and desktops):
Class | Description |
---|---|
l1 | Defines 1 of 12 columns (width:08.33%) for large screens |
l2 | Defines 2 of 12 columns (width:16.66%) for large screens |
l3 | Defines 3 of 12 columns (width:25.00%) for large screens |
l4 | Defines 4 of 12 columns (width:33.33%) for large screens |
l5-l11 | |
l12 | Defines 12 of 12 columns (width:100%). Default for large screens) |
The classes above can be combined to create more dynamic and flexible layouts.
Each class scales up, so if you wish to set the same width for small, medium and large screens, you only need to specify the small class. And if you want the same width on medium and large screens, you only need to specify the medium class.
However, if you only use medium and/or large classes, the width will always transform to 100% on small screens.
Note: The number of columns should always add up to 12 for each row (6+6, 3+3+6, 9+3, etc)!
Two Equal Columns
Two equal-width columns (50%/50%) on all screen sizes:
s6
s6
Example
<div class="w3-row">
<div class="w3-col s6 w3-green w3-center"><p>s6</p></div>
<div class="w3-col
s6 w3-dark-grey w3-center"><p>s6</p></div>
</div>
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Two Unequal Columns
Two columns of unequal width (25%/75%) on all screen sizes:
s3
s9
Example
<div class="w3-row">
<div class="w3-col s3 w3-green w3-center"><p>s3</p></div>
<div class="w3-col
s9 w3-dark-grey w3-center"><p>s9</p></div>
</div>
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Three Equal Columns
Three equal-width columns (33.3%/33.3%/33.3%) on all screen sizes:
s4
s4
s4
Example
<div class="w3-row">
<div class="w3-col s4 w3-green w3-center"><p>s4</p></div>
<div class="w3-col s4 w3-dark-grey w3-center"><p>s4</p></div>
<div class="w3-col s4
w3-red w3-center"><p>s4</p></div>
</div>
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Three Unequal Columns
Three various-width columns (25%/50%/25%) on tablets, laptops and desktops. On mobile phones, the columns will automatically stack (100% width):
m3
m6
m3
Example
<div class="w3-row">
<div class="w3-col m3 w3-green w3-center"><p>m3</p></div>
<div class="w3-col
m6 w3-dark-grey w3-center"><p>m6</p></div>
<div class="w3-col
m3
w3-red w3-center"><p>m3</p></div>
</div>
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Note: This example is the same as using w3-quarter (m3), w3-half (m6), w3-quarter (m3), which you learned in the W3.CSS Responsive chapter.
Six Columns
Six equal-width columns (16% each) on tablets, laptops and desktops. On mobile phones, the columns will automatically stack (100% width):
m2
m2
m2
m2
m2
m2
Example
<div class="w3-row">
<div class="w3-col m2 w3-green
w3-center"><p>m2</p></div>
<div class="w3-col m2 w3-red
w3-center"><p>m2</p></div>
<div class="w3-col m2 w3-blue
w3-center"><p>m2</p></div>
<div class="w3-col m2 w3-dark-grey
w3-center"><p>m2</p></div>
<div class="w3-col m2 w3-black
w3-center"><p>m2</p></div>
<div class="w3-col m2 w3-purple
w3-center"><p>m2</p></div>
</div>
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Mixed: Mobile and Laptops
You can combine classes to create a dynamic and flexible layout. This example will produce a two column layout with a 83.34%/16.66% (l10, l2) split on large screens and a 50%/50% (s6, s6) split on small screens:
l10 s6
l2 s6
Example
<div class="w3-row">
<div class="w3-col l10 s6 w3-pink
w3-center"><p>l10 s6</p></div>
<div class="w3-col l2 s6
w3-dark-grey w3-center"><p>l2 s6</p></div>
</div>
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Mixed: Mobile, Tablets and Laptops
This example will produce a three column layout with a 25%/58.34%/16.66% (l3, l7, l2) split on large screens, 50%/25%/25% (m6, m3, m3) split on medium screens and a 33.3%/33.3%/33.3% (s4, s4, s4)split on small screens:
l3 m6 s4
l7 m3 s4
l2 m3 s4
Example
<div class="w3-row">
<div class="w3-col l3 m6 s4 w3-green w3-center"><p>l3 m6 s4</p></div>
<div class="w3-col l7 m3 s4
w3-dark-grey w3-center"><p>l7 m3 s4</p></div>
<div class="w3-col l2
m3 s4 w3-red w3-center"><p>l2 m3 s4</p></div>
</div>
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Difference between w3-row and w3-row-padding
The w3-row class defines a padded-less container, while the w3-row-padding class adds a 8px left and right padding to each column:
w3-row:
![](https://www.w3schools.com/w3css/img_lights.jpg)
![](https://www.w3schools.com/w3css/img_nature.jpg)
![](https://www.w3schools.com/w3css/img_snowtops.jpg)
w3-row-padding:
![](https://www.w3schools.com/w3css/img_lights.jpg)
![](https://www.w3schools.com/w3css/img_nature.jpg)
![](https://www.w3schools.com/w3css/img_snowtops.jpg)
Example
<div class="w3-row">
<div class="w3-col s4"><img src="img_lights.jpg"></div>
<div class="w3-col s4"><img src="img_nature.jpg"></div>
<div class="w3-col s4"><img src="img_snowtops.jpg"></div>
</div>
<div class="w3-row-padding">
<div class="w3-col s4"><img src="img_lights.jpg"></div>
<div class="w3-col s4"><img src="img_nature.jpg"></div>
<div class="w3-col s4"><img src="img_snowtops.jpg"></div>
</div>
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Using w3-rest
The w3-rest class is a powerful and flexible class that will use what's left of the grid column.
150px
rest
75px
rest
100px
100px
rest
quarter
80px
rest
quarter
quarter
quarter
35%
rest
Example using rest
<div class="w3-row">
<div class="w3-col" style="width:150px"><p>150px</p></div>
<div class="w3-rest"><p>rest</p></div>
</div>
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The element using class="w3-rest" must always be the last element in the source code.
Using Percent
Use the CSS width property to determine a specific width of the columns.
20%
60%
20%
45%
55%
15%
35%
10%
30%
10%
Example
<div class="w3-row">
<div class="w3-col
w3-container w3-green"
style="width:20%"><p>20%</p></div>
<div
class="w3-col w3-container w3-blue" style="width:60%"><p>60%</p></div>
<div
class="w3-col w3-container w3-red" style="width:20%"><p>20%</p></div>
</div>
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