PostCSS Subgrid

PostCSS plugin that shims basic behavior of the proposed CSS display: subgrid spec.

Use as an easy shortcut to inherit full-width subgrids. This plugin is not a polyfill for real subgrids, and doesn't help with creating partial/properly nested grids as part of a complex layout.

See this Codepen for a demonstration.

Input

.foo {
  display: subgrid;
}

Output

.foo {
  display: grid;
  grid-column: 1 / -1;
  grid: inherit;
  grid-gap: inherit;
}

Shimming IE for autoprefixer

If you are using autoprefixer to attempt to shim grids in IE11, then pass ieHack: true to postcss-subgrid. It will output a hack for the grid-column property as well as an empty grid-template-areas and an explicit grid-template-columns inheritance in order for the subgrid to be transformed properly.

It will also generate explicit row placements for immediate children of the subgrid. You can configure how many chidren rows to create using the -ms-subgrid-rows meta property, which defaults to 5;

.foo {
  display: subgrid;
  -ms-subgrid-rows: 2;
}

.foo {
  display: grid;
  grid-column: 1 / 99;
  grid: inherit;
  grid-gap: inherit;
  grid-template-columns: inherit;
  grid-template-areas: ;
}
 
.foo > :nth-child(1) {
  -ms-grid-row: 1;
}
 
.foo > :nth-child(2) {
  -ms-grid-row: 2;
}

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Open to PRs for other hacks/patterns that could be included to shim more subgrid behavior