CSS grid-template Property

The grid-template property in CSS is a shorthand property for defining grid columns, rows and areas.The user can set the values for the following longhand properties:

The grid-template property is a shorthand property for the following properties:

grid-template-rows
grid-template-columns
grid-template-areas

CSS Syntax

grid-template: none|grid-template-rows / grid-template-columns|grid-template-areas|initial|inherit;

Supported Browsers:

Firefox: 52.0, 2.0 -moz-
Google Chrome: 50.0, 4.0 -webkit-
Internet Explorer: 10.0
Safari: 9.0, 3.1 -webkit-
Opera: 37.0, 15.0 -webkit-, 11.1

Example -

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
.item1 { grid-area: header; }
.item2 { grid-area: menu; }
.item3 { grid-area: main; }
.item4 { grid-area: right; }
.item5 { grid-area: footer; }

.grid-container {
  display: grid;
  grid-template:
    'header header header header header header'
    'menu main main main right right'
    'menu footer footer footer footer footer';
  grid-gap: 10px;
  background-color: #2196F3;
  padding: 10px;
}

.grid-container > div {
  background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);
  text-align: center;
  padding: 20px 0;
  font-size: 30px;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>

<h1>A Webpage Template</h1>

<p>You can use the <em>grid-area</em> property to name grid items.</p>
<p>You can refer to the name when you set up the grid layout, by using the <em>grid-template</em> property on the grid container.</p>
<p>This grid layout contains six columns and three rows:</p>

<div class="grid-container">
  <div class="item1">Header</div>
  <div class="item2">Menu</div>
  <div class="item3">Main</div>  
  <div class="item4">Right</div>
  <div class="item5">Footer</div>
</div>

</body>
</html>