Post

Google images now uses a masonry layout. Looks like they are using CSS grid with hundreds of columns & rows. Debug grid overlay looks like needlepoint

14/8/26, 12:36 am2 reposts15 likes

Eric Van Holtz

@ericvanholtz.com

14 Aug

I inspected Safari thinking, oh maybe that's a temporary fallback for grid-lanes, but nope. One day…

Joni Korpi

@jonikorpi.com

14 Aug

Oh that's bizarre! I guess it lets them utilise dense auto-placement?

Dave DeSandro

@desandro.com

14 Aug

Yeah. More rows means fewer visual gaps if items don’t completely fill vertically. I mis-stated earlier - hundreds of rows but only 5 columns