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Laying out an online store catalog: the “Sort by” block
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Laying out an online store catalog: the filter block

So far our little page doesn’t look that great. And it all has to do with the fact that the first row is limited in height, and this limitation affects not only the “Sort by” block, as intended, but also the filter, which should not be assigned a strictly fixed height, since the number of elements contained by it may change in the future.

Therefore, in order to solve this problem, we will make a “slightly variable height” filter that is tied to the grid rows. Now the filter is approximately equal in height to the “Sort by” block + three rows of products. That is, we can say that the filter will start from the first line of the row and end on the fifth line.

The current solution, of course, is not perfect, and the height of the element is still tied to the content, but it is less rigid than a fixed layout, so it can cope with small changes to the content.

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  • index.html
  • style.css
HTML
<!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="en"> <head> <meta charset="utf-8"> <title>Laying out an online store catalog: the filter block</title> <link href="lopatkin.css" rel="stylesheet"> <link href="style.css" rel="stylesheet"> </head> <body> <div class="inner-grid"> <header class="site-header"> <nav class="site-nav"> <a class="logo"> <img src="logo.svg" width="40" height="40" alt=""> Lopatkin </a> <a href="#">About Us</a> <a href="#">Catalog</a> <a href="#">Blog</a> </nav> </header> <main class="catalog-grid"> <h1 class="visually-hidden">Garden accessories catalog</h1> <section class="filter"> <h2>Filter</h2> <form class="filter-form" action="https://echo.htmlacademy.ru/courses"> <fieldset> <legend>Price:</legend> <p class="filter-price"> <label> <input type="radio" name="prices" value="1"> 1–1000 </label> <label> <input type="radio" name="prices" value="2"> 1001–5000 </label> </p> </fieldset> <fieldset> <legend>Brand:</legend> <p class="filter-brands"> <label> <input type="checkbox" name="brand-lopatkin" value="1"> Lopatkin </label> <label> <input type="checkbox" name="brand-gardener" value="1"> Gardener </label> <label> <input type="checkbox" name="brand-gnomhouse" value="1"> Gnom house </label> <label> <input type="checkbox" name="brand-mrpot" value="1"> Mr. Pot </label> <label> <input type="checkbox" name="brand-grasson" value="1"> Grass On </label> </p> </fieldset> <button type="submit">Submit</button> </form> </section> <section class="sort"> <h2>Sort</h2> <ul> <li><a href="#">By price</a></li> <li><a href="#">By rating</a></li> </ul> </section> <article class="good"> <h2 class="good-name">Table made of girders</h2> <img src="chairs.jpg" width="168" height="70" alt="Table made of girders"> </article> <article class="good"> <h2 class="good-name">Decorative stone</h2> <img src="stones.jpg" width="168" height="70" alt="Decorative stone"> </article> <article class="good"> <h2 class="good-name">Garden gnome</h2> <img src="gnomes.png" width="168" height="70" alt="Garden gnome"> </article> <article class="good"> <h2 class="good-name">Pot</h2> <img src="pots.jpg" width="168" height="70" alt="Pot"> </article> <article class="good"> <h2 class="good-name">Hedge trimmer</h2> <img src="tools.jpg" width="168" height="70" alt="Hedge trimmer"> </article> <article class="good"> <h2 class="good-name">Lantern</h2> <img src="light.jpg" width="168" height="70" alt="Lantern"> </article> </main> <footer class="site-footer"> <a class="vkontakte" href="https://vk.com/htmlacademy">VK</a> <a class="facebook" href="https://www.facebook.com/htmlacademy">Facebook</a> <a class="instagram" href="https://instagram.com/htmlacademy">Instagram</a> </footer> </div> </body> </html>
CSS
.inner-grid { display: grid; width: 550px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; gap: 20px; grid-template-columns: 170px 170px 170px; grid-template-rows: auto auto 100px; } .site-header { grid-column-start: 1; grid-column-end: 4; } .site-footer { grid-column-start: 1; grid-column-end: -1; } .catalog-grid { display: grid; gap: 20px; grid-template-columns: 170px 170px 170px; grid-template-rows: 50px; } .sort { grid-column-start: 2; grid-column-end: 4; }

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