How to make sidebar and sections with CSS grid? - html

Question

I'm trying to make a layout like this:
Here's my code:
.grid{
display: grid;
background: gray;
grid-gap: 15px;
justify-content: center
align-items: center;
grid-template-columns: repeat(2, auto);
grid-auto-rows: minmax(50px, auto);
}
.sidebar{
grid-column: 1/2;
background-color: white;
align-items: center;
justify-content: center;
width: 300px;
}
.navbar{
grid-column: 2/3;
background-color: white;
height: 50px;
}
.section2{
grid-column: 2/3;
background-color: white;
height: 300px;
}
.section4{
grid-column: 2/3;
background-color: white;
height: 300px;
}
.section3{
grid-column: 1/2;
background-color: white;
height: 200px;
align-items: center;
width: 300px;
}
.section5{
grid-column: 1/2;
background-color: white;
height: 100px;
align-items: center;
width: 300px;
}
<div class="grid">
<div class="sidebar">sidebar</div>
<div class="navbar">navbar</div>
<div class="section2">section2</div>
<div class="section3">section3</div>
<div class="section4">section4</div>
<div class="section5">section5</div>
</div>
The output is shown here:
I highlighted in red some big problems, I have these massive gaps in between sections, and my columns aren't being centered in the grid I tried adding "justify-content: center" and "align-items: center" but none of those centered the sidebar sections and I have no clue how to reduce the gap in between the sections. How can I fix my code so it looks more like the layout in my mockup?

Answer 1

It's complicated because with CSS Grid you have a grid...
For your layout you must divide them on two sections like this:
<div class="grid">
<div class="left">
<aside class="sidebar">sidebar</aside>
<section class="section2">section2</section>
<section class="section4">section4</section>
</div>
<div class="right">
<nav class="navbar">navbar</nav>
<section class="section3">section3</section>
<section class="section5">section5</section>
</div>
</div>
https://codepen.io/tasmim-concept/pen/mdrxLOR