My goal is to create a responsive grid with square images, where the first image is double the size of the others. While I can achieve this using jQuery, I am curious if there's a way to accomplish this purely with CSS.
Grid: Here's an example of the grid layout with red squares representing divs containing images:
The Expected Behavior:
On every screen size, each div should have a width of 20%, except for the :first-item which should be 40%. The height of all divs is set to auto as the images are all 500 x 500 px. Consequently, the height of the first image should also scale accordingly by two times.
To my surprise, this setup doesn't work consistently across all screen sizes. On certain screens, the first image ends up being slightly larger than intended by 1 pixel. For instance, when the first image has a height of 533px, the adjacent images have heights of 266px each. This discrepancy leads to issues in the alignment of subsequent rows of images.
You can view an online example of the grid here. Try resizing the browser window to observe how the image behavior changes.
If you have any insights into why this isn't working, please share your knowledge!
I've included the HTML and CSS code below for reference:
Thank you,
Wnd
HTML:
<div class="container">
<header id="header">
</header>
<nav id="leftmenu">
</nav>
<section id="content">
<article class="item">
<img src="img/item.jpg" alt=""/>
</article>
<!-- More article items go here -->
</section>
</div>
CSS:
html, body{margin: 0; padding: 0;}
#header{
width: 100%;
height: 100px;
background: #222;
}
/* Additional styling rules go here */
#content .item img{
width: 100%;
display: block;
height: auto;
}
/* Media queries for different screen widths */
@media only screen and (max-width: 2700px) {
/* Adjust widths for large screens */
}
@media only screen and (max-width: 1920px) {
/* Adjust widths for medium-large screens */
}
@media only screen and (max-width: 1400px) {
/* Adjust widths for medium screens */
}
@media only screen and (max-width: 1024px) {
/* Adjust widths for small-medium screens */
}
@media only screen and (max-width: 720px) {
/* Adjust widths for small screens */
}
@media only screen and (max-width: 520px) {
/* Further adjustments for extra small screens */
}