When faced with situations like this, the use of flex
might be a more suitable option as it considers the intrinsic size of elements when arranging them. The issue with something like:
grid-template-columns: repeat(auto-fill, minmax(256px, max-content))
is that it allows items to shrink down to 256px in width. In many cases, particularly with dynamic content, predicting the length of the longest element can be challenging. This is where flexbox excels.
Despite my initial hopes that this wasn't necessary, I was trying to create space between a title and buttons on the same row. Initially, subgrid seemed like it could achieve this by aligning subitems to affect others. After spending considerable time attempting to make columns wrap together using the aforementioned grid-template-columns
, I realized the limitation of not being able to use intrinsic attributes for auto-columns. This meant long titles could potentially get cut off. Flexbox proved to be the appropriate solution in my case, and it may be for you too.