These gutters are highly reminiscent of the css grid gap property.
Css grids gutter.
Initially a part of multi column layout the definition of column gap has been broadened to include multiple layout methods.
Now specified in box alignment it may be used in multi column flexible box and grid layouts.
Gutters are usually desirable because white space between columns makes for better legibility so it makes sense to include them as part of the automation.
So reminiscent in fact that that gutter grid gutters will line up perfectly with real css grid gaps.
In the example below we have a three column and two row track grid with 20 pixel gaps between column tracks and 20px gaps between row tracks.
Gutter grid is a flexbox based grid system for building fully responsive grid layouts with highly customisable gutters.
The motivation behind a css grid system is to completely automate layout.
This prefixed property is being replaced by column gap.
Css grid layout initially defined the grid column gap property.
Solving the gutter problem.
When explaining the spec one issue that is consistently raised is the lack of gutters.
These can be created in css grid layout using the grid column gap grid row gap or grid gap properties.
In my recent conference presentations on the emerging css grid layout specification i ve pointed out some of the issues i ve encountered when learning to use this specification.
Published on the 19 june 2015 and tagged css cssgrid.