--- title: 🧙‍♂️ CSS trick: transition from height 0 to auto! description: Learn how to transition from height 0 to auto in CSS using CSS Grid. Avoid fixed heights and use a neat trick with grid-template-rows. canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/css-trick-transition-from-height-0-to-auto--wwxc8nnwz twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: 🧙‍♂️ CSS trick: transition from height 0 to auto! | daily.dev og:description: Learn how to transition from height 0 to auto in CSS using CSS Grid. Avoid fixed heights and use a neat trick with grid-template-rows. og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/css-trick-transition-from-height-0-to-auto--wwxc8nnwz og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/WWxc8NNwZ.png og:image:alt: 🧙‍♂️ CSS trick: transition from height 0 to auto! og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # 🧙‍♂️ CSS trick: transition from height 0 to auto! **[Community Picks](https://daily.dev/sources/community)** · 3 min read · 574 upvotes · 26 comments ## Summary Learn how to transition from height 0 to auto in CSS using CSS Grid. Avoid fixed heights and use a neat trick with grid-template-rows. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@osca** · 2 upvotes > Nice, I thought the max-height was the best solution until now. Thanks! **@xylobyte** · 1 upvotes > The last trick with css grid is awesome ! **@ghost** · 0 upvotes > Thank you very much, I needed this for my project. Thank you!! **@haissamtariqzaman** · 0 upvotes > This is a great solution. I have always been using the max height approach. **@bublicio** · 0 upvotes > This is amazing!! 🎉 ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Unveils Schedule for KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Europe 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-unveils-schedule-for-kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe-2026-ikhcoa5cb) · CNCF · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Debuts KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Japan 2026 Schedule](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-debuts-kubecon-cloudnativecon-japan-2026-schedule-xp5pyudub) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#webdev](https://daily.dev/tags/webdev), [#css](https://daily.dev/tags/css) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/css-trick-transition-from-height-0-to-auto--wwxc8nnwz) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"🧙‍♂️ CSS trick: transition from height 0 to auto!","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/css-trick-transition-from-height-0-to-auto--wwxc8nnwz","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/css-trick-transition-from-height-0-to-auto--wwxc8nnwz"},"datePublished":"2023-11-25T15:48:09.065Z","dateModified":"2023-12-07T12:02:45.284Z","description":"Learn how to transition from height 0 to auto in CSS using CSS Grid. 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