--- title: "Day 72: the masonry-auto-flow property" url: https://daily.dev/posts/day-72-the-masonry-auto-flow-property-zbnlrri1r source_url: https://www.matuzo.at/blog/2023/100daysof-day72 type: article source: "Manuel Matuzović" published: 2026-06-22T14:42:12.296Z updated: 2026-06-22T14:43:33.356Z tags: ["css", "accessibility"] reading_time: 2 upvotes: 0 comments: 0 language: 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. # Day 72: the masonry-auto-flow property **[Manuel Matuzović](https://daily.dev/sources/matuzo)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary The `masonry-auto-flow` CSS property controls how items are placed in a masonry grid layout. By default, the browser's packing algorithm places items in the column with the most available space, which can create confusing, seemingly random layouts and accessibility issues. Setting `masonry-auto-flow: next` forces items to be placed sequentially along the grid axis instead. Currently, this feature is only supported in Firefox and requires enabling a flag in `about:config`. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Masonry: Watching a CSS Feature Evolve](https://daily.dev/posts/masonry-watching-a-css-feature-evolve-t7nn59llj) · CSS-Tricks · 25 upvotes · 1 comments - [Masonry \(with Animation\) in CSS – Master.dev Blog](https://daily.dev/posts/masonry-with-animation-in-css-master-dev-blog-ek1lsjdpl) · Frontend Masters · 14 upvotes · 0 comments - [Masonry Layout is Now grid-lanes](https://daily.dev/posts/masonry-layout-is-now-grid-lanes-oyfscxlvr) · CSS-Tricks · 102 upvotes · 3 comments --- Tags: [#css](https://daily.dev/tags/css), [#accessibility](https://daily.dev/tags/accessibility) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/day-72-the-masonry-auto-flow-property-zbnlrri1r)