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title: "Declaring grid layouts with ‘just’ CSS"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/declaring-grid-layouts-with-just-css-erd7znyxo
source_url: https://hidde.blog/declaring-grid-layouts-with-just-css
type: article
source: "Hidde de Vries — hidde.blog"
published: 2026-05-31T07:49:09.773Z
updated: 2026-05-31T09:13:46.312Z
tags: ["css", "html"]
reading_time: 4
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# Declaring grid layouts with ‘just’ CSS

**[Hidde de Vries — hidde.blog](https://daily.dev/sources/hiddedevries)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

CSS Grid Layout promises to eliminate presentational classnames like 'col-md-6' and 'row' from HTML markup by letting CSS handle layout entirely. However, this shift raises a practical naming challenge: how do developers meaningfully name page areas when those areas no longer have presentational class names to describe their grid structure? The post explores two schools of thought — treating the grid as a separate system (where presentational classnames are acceptable) versus deriving grid definitions from semantically named components.

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