--- title: Masonry (with Animation) in CSS – Master.dev Blog description: Native CSS masonry layout via `display: grid-lanes` is arriving in browsers, but this post focuses on replicating the animated reflow behavior that Masonry.js... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/masonry-with-animation-in-css-master-dev-blog-ek1lsjdpl twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Masonry (with Animation) in CSS – Master.dev Blog | daily.dev og:description: Native CSS masonry layout via `display: grid-lanes` is arriving in browsers, but this post focuses on replicating the animated reflow behavior that Masonry.js... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/masonry-with-animation-in-css-master-dev-blog-ek1lsjdpl og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/Ek1lSJdpL.png og:image:alt: Masonry (with Animation) in CSS – Master.dev Blog 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. # Masonry (with Animation) in CSS – Master.dev Blog **[Frontend Masters](https://daily.dev/sources/frontendmasters)** · 3 min read · 12 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Native CSS masonry layout via `display: grid-lanes` is arriving in browsers, but this post focuses on replicating the animated reflow behavior that Masonry.js was known for. The technique, inspired by a Bramus demo, uses CSS anchor positioning: grid items contain a child element that covers the cell using `position-anchor` and `inset: anchor(inside)`, which is dynamic enough to animate smoothly when the grid reflows due to viewport resizing. The result closely matches the original JavaScript-powered animation without any JavaScript. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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