CSS grid-area Property

The grid-area CSS property is a shorthand property for grid-row-start , grid-column-start , grid-row-end and grid-column-end , specifying a grid item's size and location within the grid by contributing a line, a span, or nothing (automatic) to its grid placement, thereby specifying the edges of its grid area.

The grid-area property is used to set a grid item size and location in a grid layout. The grid-area property is also used to set a name to a grid item.

CSS Syntax

grid-area: grid-row-start / grid-column-start / grid-row-end / grid-column-end | itemname;

Property Values:

grid-row-start: It sets the row on which the item is displayed first.
grid-column-start: It sets the column on which the item is displayed first.
grid-row-end: It specifies the row-line to stop displaying the item, or span how many rows.
grid-column-end: It sets the number of columns to span.
itemname: It sets a name for the grid item.

Supported Browsers:

Firefox: 52.0, 2.0 -moz-
Google Chrome: 50.0, 4.0 -webkit-
Internet Explorer: 10.0
Safari: 9.0, 3.1 -webkit-
Opera: 37.0, 15.0 -webkit-, 11.1

Example -

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
.item1 { grid-area: header; }
.item2 { grid-area: menu; }
.item3 { grid-area: main; }
.item4 { grid-area: right; }
.item5 { grid-area: footer; }

.grid-container {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-areas:
  'header header header header header header'
  'menu main main main right right'
  'menu footer footer footer footer footer';
  grid-gap: 10px;
  background-color: #2196F3;
  padding: 10px;
}

.grid-container > div {
  background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);
  text-align: center;
  padding: 20px 0;
  font-size: 30px;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>

<h1>The grid-area Property</h1>

<p>You can use the <em>grid-area</em> property to name grid items.</p>
<p>You can refer to the name when you set up the grid layout, by using the <em>grid-template-areas</em> property on the grid container.</p>
<p>This grid layout contains six columns and three rows:</p>

<div class="grid-container">
  <div class="item1">Header</div>
  <div class="item2">Menu</div>
  <div class="item3">Main</div>  
  <div class="item4">Right</div>
  <div class="item5">Footer</div>
</div>

</body>
</html>