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CSS Grid tips, updates and guides

Practical guides on CSS Grid, along with Gridlock Holmes updates, tutorials and new features.

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Tutorial

Why Your CSS Grid Breaks on Smaller Screens

Your CSS Grid looks great until you make the browser narrower. Here are six things worth checking before you rewrite the whole layout.

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Gradient Tool

How to Make CSS Gradients That Actually Look Good

If your CSS gradient looks harsh, muddy or somehow slightly wrong, the problem is usually not the syntax. A few small choices can completely change the result.

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Tutorial

How CSS Minmax Stops Your Grid From Falling Apart

Copying minmax(220px, 1fr) works until your layout needs something slightly different. Learn what those two values actually control and the three patterns worth remembering.

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For Educators

5 CSS Grid Exercises That Show What Your Students Actually Understand

A student can copy display: grid without understanding Grid at all. These five exercises reveal what they actually understand and where they are getting stuck.

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For Educators

How to use Gridlock Holmes in a 60-minute CSS lesson

A practical lesson plan for teaching CSS Grid visually. Includes a warm up, practical build challenge and Grid Detective exercise.

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Grid Detective

The 5 most common CSS Grid mistakes and how to fix them

Learn what causes common CSS Grid problems and how Grid Detective can help you find and fix them.

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Tutorial

How to build a Holy Grail layout with CSS Grid

A step by step guide to building a common webpage layout with CSS Grid, with examples in CSS and Tailwind.

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Platform Update

What is new in Gridlock Holmes - 2026

A look at everything new: Grid Detective standalone page, 4 coding paths, gradient tool updates and free educator resources.

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