.grid {
max-width: 1020px;
margin: 0 auto;
padding: 10px;
display: grid;
grid-template-columns: repeat(auto-fit, minmax(300px, 1fr));
grid-auto-flow: dense;
grid-gap: 10px;
}
.card {
padding: 5px;
background: #CCC;
grid-column: auto / span 1;
}
.card:nth-child(2), .card:nth-child(5) {
/*grid-column: auto / span 2;*/
}
.card:nth-child(1), .card:nth-child(6) {
grid-column: 1 / end;
}
<p>Expected that new columns would only appear when 300px were available, but that doesn't seem to happen. New columns appear with much less available. Why???
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