CSS grid issues in IE 11

Question

I have created a masonry style grid in HTML/CSS. To do this I have used the

display:grid properties with 'grid-row' and 'grid-column.'

This works great in Chrome, Firefox and Edge, not tried on Safari yet, but unfortunately, there are issues when it renders in the IE 11 browser. Instead of getting a nice grid layout as shown in the attached pen it just displays 4 1x1 columns on top of one another.

Are there any IE specific properties that I can assign to my CSS classes in order to get this to display correctly across all browsers?

#container {
  display:inline-block;
  overflow: hidden;            /* clip the excess when child gets bigger than parent */
}
#container img {
  display: block;
  transition: transform .4s;   /* smoother zoom */
}
#container:hover img {
  transform: scale(1.3);
  transform-origin: 50% 50%;
}
.wrapper {
display: grid;
grid-gap: 0px;
grid-template-columns: 33% 33% 33%;
grid-template-rows: 400px 400px;
color: #000;
}

.a {
grid-column: 1;
grid-row: 1/3;
text-align:center;
color:#fff;
display:block;
position:relative;
overflow:hidden;
}

.b {
grid-column: 2 / span 2;
grid-row: 1;
color:#fff;
position:relative;
overflow:hidden;
}

.c { 
grid-column: 2;
grid-row: 2;
color:#fff;
position:relative;
overflow:hidden;
}

.d { 
grid-column: 3;
grid-row: 2;
color:#fff;
position:relative;
overflow:hidden;
}



.box {
border-radius: 0px;
padding: 10px;
font-size: 150%; 
display:block;
position:relative;
}

.ctr {
    margin: 0;
    position: absolute;
    top: 50%;
    left: 50%;
    margin-right: -50%;
    transform: translate(-50%, -50%) 
}
  
 .imex-btn {
  background-color: #4080fa;
  border: none;
  color: white;
  padding: 10px 30px;
  text-align: center;
  text-decoration: none;
  display: inline-block;
  font-size: 16px;
  margin-top: 70px;
  cursor: pointer;
  font-family: "Century Gothic";
 }

.imex-btn:hover {
background-color: #000;
color: #4080fa;
}

<div class="wrapper">
  <div class="box a">
    <div id="container">
    <img id="image" src="https://via.placeholder.com/500x900
C/O https://placeholder.com/">
    <div class="ctr"><h2 class="white">BOX A<h2>
</div>
<a href="#" class="ctr imex-btn">VIEW NOW</a>
    </div>
  </div>
  <div class="box b">
    <div id="container">
    <img id="image" src="https://via.placeholder.com/1200x900/C/O https://placeholder.com/">
   <div class="ctr"><h2 class="white">BOX B</h2>
</div>
<a href="#" class="ctr imex-btn">VIEW NOW</a>
   </div>
  </div>
   <div class="box c">
    <div id="container">
    <img id="image" src="https://via.placeholder.com/500x500
C/O https://placeholder.com/">
    <div class="ctr"><h2 class="white" style="text-align:center">BOX C</h2>
</div>
<a href="#" class="ctr imex-btn">READ MORE</a>
    </div>
  </div>
   <div class="box d">
    <div id="container">
    <img id="image" src="https://via.placeholder.com/500x500
C/O https://placeholder.com/">
    <div class="ctr"><h2 class="white" style="text-align:center">BOX D</h2>
</div>
<a href="#" class="ctr imex-btn">READ MORE</a>
    </div>
  </div>

  
</div>

https://caniuse.com/#feat=css-grid - note the requirement of the `-ms-` prefix and that is supports an older standard. — Jon P, Jun 24 '19 at 22:21

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 24 '19 at 19:34

1

Try to change the CSS from

grid-template-columns: 33% 33% 33%;

To

grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr 1fr;

answered Jun 24 '19 at 19:34

Derrick Brinkworth

89
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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 24 '19 at 20:01

Some elements are not properly rendered on IE11 due to their implementation of the standards. Try adding a -ms- prefix to elements such as display: grid, grid-column and grid-row.

You will probably face the same kind of problems when testing on older versions of Safari (in which case try the -webkit prefix).

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Jun 25 '19 at 09:15

I've added some css to make it work in IE. Pay attention to the -ms- prefix added in css. You can also refer to this article which explains how to support css grid in IE.

#container {
            display: inline-block;
            overflow: hidden; /* clip the excess when child gets bigger than parent */
        }

            #container img {
                display: block;
                transition: transform .4s; /* smoother zoom */
            }

            #container:hover img {
                transform: scale(1.3);
                transform-origin: 50% 50%;
            }

        .wrapper {
            display: -ms-grid;
            display: grid;
            grid-gap: 0px;
            grid-template-columns: 33% 33% 33%;
            -ms-grid-columns: 33% 33% 33%;
            grid-template-rows: 400px 400px;
            -ms-grid-rows: 400px 400px;
            color: #000;
        }

        .a {
            grid-column: 1;
            grid-row: 1/3;
            -ms-grid-column: 1;
            -ms-grid-row-span: 2;
            text-align: center;
            color: #fff;
            display: block;
            position: relative;
            overflow: hidden;
        }

        .b {
            grid-column: 2 / span 2;
            grid-row: 1;
            -ms-grid-row:1;
            -ms-grid-column-span: 2;
            -ms-grid-column:2;
            color: #fff;
            position: relative;
            overflow: hidden;
        }

        .c {
            grid-column: 2;
            grid-row: 2;
            -ms-grid-column:2;
            -ms-grid-row:2;
            color: #fff;
            position: relative;
            overflow: hidden;
        }

        .d {
            grid-column: 3;
            grid-row: 2;
            -ms-grid-column:3;
            -ms-grid-row:2;
            color: #fff;
            position: relative;
            overflow: hidden;
        }



        .box {
            border-radius: 0px;
            padding: 10px;
            font-size: 150%;
            display: block;
            position: relative;
        }

        .ctr {
            margin: 0;
            position: absolute;
            top: 50%;
            left: 50%;
            margin-right: -50%;
            transform: translate(-50%, -50%)
        }

        .imex-btn {
            background-color: #4080fa;
            border: none;
            color: white;
            padding: 10px 30px;
            text-align: center;
            text-decoration: none;
            display: inline-block;
            font-size: 16px;
            margin-top: 70px;
            cursor: pointer;
            font-family: "Century Gothic";
        }

            .imex-btn:hover {
                background-color: #000;
                color: #4080fa;
            }

<div class="wrapper">
        <div class="box a">
            <div id="container">
                <img id="image" src="https://via.placeholder.com/500x900
C/O https://placeholder.com/">
                <div class="ctr">
                    <h2 class="white">BOX A</h2>
                </div>
                <a href="#" class="ctr imex-btn">VIEW NOW</a>
            </div>
        </div>
        <div class="box b">
            <div id="container">
                <img id="image" src="https://via.placeholder.com/1200x900/C/O https://placeholder.com/">
                <div class="ctr">
                    <h2 class="white">BOX B</h2>
                </div>
                <a href="#" class="ctr imex-btn">VIEW NOW</a>
            </div>
        </div>
        <div class="box c">
            <div id="container">
                <img id="image" src="https://via.placeholder.com/500x500
C/O https://placeholder.com/">
                <div class="ctr">
                    <h2 class="white" style="text-align:center">BOX C</h2>
                </div>
                <a href="#" class="ctr imex-btn">READ MORE</a>
            </div>
        </div>
        <div class="box d">
            <div id="container">
                <img id="image" src="https://via.placeholder.com/500x500
C/O https://placeholder.com/">
                <div class="ctr">
                    <h2 class="white" style="text-align:center">BOX D</h2>
                </div>
                <a href="#" class="ctr imex-btn">READ MORE</a>
            </div>
        </div>
    </div>

The snippet works fine in genuine IE11 if anyone has a doubt ;) — G-cyr running IE11, Jun 25 '19 at 19:23

CSS grid issues in IE 11

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