row-gap CSS property

Baseline Widely available

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since October 2017.

The row-gap CSS property sets the size of the gap (gutter) between an element's rows.

Early versions of the specification called this property grid-row-gap, and to maintain compatibility with legacy websites, browsers will still accept grid-row-gap as an alias for row-gap.

Try it

row-gap: 0;
row-gap: 1ch;
row-gap: 1em;
row-gap: 20px;
<section class="default-example" id="default-example">
  <div class="example-container">
    <div class="transition-all" id="example-element">
      <div>One</div>
      <div>Two</div>
      <div>Three</div>
      <div>Four</div>
      <div>Five</div>
    </div>
  </div>
</section>
#example-element {
  border: 1px solid #c5c5c5;
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr;
  width: 200px;
}

#example-element > div {
  background-color: rgb(0 0 255 / 0.2);
  border: 3px solid blue;
}

Syntax

css
/* <length> values */
row-gap: 20px;
row-gap: 1em;
row-gap: 3vmin;
row-gap: 0.5cm;

/* <percentage> value */
row-gap: 10%;

/* Global values */
row-gap: inherit;
row-gap: initial;
row-gap: revert;
row-gap: revert-layer;
row-gap: unset;

Values

<length-percentage>

Is the width of the gutter separating the rows. <percentage> values are relative to the dimension of the element.

Formal definition

Initial valuenormal
Applies tomulti-column elements, flex containers, grid containers
Inheritedno
Percentagesrefer to corresponding dimension of the content area
Computed valueas specified, with <length>s made absolute, and normal computing to zero except on multi-column elements
Animation typea length, percentage or calc();

Formal syntax

row-gap = 
normal |
<length-percentage [0,∞]> |
<line-width>

<length-percentage> =
<length> |
<percentage>

<line-width> =
<length [0,∞]> |
hairline |
thin |
medium |
thick

Examples

Flex layout

HTML

html
<div id="flexbox">
  <div></div>
  <div></div>
  <div></div>
  <div></div>
  <div></div>
  <div></div>
</div>

CSS

css
#flexbox {
  display: flex;
  flex-wrap: wrap;
  width: 300px;
  row-gap: 20px;
}

#flexbox > div {
  border: 1px solid green;
  background-color: lime;
  flex: 1 1 auto;
  width: 100px;
  height: 50px;
}

Result

Grid layout

HTML

html
<div id="grid">
  <div></div>
  <div></div>
  <div></div>
  <div></div>
  <div></div>
  <div></div>
</div>

CSS

css
#grid {
  display: grid;
  height: 200px;
  grid-template-columns: 150px 1fr;
  grid-template-rows: repeat(3, 1fr);
  row-gap: 20px;
}

#grid > div {
  border: 1px solid green;
  background-color: lime;
}

Result

Specifications

Specification
CSS Box Alignment Module Level 3
# column-row-gap

Browser compatibility

desktop mobile
Chrome
Edge
Firefox
Opera
Safari
Chrome Android
Firefox for Android
Opera Android
Safari on iOS
Samsung Internet
WebView Android
WebView on iOS
row-gap
Chrome – Full support
Chrome 47 (Release date: 2015-12-01)
footnote Full support
Edge – Full support
Edge 16 (Release date: 2017-10-17)
footnote Full support
Firefox – Full support
Firefox 52 (Release date: 2017-03-07)
footnote Full support
Opera – Full support
Opera 34 (Release date: 2015-12-08)
footnote Full support
Safari – Full support
Safari 10.1 (Release date: 2017-03-27)
footnote Full support
Chrome Android – Full support
Chrome Android 47 (Release date: 2015-12-02)
footnote Full support
Firefox for Android – Full support
Firefox for Android 52 (Release date: 2017-03-07)
footnote Full support
Opera Android – Full support
Opera Android 34 (Release date: 2015-12-16)
footnote Full support
Safari on iOS – Full support
Safari on iOS 10.3 (Release date: 2017-03-27)
footnote Full support
Samsung Internet – Full support
Samsung Internet 5 (Release date: 2016-12-15)
footnote Full support
WebView Android – Full support
WebView Android 47 (Release date: 2015-12-02)
footnote Full support
WebView on iOS – Full support
WebView on iOS 10.3 (Release date: 2017-03-27)
footnote Full support
Supported in Flex Layout
Chrome – Full support
Chrome 84 (Release date: 2020-07-27)
footnote Full support
Edge – Full support
Edge 84 (Release date: 2020-07-16)
footnote Full support
Firefox – Full support
Firefox 63 (Release date: 2018-10-23)
footnote Full support
Opera – Full support
Opera 70 (Release date: 2020-07-27)
footnote Full support
Safari – Full support
Safari 14.1 (Release date: 2021-04-26)
footnote Full support
Chrome Android – Full support
Chrome Android 84 (Release date: 2020-07-27)
footnote Full support
Firefox for Android – Full support
Firefox for Android 63 (Release date: 2018-10-23)
footnote Full support
Opera Android – Full support
Opera Android 60 (Release date: 2020-09-23)
footnote Full support
Safari on iOS – Full support
Safari on iOS 14.5 (Release date: 2021-04-26)
footnote Full support
Samsung Internet – Full support
Samsung Internet 14 (Release date: 2021-04-17)
footnote Full support
WebView Android – Full support
WebView Android 84 (Release date: 2020-07-27)
footnote Full support
WebView on iOS – Full support
WebView on iOS 14.5 (Release date: 2021-04-26)
footnote Full support
Supported in Grid Layout
Chrome – Full support
Chrome 57 (Release date: 2017-03-09)
altname
altname Alternate name: grid-row-gap
Chrome – Full support
Chrome 66 (Release date: 2018-04-17)
footnote Full support
Edge – Full support
Edge 16 (Release date: 2017-10-17)
altname
altname Alternate name: grid-row-gap
Edge – Full support
Edge 16 (Release date: 2017-10-17)
footnote Full support
Firefox – Full support
Firefox 52 (Release date: 2017-03-07)
altname
altname Alternate name: grid-row-gap
Firefox – Full support
Firefox 61 (Release date: 2018-06-26)
footnote Full support
Opera – Full support
Opera 44 (Release date: 2017-03-21)
altname
altname Alternate name: grid-row-gap
Opera – Full support
Opera 53 (Release date: 2018-05-10)
footnote Full support
Safari – Full support
Safari 10.1 (Release date: 2017-03-27)
altname
altname Alternate name: grid-row-gap
Safari – Full support
Safari 12 (Release date: 2018-09-17)
footnote Full support
Chrome Android – Full support
Chrome Android 57 (Release date: 2017-03-16)
altname
altname Alternate name: grid-row-gap
Chrome Android – Full support
Chrome Android 66 (Release date: 2018-04-17)
footnote Full support
Firefox for Android – Full support
Firefox for Android 52 (Release date: 2017-03-07)
altname
altname Alternate name: grid-row-gap
Firefox for Android – Full support
Firefox for Android 61 (Release date: 2018-06-26)
footnote Full support
Opera Android – Full support
Opera Android 43 (Release date: 2017-09-27)
altname
altname Alternate name: grid-row-gap
Opera Android – Full support
Opera Android 47 (Release date: 2018-07-23)
footnote Full support
Safari on iOS – Full support
Safari on iOS 10.3 (Release date: 2017-03-27)
altname
altname Alternate name: grid-row-gap
Safari on iOS – Full support
Safari on iOS 12 (Release date: 2018-09-17)
footnote Full support
Samsung Internet – Full support
Samsung Internet 6 (Release date: 2017-08-23)
altname
altname Alternate name: grid-row-gap
Samsung Internet – Full support
Samsung Internet 9 (Release date: 2018-09-15)
footnote Full support
WebView Android – Full support
WebView Android 57 (Release date: 2017-03-16)
altname
altname Alternate name: grid-row-gap
WebView Android – Full support
WebView Android 66 (Release date: 2018-04-17)
footnote Full support
WebView on iOS – Full support
WebView on iOS 10.3 (Release date: 2017-03-27)
altname
altname Alternate name: grid-row-gap
WebView on iOS – Full support
WebView on iOS 12 (Release date: 2018-09-17)
footnote Full support
normal
Chrome – Full support
Chrome 47 (Release date: 2015-12-01)
footnote Full support
Edge – Full support
Edge 16 (Release date: 2017-10-17)
footnote Full support
Firefox – Full support
Firefox 52 (Release date: 2017-03-07)
footnote Full support
Opera – Full support
Opera 34 (Release date: 2015-12-08)
footnote Full support
Safari – Full support
Safari 10.1 (Release date: 2017-03-27)
footnote Full support
Chrome Android – Full support
Chrome Android 47 (Release date: 2015-12-02)
footnote Full support
Firefox for Android – Full support
Firefox for Android 52 (Release date: 2017-03-07)
footnote Full support
Opera Android – Full support
Opera Android 34 (Release date: 2015-12-16)
footnote Full support
Safari on iOS – Full support
Safari on iOS 10.3 (Release date: 2017-03-27)
footnote Full support
Samsung Internet – Full support
Samsung Internet 5 (Release date: 2016-12-15)
footnote Full support
WebView Android – Full support
WebView Android 47 (Release date: 2015-12-02)
footnote Full support
WebView on iOS – Full support
WebView on iOS 10.3 (Release date: 2017-03-27)
footnote Full support

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See also