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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

<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: rgba(0, 0, 255, 0.2);
  border: 3px solid blue;
}

Syntax

/* <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

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

Formal definition

Initial value normal
Applies to multi-column elements, flex containers, grid containers
Inherited no
Percentages refer to corresponding dimension of the content area
Computed value as specified, with s made absolute, and normal computing to zero except on multi-column elements
Animation type a length, percentage or calc();

Formal syntax

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

=
|

Examples

Flex layout

HTML

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

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

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

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

See also