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Masonry Layout in CSS.

Updated Apr 28, 2026

Short answer

True masonry is being integrated into CSS Grid natively, though currently JavaScript is often required for robust implementations.

Deep explanation

CSS columns (column-count) can fake masonry but ordering goes top-to-bottom, then left-to-right. Real masonry (items placed left-to-right, packing tightly vertically) is achieved in bleeding-edge browsers via grid-template-rows: masonry.

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