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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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