Tiles

A single tile element to build 2-dimensional Metro-like, Pinterest-like, or whatever-you-like grids

To build intricate 2-dimensional layouts, you only need a single element: the tile:

<div class="tile">
  <!-- The magical tile element! -->
</div>

Example #

Vertical...

Top tile

...tiles

Bottom tile

Middle tile

With an image

Wide tile

Aligned with the right tile

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Tall tile

With even more content

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<div class="tile is-ancestor">
  <div class="tile is-vertical is-8">
    <div class="tile">
      <div class="tile is-parent is-vertical">
        <article class="tile is-child notification is-primary">
          <p class="title">Vertical...</p>
          <p class="subtitle">Top tile</p>
        </article>
        <article class="tile is-child notification is-warning">
          <p class="title">...tiles</p>
          <p class="subtitle">Bottom tile</p>
        </article>
      </div>
      <div class="tile is-parent">
        <article class="tile is-child notification is-info">
          <p class="title">Middle tile</p>
          <p class="subtitle">With an image</p>
          <figure class="image is-4by3">
            <img src="https://yellowdi.github.io/Elenore/images/placeholders/640x480.png">
          </figure>
        </article>
      </div>
    </div>
    <div class="tile is-parent">
      <article class="tile is-child notification is-danger">
        <p class="title">Wide tile</p>
        <p class="subtitle">Aligned with the right tile</p>
        <div class="content">
          <!-- Content -->
        </div>
      </article>
    </div>
  </div>
  <div class="tile is-parent">
    <article class="tile is-child notification is-success">
      <div class="content">
        <p class="title">Tall tile</p>
        <p class="subtitle">With even more content</p>
        <div class="content">
          <!-- Content -->
        </div>
      </div>
    </article>
  </div>
</div>

Modifiers #

The tile element has 16 modifiers:

3 contextual modifiers
- is-ancestor
- is-parent
- is-child
1 directional modifier
- is-vertical
12 horizontal size modifiers
- from is-1
- to is-12

How it works: Nesting #

Everything is a tile! To create a grid of tiles, you only need to nest tile elements.

Start with an ancestor tile that will wrap all other tiles:

<div class="tile is-ancestor">
  <!-- All other tile elemnts -->
</div>

Add tile elements that will distribute themselves horizontally:

<div class="tile is-ancestor">
  <div class="tile">
    <!-- Add content or other tiles -->
  </div>
  <div class="tile">
    <!-- Add content or other tiles -->
  </div>
</div>

You can resize any tile according to a 12 column grid.
For example, is-4 will take up 1/3 of the horizontal space:

<div class="tile is-ancestor">
  <div class="tile is-4">
    <!-- 1/3 -->
  </div>
  <div class="tile">
    <!-- This tile will take the rest: 2/3 -->
  </div>
</div>

If you want to stack tiles vertically, add is-vertical on the parent tile:

<div class="tile is-ancestor">
  <div class="tile is-4 is-vertical">
    <div class="tile">
      <!-- Top tile -->
    </div>
    <div class="tile">
      <!-- Bottom tile -->
    </div>
  </div>
  <div class="tile">
    <!-- This tile will take up the whole vertical space -->
  </div>
</div>

As soon as you want to add content to a tile, just:

add any class you want, like box
add the is-child modifier on the tile
add the is-parent modifier on the parent tile

<div class="tile is-ancestor">
  <div class="tile is-4 is-vertical is-parent">
    <div class="tile is-child box">
      <p class="title">One</p>
    </div>
    <div class="tile is-child box">
      <p class="title">Two</p>
    </div>
  </div>
  <div class="tile is-parent">
    <div class="tile is-child box">
      <p class="title">Three</p>
    </div>
  </div>
</div>

One

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Two

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Three

<div class="tile is-ancestor">
  <div class="tile is-4 is-vertical is-parent">
    <div class="tile is-child box">
      <p class="title">One</p>
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    </div>
    <div class="tile is-child box">
      <p class="title">Two</p>
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    </div>
  </div>
  <div class="tile is-parent">
    <div class="tile is-child box">
      <p class="title">Three</p>
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      <p>Integer sollicitudin, tortor a mattis commodo, velit urna rhoncus erat, vitae congue lectus dolor consequat libero. Donec leo ligula, maximus et pellentesque sed, gravida a metus. Cras ullamcorper a nunc ac porta. Aliquam ut aliquet lacus, quis faucibus libero. Quisque non semper leo.</p>
    </div>
  </div>
</div>

Nesting requirements #

3 levels deep at least...

You need at least 3 levels of hierarchy:

tile is-ancestor
|
└───tile is-parent
    |
    └───tile is-child

...but more levels if you want!

You can, however, nest tiles deeper than that, and mix it up!

tile is-ancestor
|
├───tile is-vertical is-8
|   |
|   ├───tile
|   |   |
|   |   ├───tile is-parent is-vertical
|   |   |   ├───tile is-child
|   |   |   └───tile is-child
|   |   |
|   |   └───tile is-parent
|   |       └───tile is-child
|   |
|   └───tile is-parent
|       └───tile is-child
|
└───tile is-parent
    └───tile is-child

Vertical tiles

Top box

Vertical tiles

Bottom box

Middle box

With an image

Wide column

Aligned with the right column

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Tall column

With even more content

<div class="tile is-ancestor">
  <div class="tile is-vertical is-8">
    <div class="tile">
      <div class="tile is-parent is-vertical">
        <article class="tile is-child box">
          <!-- Put any content you want -->
        </article>
        <article class="tile is-child box">
          <!-- Put any content you want -->
        </article>
      </div>
      <div class="tile is-parent">
        <article class="tile is-child box">
          <!-- Put any content you want -->
        </article>
      </div>
    </div>
    <div class="tile is-parent">
      <article class="tile is-child box">
        <!-- Put any content you want -->
      </article>
    </div>
  </div>
  <div class="tile is-parent">
    <article class="tile is-child box">
      <!-- Put any content you want -->
    </article>
  </div>
</div>

3 columns #

Hello World

What is up?

Foo

Bar

Third column

With some content

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Vertical tiles

Top box

Vertical tiles

Bottom box

Middle box

With an image

Wide column

Aligned with the right column

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Tall column

With even more content

Side column

With some content

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Main column

With some content

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<div class="tile is-ancestor">
  <div class="tile is-parent">
    <article class="tile is-child box">
      <p class="title">Hello World</p>
      <p class="subtitle">What is up?</p>
    </article>
  </div>
  <div class="tile is-parent">
    <article class="tile is-child box">
      <p class="title">Foo</p>
      <p class="subtitle">Bar</p>
    </article>
  </div>
  <div class="tile is-parent">
    <article class="tile is-child box">
      <p class="title">Third column</p>
      <p class="subtitle">With some content</p>
      <div class="content">
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      </div>
    </article>
  </div>
</div>

<div class="tile is-ancestor">
  <div class="tile is-vertical is-8">
    <div class="tile">
      <div class="tile is-parent is-vertical">
        <article class="tile is-child box">
          <p class="title">Vertical tiles</p>
          <p class="subtitle">Top box</p>
        </article>
        <article class="tile is-child box">
          <p class="title">Vertical tiles</p>
          <p class="subtitle">Bottom box</p>
        </article>
      </div>
      <div class="tile is-parent">
        <article class="tile is-child box">
          <p class="title">Middle box</p>
          <p class="subtitle">With an image</p>
          <figure class="image is-4by3">
            <img src="https://yellowdi.github.io/Elenore/images/placeholders/640x480.png">
          </figure>
        </article>
      </div>
    </div>
    <div class="tile is-parent">
      <article class="tile is-child box">
        <p class="title">Wide column</p>
        <p class="subtitle">Aligned with the right column</p>
        <div class="content">
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        </div>
      </article>
    </div>
  </div>
  <div class="tile is-parent">
    <article class="tile is-child box">
      <div class="content">
        <p class="title">Tall column</p>
        <p class="subtitle">With even more content</p>
        <div class="content">
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          <p>Suspendisse varius ligula in molestie lacinia. Maecenas varius eget ligula a sagittis. Pellentesque interdum, nisl nec interdum maximus, augue diam porttitor lorem, et sollicitudin felis neque sit amet erat. Maecenas imperdiet felis nisi, fringilla luctus felis hendrerit sit amet. Aenean vitae gravida diam, finibus dignissim turpis. Sed eget varius ligula, at volutpat tortor.</p>
          <p>Integer sollicitudin, tortor a mattis commodo, velit urna rhoncus erat, vitae congue lectus dolor consequat libero. Donec leo ligula, maximus et pellentesque sed, gravida a metus. Cras ullamcorper a nunc ac porta. Aliquam ut aliquet lacus, quis faucibus libero. Quisque non semper leo.</p>
        </div>
      </div>
    </article>
  </div>
</div>

<div class="tile is-ancestor">
  <div class="tile is-parent">
    <article class="tile is-child box">
      <p class="title">Side column</p>
      <p class="subtitle">With some content</p>
      <div class="content">
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      </div>
    </article>
  </div>
  <div class="tile is-parent is-8">
    <article class="tile is-child box">
      <p class="title">Main column</p>
      <p class="subtitle">With some content</p>
      <div class="content">
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      </div>
    </article>
  </div>
</div>

4 columns #

One

Subtitle

Two

Subtitle

Three

Subtitle

Four

Subtitle

Five

Subtitle

Six

Subtitle

Seven

Subtitle

Eight

Subtitle

Nine

Subtitle

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Ten

Subtitle

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Eleven

Subtitle

Twelve

Subtitle

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Thirteen

Subtitle

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Fourteen

Subtitle

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<div class="tile is-ancestor">
  <div class="tile is-parent">
    <article class="tile is-child box">
      <p class="title">One</p>
      <p class="subtitle">Subtitle</p>
    </article>
  </div>
  <div class="tile is-parent">
    <article class="tile is-child box">
      <p class="title">Two</p>
      <p class="subtitle">Subtitle</p>
    </article>
  </div>
  <div class="tile is-parent">
    <article class="tile is-child box">
      <p class="title">Three</p>
      <p class="subtitle">Subtitle</p>
    </article>
  </div>
  <div class="tile is-parent">
    <article class="tile is-child box">
      <p class="title">Four</p>
      <p class="subtitle">Subtitle</p>
    </article>
  </div>
</div>

<div class="tile is-ancestor">
  <div class="tile is-vertical is-9">
    <div class="tile">
      <div class="tile is-parent">
        <article class="tile is-child box">
          <p class="title">Five</p>
          <p class="subtitle">Subtitle</p>
          <div class="content">
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          </div>
        </article>
      </div>
      <div class="tile is-8 is-vertical">
        <div class="tile">
          <div class="tile is-parent">
            <article class="tile is-child box">
              <p class="title">Six</p>
              <p class="subtitle">Subtitle</p>
            </article>
          </div>
          <div class="tile is-parent">
            <article class="tile is-child box">
              <p class="title">Seven</p>
              <p class="subtitle">Subtitle</p>
            </article>
          </div>
        </div>
        <div class="tile is-parent">
          <article class="tile is-child box">
            <p class="title">Eight</p>
            <p class="subtitle">Subtitle</p>
          </article>
        </div>
      </div>
    </div>
    <div class="tile">
      <div class="tile is-8 is-parent">
        <article class="tile is-child box">
          <p class="title">Nine</p>
          <p class="subtitle">Subtitle</p>
          <div class="content">
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          </div>
        </article>
      </div>
      <div class="tile is-parent">
        <article class="tile is-child box">
          <p class="title">Ten</p>
          <p class="subtitle">Subtitle</p>
          <div class="content">
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          </div>
        </article>
      </div>
    </div>
  </div>
  <div class="tile is-parent">
    <article class="tile is-child box">
      <div class="content">
        <p class="title">Eleven</p>
        <p class="subtitle">Subtitle</p>
        <div class="content">
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        </div>
      </div>
    </article>
  </div>
</div>

<div class="tile is-ancestor">
  <div class="tile is-parent">
    <article class="tile is-child box">
      <p class="title">Twelve</p>
      <p class="subtitle">Subtitle</p>
      <div class="content">
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      </div>
    </article>
  </div>
  <div class="tile is-parent is-6">
    <article class="tile is-child box">
      <p class="title">Thirteen</p>
      <p class="subtitle">Subtitle</p>
      <div class="content">
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      </div>
    </article>
  </div>
  <div class="tile is-parent">
    <article class="tile is-child box">
      <p class="title">Fourteen</p>
      <p class="subtitle">Subtitle</p>
      <div class="content">
        <p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Proin ornare magna eros, eu pellentesque tortor vestibulum ut.</p>
      </div>
    </article>
  </div>
</div>

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