css - Make a grid column span the entire row

Question

Imagine we have 2 CSS Grid containers with dynamic columns count based on width.

display: grid;
grid-template-columns: repeat(auto-fill, minmax(100px, 1fr));

The grid works perfectly, but what if we need to have another grid to have the 1st column to be same as in another grid with the code shown above, but it's another column to span through more cells - depending on how many cells are in the current row.

To better understand issue, there are images:

On more narrow wrapper:

We would need to apply something like grid-column: span ALL (if something like that exists), with meaning that ALL = till the end of current row.

What is really important is that "First" column should always align with "1" column.

Code to run example is here:

.grid div {
  /* Not important fancy styles */
  height: 40px;
  text-align: center;
  padding-top: 20px;
}

.grid {
  width: 350px;
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: repeat(auto-fill, minmax(100px, 1fr));
  background-color: silver;
}

.grid-second {
  background-color: red;
}

.grid-another {
  background-color: purple;
  border: 1px solid gray;
}

<div class="grid">
  <div class="grid-first">
    First
  </div>
  <div class="grid-second">
    Second (Want till end)
  </div>
</div>
<!-- Another same grid -->
<div class="grid">
  <div class="grid-another">
    1
  </div>
  <div class="grid-another">
    2
  </div>
  <div class="grid-another">
    3
  </div>
  <div class="grid-another">
    4
  </div>
</div>

Answer 1

Here are two interesting sections in the CSS Grid specification:

7.1. The Explicit Grid

Numeric indexes in the grid-placement properties count from the edges of the explicit grid. Positive indexes count from the start side, while negative indexes count from the end side.

also here...

8.3. Line-based Placement: the grid-row-start, grid-column-start, grid-row-end, and grid-column-end properties

If a negative integer is given, it instead counts in reverse, starting from the end edge of the explicit grid.

In other words, when dealing with an explicit grid, which means a grid defined by these properties:

• grid-template-rows
• grid-template-columns
• grid-template-areas
• grid (which is the shorthand for the three properties above, among others)

... you can make a grid area span all columns by setting this rule:

grid-column: 1 / -1;

That tells the grid area to span from the first column line to the last column line, which I believe meets your stated objective:

"We would need to apply something like grid-column: span ALL (if something like that exists), with meaning that ALL = till the end of current row."

jsFiddle demo

.grid {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: repeat(auto-fill, minmax(100px, 1fr));
  background-color: silver;
}

.grid-second {
  grid-column: 2 / -1;
  background-color: red;
}


/* Not important fancy styles */

.grid div {
  height: 40px;
  text-align: center;
  padding-top: 20px;
}

.grid-another {
  background-color: purple;
  border: 1px solid gray;
}

<div class="grid">
  <div class="grid-first">First</div>
  <div class="grid-second">Second (Want till end)</div>
</div>
<!-- Another same grid -->
<div class="grid">
  <div class="grid-another">1</div>
  <div class="grid-another">2</div>
  <div class="grid-another">3</div>
  <div class="grid-another">4</div>
  <div class="grid-another">1</div>
  <div class="grid-another">2</div>
  <div class="grid-another">3</div>
  <div class="grid-another">4</div>
  <div class="grid-another">1</div>
  <div class="grid-another">2</div>
  <div class="grid-another">3</div>
  <div class="grid-another">4</div>
</div>