Hexagons and Beyond: Flexible, Responsive Grid Patterns, Sans Media Queries (20
11 comments
·March 18, 2025airstrike
> This is a fully responsive hexagon grid made without media queries, JavaScript, or a ton of hacky CSS.
the CSS:
.main {
display:flex;
--s: 100px; /* size */
--m: 4px; /* margin */
--f: calc(1.732 * var(--s) + 4 * var(--m) - 1px);
}
.container {
font-size: 0; /*disable white space between inline block element */
}
.container div {
width: var(--s);
margin: var(--m);
height: calc(var(--s)*1.1547);
display: inline-block;
font-size:initial;
clip-path: polygon(0% 25%, 0% 75%, 50% 100%, 100% 75%, 100% 25%, 50% 0%);
background: red;
margin-bottom: calc(var(--m) - var(--s)*0.2885);
}
.container div:nth-child(odd) {
background:green;
}
.container::before {
content: "";
width: calc(var(--s)/2 + var(--m));
float: left;
height: 120%;
shape-outside: repeating-linear-gradient(
#0000 0 calc(var(--f) - 3px),
#000 0 var(--f));
}
Muromec
It's some 100% of hacky CSS all right.
afiori
It is hacky but not a ton
windhaven
Doesn’t seem to work with WebKit (tried with Safari and Firefox on iOS and Safari on macOS, but Firefox on macOS does work)
Edit: A stray word
fire_lake
Windows Mobile 6.5 style revival here we come!
nayuki
It's my first time hearing of this, so I went and found some screenshots: https://www.zdnet.com/article/first-photos-windows-mobile-6-... , https://venturebeat.com/social/windows-mobile-65-screenshot-... . The software is from the year 2008.
Wow, this is a person who could be fatally nerd-sniped if you suggest that their next CSS trick should be an aperiodic monotile...