Arranging Items in Angular Material Grid Lists

Arranging items in an Angular Material grid list can initially seem challenging; however, with the use of suitable tools and features, it can become easy. Angular Material, being one of the most popular libraries for Angular user interfaces, provides extensive capabilities for creating beautiful and user-friendly layouts. In this article, we will explore how to arrange items in an Angular Material grid and introduce the best methods.

To begin accessing the features of Angular Material, you need to install it in your own project. Then, we'll create a grid list and see how we can arrange its internal items both horizontally and vertically.

For this purpose, we will use flexbox features and CSS properties, which are modern and powerful methods for arranging items on the web. By utilizing flexbox, we can maintain complete control over the layout, aligning and distributing space among the items.

Next, we will examine a simple example of arranging items in an Angular Material grid, utilizing CSS and Angular Flex Layout. Angular Flex Layout is a powerful tool for managing and arranging items in Angular applications, allowing us to easily create delightful responsive layouts.

This approach helps us write less CSS code and utilize reusable components of Angular, thus achieving better results in responsive design. In this article, we will introduce the necessary code and provide line-by-line explanations for each part of the code to help us understand it better.

<mat-grid-list cols="3" rowHeight="2:1">
  <mat-grid-tile>
    <div class="center-content">
      First Tile
    </div>
  </mat-grid-tile>
  <mat-grid-tile>
    <div class="center-content">
      Second Tile
    </div>
  </mat-grid-tile>
  <mat-grid-tile>
    <div class="center-content">
      Third Tile
    </div>
  </mat-grid-tile>
</mat-grid-list>

<style>
.center-content {
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: center;
  height: 100%;
}
</style>

Line-by-line Code Explanations