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by jihoon796 2803 days ago
The CSS grid was much-needed in Webflow, but I found the implementation to be pretty unintuitive.

There's a few examples I've run across. One is copy + pasting text, links, or images into the grid - maybe it's just the way I'm using it, but it doesn't let me paste an object into the exact grid box I want intuitively.

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Thanks for the feedback! The interesting thing about the CSS grid is that the cells are not actual empty elements, but we want to represent the cells visually somehow to help with affordance. We'll be adding some much needed enhancements to the copy-paste interaction (I mean, it's so fundamental) soon, like giving you the ability to select these non-existent cells so that you can paste inside of them. Let us know if there's anything else that can be improved.

The next big release will include grids with contents that auto-flow vs having to always manually position them.

That's awesome. Improving the copy + paste interactions would definitely make it a lot easier to use.

I actually just started using Webflow a few weeks ago, so I didn't even know that CSS grid was a relatively new feature.

Overall, I really like Webflow so far as it's made the design process so much more iterative for me. I actually export the code (code export was a game-changer) into my own Django project, which gives me more configurability. Kudos to you guys for making a great product!