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Ripple Grid Animation

A grid of dots displays a mesmerizing ripple effect, achieved by a single CSS keyframe animation applied to each dot, with the animation-delay precisely controlled by each dot's distance from the grid's center.

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CSS Grid Bento Layout

This demo illustrates how to create a flexible 'Bento Grid' layout using CSS Grid, where tiles of varying sizes snap together. The core technique involves defining a grid, allowing specific tiles to span multiple columns and rows, and utilizing `grid-auto-flow: dense` to automatically fill any empty spaces.

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CSS Grid FR Accordion

Animate accordion panels smoothly to any content height using CSS Grid's `fr` unit. This technique avoids fixed `max-height` values or JavaScript height measurements, providing a fluid and adaptable expansion.

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CSS Subgrid for Aligned Pricing Cards

This snippet demonstrates how CSS Subgrid allows elements within child grid items to align perfectly across a parent grid, even when the content length varies. It showcases a common pricing card layout where titles, descriptions, prices, and buttons snap to the same baseline, eliminating manual height adjustments.

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