Holy Grail Layout

Vanilla CSS Design System

Basic Holy Grail Layout

A classic web layout pattern with header, footer, main content area, and two sidebars.

Header
Main Content
Footer
<div class="holy-grail-layout">
	<header>Header</header>
	<div class="holy-grail-body">
		<nav>Navigation</nav>
		<div role="main">Main Content</div>
		<aside>Sidebar</aside>
	</div>
	<footer>Footer</footer>
</div>

Responsive Holy Grail Layout

The layout adapts to different screen sizes, stacking elements on mobile.

Header

Main Content

This is a responsive version of the Holy Grail layout. The sidebars will stack on mobile devices.

Footer
<div class="holy-grail-layout-responsive color-swatch-yellow">
	<header>Header</header>
	<div class="holy-grail-body">
		<nav>Navigation</nav>
		<div role="main">
			<h3>Main Content</h3>
			<p>This is a responsive version of the Holy Grail layout.
			The sidebars will stack on mobile devices.</p>
		</div>
		<aside>Sidebar</aside>
	</div>
	<footer>Footer</footer>
</div>

Class Descriptions:

Note: The Holy Grail layout classes (.holy-grail-layout, .holy-grail-body) in this design system are designed to create a flexible, responsive layout. The content within .holy-grail-body can be substituted, but it will consistently maintain the grid structure of [25%, 1fr, 25%], where "1fr" represents the middle column. 1fr will take 1 fraction of the available space.