Auto grid

Auto grid layout Primitive

A responsive card grid with no breakpoints: columns pack to fit, each at least the minimum width, all equal.

Layer: L1 surface · Recipe: layout-primitive — layout primitive. Curriculum: AGENTS.md; pick matrix: docs/agent/pick-a-surface.md; blast radius: CONSUMER_MAP.md.

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Copy this

html
<div class="auto-grid" style="--grid-min: 9rem">
  <div class="hm-demo-box">A</div>
  <div class="hm-demo-box">B</div>
  <div class="hm-demo-box">C</div>
  <div class="hm-demo-box">D</div>
  <div class="hm-demo-box">E</div>
</div>

Server exchange

This Hyperpart has no server exchange — it is presentation or client chrome only. htmx does not issue a request on this part's behalf. If you put an affordance (hx-*) on a control that uses this markup, that action's exchange belongs to the action, not this part. See Swap contract for host-owned envelopes.

Swap contract

Agent-visible HTMX topology (ADR-0054 / decision 0012). exchange envelope = what the response may re-emit relative to the persistent slot (body_only | outer | none | host_owned | document). dual-lock validates part markup only — not this envelope. Stem: stems/morph-safe-hypermedia.md; decision: docs/decisions/0012-swap-identity-contract.md.

No host HTMX exchange on this part — presentation or client chrome only. exchange envelope: n/a.

If a host wraps this markup in hx-*, that host owns the swap contract (sole identity + envelope). Prefer innerMorph / outerMorph for stable slots; replacement for flash; body-only responses under inner swaps.

Envelope response examples

This part has no owned exchange (envelope n/a). If a host adds hx-*, that host’s envelope applies — typically body_only:

html
<!-- Host wraps this presentation part with hx-* (host owns envelope) -->
<!-- Prefer: hx-swap="innerMorph" hx-target="#panel-body" -->
<!-- Server returns body_only interior for #panel-body -->
<div class="dz-stack">content…</div>

Do not re-own the slot:

html
<!-- WRONG: server returns the presentation root with a new id every poll -->
<div id="auto-grid-root" data-dz-region>…</div>

How to use it

No extended guidance authored yet — start from Copy this and the dependency chips (Primitive = markup only; controller = load listed JS; Endpoint = implement Server exchange).

Seams

  • copy the partial under Copy this; keep root class and data-* modifiers so the CSS/JS bundle matches
  • no Server exchange on this part — pure presentation or client chrome
  • satisfy the DOM contract tables (CI stop-ship)

DOM contract

What the emitted HTML must satisfy — the table is the required surface; Python under contracts/ is the package-internal dual-lock CI runs (tests/test_contracts.py), not an app route. Standalone HTMX4: implement the API so responses match this markup. Dazzle: the agent emits SSR that already satisfies it. Do not invent attrs outside these tables. For request/response wiring see Server exchange.

contracts/auto_grid.py

Required in the DOM: root .auto-grid (part auto_grid). Emit only these attributes — inventing extras is fine only if controllers ignore them; omitting required ones fails CI (tests/test_contracts.py).

NodeAttrConstraint
.auto-grid——

Module source

Import path is monorepo/package-local (from contracts._kit import …). Source-token form often uses data-*; gallery demos above are unprefixed. Do not copy this into app routes.

python
"""HYPERPART: auto_grid — responsive equal-column card grid (no breakpoints).

Dual-lock unit is the auto-grid root. Children, ``--dz-grid-min``, and
``data-dz-gap`` are host-owned. Class ``.dz-auto-grid`` is the stable
substrate root (gallery partial; no FragmentRenderer emit yet).
"""

from contracts._kit import DomContract, Node

DOM_CONTRACT = DomContract(
    part="auto_grid",
    root=".dz-auto-grid",
    nodes=(Node(".dz-auto-grid", attrs={}),),
)

__all__ = ["DOM_CONTRACT"]

Notes

grid-template-columns: repeat(auto-fit, minmax(min(var(--grid-min, 14rem), 100%), 1fr)) — the inner min() stops overflow when the container is narrower than the minimum (the classic auto-fit footgun). --grid-min is a PUBLIC knob; gap rides data-gap as on stack. Dual-lock root .auto-grid (HMC-136).

Source files

Canonical registration in the registry. No dedicated controller — CSS for this part lives in the layered bundle.

site/registry.py · contracts/auto_grid.py