Is span used to span tracks or lines?

[alvinkatojr]

MDN URL

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/CSS_grid_layout/Grid_layout_using_line-based_placement

What specific section or headline is this issue about?

Using the span keyword

What information was incorrect, unhelpful, or incomplete?

This statement: "you can specify a start line and then the number of tracks you would like the area to span." states that the span keyword is used to mention the number of tracks that will be spanned.

Later in the section: "In the first we set the start row line, then the end line we explain that we want to span 3 lines. The area will start at line 1 and span 3 lines to line 4." which implies that span is used to refer the number of lines will be spanned.

Grid tracks and lines are two different concepts, so when we use span in what are we actually referring to: grids or tracks??

What did you expect to see?

Span as referenced here on MDN "contributes a grid span to the grid item's placement such that the corresponding edge of the grid item's grid area is n lines from the opposite edge." Therefore the section needs to correctly refer to lines and remove any mention of the word tracks which is wrong and confusing to users.

Do you have any supporting links, references, or citations?

[Span](Contributes a grid span to the grid item's placement such that the corresponding edge of the grid item's grid area is n lines from the opposite edge.)

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• Folder: en-us/web/css/css_grid_layout/grid_layout_using_line-based_placement
• MDN URL: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/CSS_grid_layout/Grid_layout_using_line-based_placement
• GitHub URL: https://github.com/mdn/content/blob/main/files/en-us/web/css/css_grid_layout/grid_layout_using_line-based_placement/index.md
• Last commit: f79a491
• Document last modified: 2023-05-29T08:39:15.000Z