# Use display: contents to compose CSS layouts

Canonical source : [Use display: contents to compose CSS layouts](<https://sebastien.rigaux.be/en/tech-watch/links/use-display-contents-to-compose-css-layouts>)

Ahmad Shadeed explores cases where a container’s children need to participate in its parent’s layout. Examples explain how display: contents enables more flexible compositions.

- Selected on : 2024-09-13

- Entry updated : 2026-10-14T07:00:28+0000

- Format : Article

- Source language : EN

- Credit : Ahmad Shadeed

Original resource : [Use display: contents to compose CSS layouts](<https://ishadeed.com/article/display-contents/>)

Tags : [CSS](<https://sebastien.rigaux.be/en/tech-watch/tags/css>) · [UI/UX](<https://sebastien.rigaux.be/en/tech-watch/tags/ui-ux>)

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