Technical Notes on Grids in html and CSS

It seems that there are some limitations in grids that I missed. I am still not sure how to code around them.

The padding for the top level grid in the Concordance page seems to fail for Chrome and Iphone, but has no problem in the WS3 test area. There is occasional horizontal truncation of the letters within a grid break. Fortunately this is not a show stopper since it is relatively easy to hover and click the truncated link to see what you've missed.

The columns of a grid appear to have a maximum length. I ran into it in the Person subdomain of the Names domain. All the entries past the maximum were overprinted on the Chrome page. I had to update it manually since I produce the grid from a single SQL statement and it is inconvenient at the moment to encode this into a function, but I may if I have to process updates many times. It is curious that I have only 3 words in my domain of named signs! There must be more words related to signs hidden somewhere, probably under Covenant.

I have seven high-level domains:  Grammar 24.82 of all words%, Culture 20.28%, Creation 15.61%, Names 12.57%, Engagement 11.19%, Promise 10.13%, Trouble 5.39%. I have deliberately kept the subdomain names unique, so the domains are a simple set of handles without any functional requirement.

Grids in general seem to process faster than tables, but I could not avoid the blank line at the beginning of a multi-column nested set of grids. Maybe it's less complicated than I think and I could simplify my thought processes. It turns out that I can put a table into a multi column grid - much simpler for this post at least. And also for the glossary page itself. After some false starts, yes.

These are the subdomain name and count of distinct lemma forms (reduced glosses) by domain and subdomain (as measured 2020.12.26) ordered by count descending. It is easy to see that the Person category count is almost twice as high as as the preposition gloss count and location count. I might have solved this problem by subdividing the subdomain. At the beginning I was considering subdividing the Person Names by role, Father, Mother, Son, Daughter etc but I soon gave that up because it is multi-valued and I didn't want to have another table. I realized how quickly this project could be derailed if I failed to focus on the language in the text itself.

Names-Person	1688
Grammar-Prep	876
Names-Location	856
Culture-Measure	424
Grammar-Pronoun-Sa	397
Culture-Work	326
Culture-Covenant	274
Creation-Bodypart	263
Grammar-Modifier	261
Names-People	247
Promise-Protect	236
Creation-Time	221
Engagement-Walk	209
Culture-Eat	192
Trouble-Destroy	187
Culture-Rule	187
Promise-Joy	181
Grammar-Conj	177
Culture-Character	173
Promise-Flourish	172
Culture-City	171
Grammar-Particle	167
Trouble-Vexation	166
Creation-Animal	154
Creation-Planting	153
Creation-Water	144
Grammar-Exists	140
Trouble-Violence	133
Promise-Teaching	128
Culture-Defense	124
Grammar-Negative	124
Culture-Clothe	123
Engagement-Stand	118
Creation-Number	118
Trouble-Sin	114
Engagement-Appeal	113
Culture-Family	113
Promise-Judgment	109
Engagement-Speak	108
Promise-Harvest	101
Promise-Holy	99
Creation-Light	99
Engagement-Send	97
Trouble-Bound	94
Grammar-Question	91
Promise-Whole	88
Creation-Wild	86
Engagement-Look	83
Culture-Tool	79
Creation-Birth	77
Engagement-Meet	75
Culture-Office	75
Promise-Trust	73
Engagement-Approach	73
Culture-Plan	73
Engagement-Hurry	69
Promise-Strength	69
Culture-Economy	68
Promise-Rest	66
Creation-Wings	65
Creation-Human	63
Promise-Offer	63
Creation-Fire	60
Culture-Place	59
Culture-Music	58
Trouble-Grief	58
Promise-Praise	56
Engagement-Seek	55
Trouble-Fear	55
Trouble-Injury	53
Trouble-Wrath	52
Creation-Life	50
Creation-Distant	50
Trouble-Death	49
Promise-Pardon	49
Trouble-Hide	49
Culture-Quiet	49
Promise-Love	46
Promise-Cut	43
Trouble-Illness	43
Engagement-Receive	41
Culture-Container	41
Creation-Mineral	40
Names-God	39
Culture-Poor	35
Trouble-Rebel	33
Trouble-Enemy	33
Engagement-Way	32
Creation-Heaven	30
Trouble-Hate	30
Trouble-Trap	29
Culture-Group	29
Trouble-Empty	29
Trouble-Exile	29
Creation-Valley	27
Trouble-Decay	25
Trouble-Shame	22
Creation-Form	22
Names-River	16
Names-Month	11
Names-Mountain	9
Trouble-Foolish	9
Names-Feast	4
Engagement-Chance	4
Names-Sign	3
Names-Star	3
Names-Stick	2