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Cards and panels

Last reviewed May 28, 2026 Content v20260528
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HTML preview sandbox
Reading
~1 min
Level
beginner

This lesson

This lesson teaches Cards and panels—the ideas, syntax, and habits you need before moving on in Foundation.

Foundation skills help when you inherit marketing sites built on Zurb’s grid system.

You will apply Cards and panels in contexts like: Large marketing sites, email-adjacent layouts, and legacy responsive redesigns.

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Cards group related content: card wrapper, card-divider for headers, card-section for body and footer areas. Older Foundation sites also used panel—cards are the modern default for product tiles and blog summaries.

Layout tips

  • Equal-height rows: place cards in cell elements inside grid-x medium-up-3
  • Clickable cards: wrap with <a> and keep one clear heading inside
  • Depth: default border; add shadow via custom CSS or Foundation extensions if enabled in your build

Important interview questions and answers

  1. Q: card vs callout?
    A: Cards structure repeatable content tiles; callouts highlight a single message or alert band.
  2. Q: How do card grids stay even height?
    A: Flex rows with equal-width cells; cards stretch to cell height when inner sections use consistent padding.

Self-check

  1. Name the two section classes inside a card besides the outer card.
  2. Which grid class builds a three-column card row on large screens?

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