Fixed header in CSS Grid

Question

I've just begun fiddling with the CSS Grid and I'm curious as to how to create a fixed header. Should I create a two row grid where row one is the header and row two is another grid for the content? Or is there an easier way to approach this?

I've added height to the divs within the grid to enable scrolling.

Here is the HTML/CSS I've set up for testing:

html, body, div, span, applet, object, iframe,
    h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, p, blockquote, pre,
    a, abbr, acronym, address, big, cite, code,
    del, dfn, em, img, ins, kbd, q, s, samp,
    small, strike, strong, sub, sup, tt, var,
    b, u, i, center,
    dl, dt, dd, ol, ul, li,
    fieldset, form, label, legend,
    table, caption, tbody, tfoot, thead, tr, th, td,
    article, aside, canvas, details, embed,
    figure, figcaption, footer, header, hgroup,
    menu, nav, output, ruby, section, summary,
    time, mark, audio, video {
    	margin: 0;
    	padding: 0;
    	border: 0;
    	font-size: 100%;
    	font: inherit;
    	vertical-align: baseline;
    }
    /* HTML5 display-role reset for older browsers */
    article, aside, details, figcaption, figure,
    footer, header, hgroup, menu, nav, section {
    	display: block;
    }
    body {
    	line-height: 1;
    }
    ol, ul {
    	list-style: none;
    }
    blockquote, q {
    	quotes: none;
    }
    blockquote:before, blockquote:after,
    q:before, q:after {
    	content: '';
    	content: none;
    }
    table {
    	border-collapse: collapse;
    	border-spacing: 0;
    }
    
    /* DEFAULTS */

    body {
      color: white;
    }
    
    /* SETTING UP THE GRID LAYOUT */
    
    .wrapper {
      display: grid;
      grid-template-columns: repeat(12, [col-start] 1fr);
      grid-template-rows: 10vh 1fr;
    }
    
    .header {
      grid-column: col-start / span 12;
      background-color: black;
    }
    
    .jumbotron {
      grid-column: col-start / span 12;
      height: 30vh;
      background-color: yellow;
    }
    
    .content-one-left {
      grid-column: col-start / span 6;
      height: 30vh;
      background-color: red;
    }
    
    .content-one-right {
      grid-column: col-start 7 / span 6;
      height: 30vh;
      background-color: blue;
    }
    
    .content-two-left {
      grid-column: col-start / span 6;
      height: 30vh;
      background-color: blue;
    }
    
    .content-two-right {
      grid-column: col-start 7 / span 6;
      height: 30vh;
      background-color: red;
    }
    
    .footer {
      grid-column: col-start / span 12;
      height: 10vh;
      background-color: black;
    }

<div class="wrapper">

  <div class="header">
    <p> Header </p>
  </div>

  <div class="jumbotron">
    <p> Jumbotron </p>
  </div>

  <div class="content-one-left">
    <p> Content 1 Left </p>
  </div>

  <div class="content-one-right">
    <p> Content 1 Right </p>
  </div>

  <div class="content-two-left">
    <p> Content 2 Left </p>
  </div>

  <div class="content-two-right">
    <p> Content 2 Right </p>
  </div>

  <div class="footer">
    <p> Footer </p>
  </div>

</div>

Answer 1

In 2018, you can use position: sticky

header {
  position: sticky;
  top: 0;
}

Here is a JSFiddle demoing it.

Browser support - it works for the header element (tested in Chrome and Edge).