diff --git a/editor/src/components/canvas/canvas-strategies/strategies/grid-helpers.spec.browser2.tsx b/editor/src/components/canvas/canvas-strategies/strategies/grid-helpers.spec.browser2.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9712f1d1fb76
--- /dev/null
+++ b/editor/src/components/canvas/canvas-strategies/strategies/grid-helpers.spec.browser2.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,261 @@
+import { matchInlineSnapshotBrowser } from '../../../../../test/karma-snapshots'
+import { runDOMWalker } from '../../../editor/actions/action-creators'
+import { makeTestProjectCodeWithSnippet, renderTestEditorWithCode } from '../../ui-jsx.test-utils'
+import { getGlobalFramesOfGridCellsFromMetadata } from './grid-helpers'
+
+describe('Grids', () => {
+  it('can calculate global frames of grid cells', async () => {
+    const editor = await renderTestEditorWithCode(
+      makeTestProjectCodeWithSnippet(`<div
+      style={{
+        backgroundColor: '#fff',
+        position: 'absolute',
+        left: 127,
+        top: 84,
+        width: 519,
+        height: 443,
+        display: 'grid',
+        gridTemplateColumns: '150px min-content 1fr 1fr',
+        gridTemplateRows: 'min-content 1fr 1fr 1fr 1fr',
+        gridGap: 10,
+        padding: 10,
+      }}
+      data-uid={'grid'}
+    >
+      <div
+        style={{
+          backgroundColor: '#09f',
+          width: '100%',
+          height: '100%',
+          gridColumn: 1,
+          gridRow: 1,
+          borderRadius: 10,
+        }}
+        data-uid={'child'}
+      />
+      <div
+        style={{
+          backgroundColor: '#9f0',
+          width: 80,
+          height: 50,
+          gridColumn: 2,
+          gridRow: 1,
+          borderTopLeftRadius: 10,
+          borderTopRightRadius: 10,
+          borderBottomRightRadius: 10,
+          borderBottomLeftRadius: 10,
+        }}
+      />
+      <div
+        style={{
+          backgroundColor: '#f09',
+          width: '100%',
+          height: '100%',
+          gridColumn: 1,
+          gridRowStart: 2,
+          gridRowEnd: 6,
+          borderTopLeftRadius: 10,
+          borderTopRightRadius: 10,
+          borderBottomRightRadius: 10,
+          borderBottomLeftRadius: 10,
+        }}
+      />
+      <div
+        style={{
+          backgroundColor: '#f90',
+          width: '100%',
+          height: '100%',
+          gridColumn: 2,
+          gridRow: 3,
+          borderRadius: 10,
+        }}
+      />
+      <div
+        style={{
+          backgroundColor: '#f90',
+          width: '100%',
+          height: '100%',
+          gridColumn: 2,
+          gridRow: 3,
+          borderRadius: 10,
+        }}
+      />
+      <div
+        style={{
+          backgroundColor: '#90f',
+          width: '100%',
+          height: '100%',
+          gridColumn: 2,
+          gridRow: 4,
+          borderRadius: 10,
+        }}
+      />
+      <div
+        style={{
+          backgroundColor: '#0f9',
+          width: 39,
+          height: 39,
+          alignSelf: 'center',
+          justifySelf: 'center',
+          gridColumn: 2,
+          gridRow: 5,
+          borderRadius: 10,
+        }}
+      />
+    </div>`),
+      'await-first-dom-report',
+    )
+
+    await editor.dispatch([runDOMWalker()], true)
+
+    // non-grids don't have cell measurements:
+    expect(
+      getGlobalFramesOfGridCellsFromMetadata(
+        editor.getEditorState().editor.jsxMetadata[
+          'utopia-storyboard-uid/scene-aaa/app-entity:grid/child'
+        ],
+      ),
+    ).toBeNull()
+
+    // grids have cell measurements:
+    matchInlineSnapshotBrowser(
+      getGlobalFramesOfGridCellsFromMetadata(
+        editor.getEditorState().editor.jsxMetadata[
+          'utopia-storyboard-uid/scene-aaa/app-entity:grid'
+        ],
+      ),
+      `Array [
+  Array [
+    Object {
+      \"height\": 50,
+      \"width\": 150,
+      \"x\": 10,
+      \"y\": 10,
+    },
+    Object {
+      \"height\": 50,
+      \"width\": 80,
+      \"x\": 170,
+      \"y\": 10,
+    },
+    Object {
+      \"height\": 50,
+      \"width\": 119.5,
+      \"x\": 260,
+      \"y\": 10,
+    },
+    Object {
+      \"height\": 50,
+      \"width\": 119.5,
+      \"x\": 389.5,
+      \"y\": 10,
+    },
+  ],
+  Array [
+    Object {
+      \"height\": 83.25,
+      \"width\": 150,
+      \"x\": 10,
+      \"y\": 70,
+    },
+    Object {
+      \"height\": 83.25,
+      \"width\": 80,
+      \"x\": 170,
+      \"y\": 70,
+    },
+    Object {
+      \"height\": 83.25,
+      \"width\": 119.5,
+      \"x\": 260,
+      \"y\": 70,
+    },
+    Object {
+      \"height\": 83.25,
+      \"width\": 119.5,
+      \"x\": 389.5,
+      \"y\": 70,
+    },
+  ],
+  Array [
+    Object {
+      \"height\": 83.25,
+      \"width\": 150,
+      \"x\": 10,
+      \"y\": 163.25,
+    },
+    Object {
+      \"height\": 83.25,
+      \"width\": 80,
+      \"x\": 170,
+      \"y\": 163.25,
+    },
+    Object {
+      \"height\": 83.25,
+      \"width\": 119.5,
+      \"x\": 260,
+      \"y\": 163.25,
+    },
+    Object {
+      \"height\": 83.25,
+      \"width\": 119.5,
+      \"x\": 389.5,
+      \"y\": 163.25,
+    },
+  ],
+  Array [
+    Object {
+      \"height\": 83.25,
+      \"width\": 150,
+      \"x\": 10,
+      \"y\": 256.5,
+    },
+    Object {
+      \"height\": 83.25,
+      \"width\": 80,
+      \"x\": 170,
+      \"y\": 256.5,
+    },
+    Object {
+      \"height\": 83.25,
+      \"width\": 119.5,
+      \"x\": 260,
+      \"y\": 256.5,
+    },
+    Object {
+      \"height\": 83.25,
+      \"width\": 119.5,
+      \"x\": 389.5,
+      \"y\": 256.5,
+    },
+  ],
+  Array [
+    Object {
+      \"height\": 83.25,
+      \"width\": 150,
+      \"x\": 10,
+      \"y\": 349.75,
+    },
+    Object {
+      \"height\": 83.25,
+      \"width\": 80,
+      \"x\": 170,
+      \"y\": 349.75,
+    },
+    Object {
+      \"height\": 83.25,
+      \"width\": 119.5,
+      \"x\": 260,
+      \"y\": 349.75,
+    },
+    Object {
+      \"height\": 83.25,
+      \"width\": 119.5,
+      \"x\": 389.5,
+      \"y\": 349.75,
+    },
+  ],
+]`,
+    )
+  })
+})
diff --git a/editor/src/components/canvas/canvas-strategies/strategies/grid-helpers.ts b/editor/src/components/canvas/canvas-strategies/strategies/grid-helpers.ts
index 437329d52b4b..caff66fee4bd 100644
--- a/editor/src/components/canvas/canvas-strategies/strategies/grid-helpers.ts
+++ b/editor/src/components/canvas/canvas-strategies/strategies/grid-helpers.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import * as EP from '../../../../core/shared/element-path'
 import type {
   ElementInstanceMetadataMap,
   GridPositionValue,
+  GridTemplate,
 } from '../../../../core/shared/element-template'
 import {
   gridPositionValue,
@@ -12,9 +13,14 @@ import {
   type GridElementProperties,
   type GridPosition,
 } from '../../../../core/shared/element-template'
-import type { CanvasVector, WindowRectangle } from '../../../../core/shared/math-utils'
+import type {
+  CanvasRectangle,
+  CanvasVector,
+  WindowRectangle,
+} from '../../../../core/shared/math-utils'
 import {
   canvasPoint,
+  canvasRectangle,
   isInfinityRectangle,
   offsetPoint,
   scaleVector,
@@ -40,6 +46,7 @@ import {
   getGridCellUnderMouseRecursive,
   gridCellCoordinates,
 } from './grid-cell-bounds'
+import type { Sides } from 'utopia-api/core'
 
 export function runGridRearrangeMove(
   targetElement: ElementPath,
@@ -604,3 +611,62 @@ function getGridPositionIndex(props: {
 }): number {
   return (props.row - 1) * props.gridTemplateColumns + props.column - 1
 }
+
+export function getGlobalFramesOfGridCellsFromMetadata(
+  metadata: ElementInstanceMetadata,
+): Array<Array<CanvasRectangle>> | null {
+  return getGlobalFramesOfGridCells(metadata.specialSizeMeasurements)
+}
+
+export function getGlobalFramesOfGridCells({
+  containerGridProperties,
+  rowGap,
+  columnGap,
+  padding,
+}: {
+  containerGridProperties: GridContainerProperties
+  rowGap: number | null
+  columnGap: number | null
+  padding: Sides
+}): Array<Array<CanvasRectangle>> | null {
+  const columnWidths = gridTemplateToNumbers(containerGridProperties.gridTemplateColumns)
+
+  const rowHeights = gridTemplateToNumbers(containerGridProperties.gridTemplateRows)
+
+  if (columnWidths == null || rowHeights == null) {
+    return null
+  }
+
+  const cellRects: Array<Array<CanvasRectangle>> = []
+  let yOffset = padding.top ?? 0
+  rowHeights.forEach((height) => {
+    let xOffset = padding.left ?? 0
+    const rowRects: CanvasRectangle[] = []
+    columnWidths.forEach((width) => {
+      const rect = canvasRectangle({ x: xOffset, y: yOffset, width: width, height: height })
+      rowRects.push(rect)
+      xOffset += width + (columnGap ?? 0)
+    })
+    cellRects.push(rowRects)
+    yOffset += height + (rowGap ?? 0)
+  })
+
+  return cellRects
+}
+
+function gridTemplateToNumbers(gridTemplate: GridTemplate | null): Array<number> | null {
+  if (gridTemplate?.type !== 'DIMENSIONS') {
+    return null
+  }
+
+  const result: Array<number> = []
+
+  for (const dimension of gridTemplate.dimensions) {
+    if (dimension.type !== 'NUMBER') {
+      return null
+    }
+    result.push(dimension.value.value)
+  }
+
+  return result
+}