CSS column-span Property

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CSS column-span Property

CSS column-span property specifies how many columns an element should span across.

Example

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<!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="en-US"> <head> <style> div{ border: 1px solid #267326; padding: 10px; margin-bottom: 25px; column-count: 2; -webkit-column-count: 2; /* Chrome, Safari, Opera */ -moz-column-count: 2; /* Firefox */ } #point h2{ -webkit-column-span: all; column-span: all; text-align: center; } #point1 h2{ -webkit-column-span: none; column-span: none; text-align: center; } </style> </head> <body> <h1>CSS column-span Property</h1> <h2>column-span: all;</h2> <div id="point"> <h2>About J. K. Rowling</h2> Joanne Rowling was born on 31st July 1965 ... </div> <h2>column-span: none;</h2> <div id="point1"> <h2>About J. K. Rowling</h2> Joanne Rowling was born on 31st July 1965 ... </div> </body> </html>

Syntax

Using CSS

element{ column-span: all; }

Using Javascript

object.style.columnSpan="all";

Animatable

No, column-span property is not animatable. CSS Animatable Properties Reference.

Default Value

Default value for CSS column-span property is none.

Property Value

The following table provides a list of values for CSS column-span property.

ValueExplanation
noneSpecifies that the element should span across one column.
allSpecifies that the element should span across all columns.

Using JavaScript

In the following example, we will demonstrate how to change the CSS column-span property of an element using JavaScript.

Example

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<!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="en-US"> <head> <style> div{ border: 1px solid #267326; padding: 10px; margin-bottom: 25px; column-count: 2; -webkit-column-count: 2; /* Chrome, Safari, Opera */ -moz-column-count: 2; /* Firefox */ } h2{ -webkit-column-span: none; column-span: none; text-align: center; } </style> </head> <body> <h1>CSS column-span Property</h1> <div> <h2>About J. K. Rowling</h2> Joanne Rowling was born on 31st July 1965 ... </div> <button onclick="myFunction()">Click Me</button> <script> var x = document.getElementsByTagName("h2")[0]; function myFunction(){ x.style.columnSpan = "all"; x.style.WebkitColumnSpan = "all"; x.style.MozColumnSpan = "all"; } </script> </body> </html>

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