CSS - column-span Property

The CSS property column-span determines how many columns an element can span across.

Spanning element is an element that spans more than one column.

Possible values

The CSS property column-span takes one of the following values:

  • none: Element does not span multiple columns.

  • all: Element spans across all the columns.

Applies to

All the in-flow block-level elements.

Syntax

column-span = none | all

CSS column-span - all Value

In the following example the heading is set to span across all the columns of the article:

<html>
<head>
<style> 
   .multicol-col-rule {
      column-count: 3;
      column-gap: 50px;
      column-rule: 5px dashed red;
   }

   h1 {
      column-span: all;
      background-color: lightskyblue;
   }
</style>
</head>
<body>
   <p>As per the <strong>column-span</strong> property the element gets spanned across all the columns:</p>

   <div class="multicol-col-rule">
      <p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit, sed diam nonummy nibh euismod tincidunt ut laoreet dolore magna aliquam erat volutpat.</p>
      <h1>Heading spanning across all the columns</h1>
      <p>Ut wisi enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exerci tation ullamcorper suscipit lobortis nisl ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis autem vel eum iriure dolor in hendrerit in vulputate velit esse molestie consequat, vel illum dolore eu feugiat nulla facilisis at vero eros et accumsan et iusto odio dignissim qui blandit praesent luptatum zzril delenit augue duis dolore te feugait nulla facilisi. Nam liber tempor cum soluta nobis eleifend option congue nihil imperdiet doming id quod mazim placerat facer possim assum. Typi non habent claritatem insitam; est usus legentis in iis qui facit eorum claritatem. Investigationes demonstraverunt lectores legere me lius quod ii legunt saepius.</p>
   </div>
</body>
</html>
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