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The DOM style columnspan property is used to specify how many columns an element should span across.

Syntax:

  • It return the columnSpan property:
object.style.columnSpan
  • It set the columnSpan property:
object.style.columnSpan = "1|all|initial|inherit"

Property Values:

  • 1: Default value of the element. Used to span element one column.
  • all: It is used to span element to all column.
  • initial: It is used to set its Default value.
  • inherit: It is used to set property from its parent.

Return value: This property returns a String, that represent the column-span property of an element. 

Example-1: Set columnSpan property to “all”. 

html




<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
 
<head>
    <title>
        HTML | DOM Style columnSpan Property
    </title>
    <style>
        #main {
            column-count: 3;
            /* Standard syntax */
        }
    </style>
</head>
 
<body>
    <center>
        <h1 style="color:green;">GeeksForGeeks</h1>
        <h3>DOM Style columnSpan Property </h3>
 
        <button onclick="geeks()">Click</button>
 
        <div id="main">
            <h2 id="h2tag">
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        </div>
 
        <script>
            function geeks() {
                // Code for old Chrome, Safari, Opera
                document.getElementById("h2tag").style.WebkitColumnSpan =
                                                                    "all";
 
                // For other standard browsers. 
                document.getElementById("h2tag").style.columnSpan = "all";
            }
        </script>
    </center>
</body>
 
</html>


Output: Before click on the Button:

  

After click on the Button:

  

Example-2: Set columnSpan property to “all”. 

html




<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
 
<head>
    <title>
        HTML | DOM Style columnSpan Property
    </title>
    <style>
        #main {
            column-count: 3;
            /* Standard syntax */
            border: 2px solid green;
        }
         
        #h2tag {
            background-color: orange;
            color: lime;
        }
    </style>
</head>
 
<body>
    <center>
        <h1 style="color:green;">GeeksForGeeks</h1>
        <h3>DOM Style columnSpan Property </h3>
 
        <button onclick="geeks()">Click</button>
        <br>
        <div id="main">
            <h2 id="h2tag">
              GeeksforGeeks is a good platform to learn
              programming.
            </h2>
          It is a good platform to learn programming.
          It is an educational website. Prepare for
          the Recruitment drive of product based
          companies like Microsoft, Amazon, Adobe
          etc with a free online placement preparation
          course. The course focuses on various MCQ's &
          Coding question likely to be asked in the
          interviews & make your upcoming placement
          season efficient and successful. Also, any
          geeks can help other geeks by writing articles
          on the GeeksforGeeks, publishing articles follow
          few steps that are Articles that need little
          modification/improvement from reviewers are
          published first. To quickly get your articles
          reviewed, please refer existing articles, their
          formatting style, coding style, and try to make
          you are close to them. In case you are a beginner,
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        </div>
 
        <script>
            function geeks() {
                // Code for old Chrome, Safari, Opera
                document.getElementById("h2tag").style.WebkitColumnSpan
                                            = "all";
 
                // For other standard browsers.
                document.getElementById("h2tag").style.columnSpan
                                               = "all";
            }
        </script>
    </center>
</body>
 
</html>


Output: Before click on the Button:

  

After click on the Button:

  

Supported Browser: The browser supported by HTML | DOM Style columnSpan Property are listed below:

  • Google Chrome 50.0 and above
  • Edge 12 and above
  • Internet Explorer 10.0 and above
  • Opera 11.1 and above
  • Firefox 71.0 and above
  • Safari 9.0


Last Updated : 28 Jun, 2022
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