HTML | DOM Style columnSpan Property

Last Updated : 28 Jun, 2022

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>

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        <div id="main">
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        <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">
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              programming.
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        <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>