Introduction to span in CSS
One of the interesting features of CSS used in web page design is the column-span property. By using this feature, you can make an element span multiple columns within a table or a page. This is especially useful when you want to display specific content that requires more than one column.
Imagine you are creating an online newsletter with several columns for displaying text and images. You might want a large image or a heading that needs to grab attention by spanning all columns, in which case the column-span property comes into play.
By using this feature, you can achieve greater control over the design and layout of your page. Even though currently this feature is not fully supported across all browsers, you can use it in specific designs or experimental cases.
To utilize column-span, you need to connect the target element to this property and specify its value. Be aware that this feature may require the use of some other CSS properties to obtain the best results.
Example code for column-span
<div style="column-count: 3; column-gap: 20px;">
<div style="column-span: all;">This is some text that will be displayed across all columns.</div>
<div>Column one</div>
<div>Column two</div>
<div>Column three</div>
</div>
Code Explanation
column-count: 3; - This line specifies how many columns should be present in this section of the text. Here, 3 columns are defined.
column-gap: 20px; - This adjusts the space between the columns. In this case, the gap is set to 20 pixels.
column-span: all; - This property allows the first element to stretch across all the columns.
<div>Column one</div> – This is a regular DIV that displays the text "Column one".
<div>Column two</div> – This is another DIV that shows the text "Column two".
<div>Column three</div> – Similarly, this is for Column three as well.