CSS grid-column Property

Description

The grid-column property controls a grid item's placement in a grid area, particularly grid position and a grid span. Shorthand for setting grid-column-start and grid-column-end in a single declaration.

Initial value: See individual properties
Applies to: Grid Items
Inherited: No
Media: Visual
Computed value: See individual properties
Animatable: No
CSS Version: CSS3
JavaScript syntax: object.style.gridColumn

Syntax

grid-column: <grid-line> [ / <grid-line> ]?

Values

<grid-line> [ / <grid-line> ]

Example

HTML

<div id="grid">

  <div id="item1"></div>

  <div id="item2"></div>

  <div id="item3"></div>

</div>

CSS

#grid {
  display: grid;
  height: 100px;
  grid-template-columns: repeat(6, 1fr);
  grid-template-rows: 100px;
}
#item1 {
  background-color: lime;
}
#item2 {
  background-color: yellow;
  grid-column: 2 / 4;
}
#item3 {
  background-color: blue;
  grid-column: span 2 / 7;
}

Result