Web/CSS/grid-column

The grid-column CSS shorthand property specifies a grid item's size and location within a grid column by contributing a line, a span, or nothing (automatic) to its grid placement, thereby specifying the inline-start and inline-end edge of its grid area.

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Constituent properties

This property is a shorthand for the following CSS properties:

Syntax

This property is specified as one or two <grid-line> values.

If two <grid-line> values are given they are separated by "/". The grid-column-start longhand is set to the value before the slash, and the grid-column-end longhand is set to the value after the slash.

Each <grid-line> value can be specified as:

either the auto keyword
or a <custom-ident> value
or an <integer> value
or both <custom-ident> and <integer>, separated by a space
or the keyword span together with either a <custom-ident> or an <integer> or both.

Values

auto

Is a keyword indicating that the property contributes nothing to the grid item’s placement, indicating auto-placement, an automatic span, or a default span of 1.

<custom-ident>

If there is a named line with the name '<custom-ident>-start'/'<custom-ident>-end', it contributes the first such line to the grid item’s placement.

Note: Named grid areas automatically generate implicit named lines of this form, so specifying grid-column: foo; will choose the start/end edge of that named grid area (unless another line named foo-start/foo-end was explicitly specified before it).

Otherwise, this is treated as if the integer 1 had been specified along with the <custom-ident>.

<integer> && <custom-ident>?

Contributes the nth grid line to the grid item’s placement. If a negative integer is given, it instead counts in reverse, starting from the end edge of the explicit grid.

If a name is given as a <custom-ident>, only lines with that name are counted. If not enough lines with that name exist, all implicit grid lines are assumed to have that name for the purpose of finding this position.

An <integer> value of 0 is invalid.

span && [ <integer> || <custom-ident> ]

Contributes a grid span to the grid item’s placement such that the corresponding edge of the grid item’s grid area is n lines from the opposite edge.

If a name is given as a <custom-ident>, only lines with that name are counted. If not enough lines with that name exist, all implicit grid lines on the side of the explicit grid corresponding to the search direction are assumed to have that name for the purpose of counting this span.

If the <integer> is omitted, it defaults to 1. Negative integers or 0 are invalid.

Formal definition

Initial value	as each of the properties of the shorthand: `grid-column-start`: `auto` `grid-column-end`: `auto`
Applies to	grid items and absolutely-positioned boxes whose containing block is a grid container
Inherited	no
Computed value	as each of the properties of the shorthand: `grid-column-start`: as specified `grid-column-end`: as specified
Animation type	discrete

Formal syntax

<grid-line> [ / <grid-line> ]?where <grid-line> = auto | <custom-ident> | [ <integer> && <custom-ident>? ] | [ span && [ <integer> || <custom-ident> ] ]

Examples

Setting grid column size and location

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

Specifications

Specification	Status	Comment
CSS Grid LayoutThe definition of 'grid-column' in that specification.	Candidate Recommendation	Initial definition

Browser compatibility

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	Desktop						Mobile
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Internet Explorer	Opera	Safari	Android webview	Chrome for Android	Firefox for Android	Opera for Android	Safari on iOS	Samsung Internet
`grid-column`	Chrome Full support 57 Full support 57 Full support 29 Disabled' Disabled' From version 29: this feature is behind the `Enable experimental Web Platform features` preference. To change preferences in Chrome, visit chrome://flags.	Edge Full support 16	Firefox Full support 52 Full support 52 No support 40 — 59 Disabled' Disabled' From version 40 until version 59 (exclusive): this feature is behind the `layout.css.grid.enabled` preference (needs to be set to `true`). To change preferences in Firefox, visit about:config.	IE No support No	Opera Full support 44 Full support 44 Full support 28 Disabled' Disabled' From version 28: this feature is behind the `Enable experimental Web Platform features` preference.	Safari Full support 10.1	WebView Android Full support 57	Chrome Android Full support 57 Full support 57 Full support 29 Disabled' Disabled' From version 29: this feature is behind the `Enable experimental Web Platform features` preference. To change preferences in Chrome, visit chrome://flags.	Firefox Android Full support 52 Full support 52 No support 40 — 59 Disabled' Disabled' From version 40 until version 59 (exclusive): this feature is behind the `layout.css.grid.enabled` preference (needs to be set to `true`). To change preferences in Firefox, visit about:config.	Opera Android Full support 43 Full support 43 Full support 28 Disabled' Disabled' From version 28: this feature is behind the `Enable experimental Web Platform features` preference.	Safari iOS Full support 10.3	Samsung Internet Android Full support 6.0

Legend

Full support: Full support
No support: No support
User must explicitly enable this feature.': User must explicitly enable this feature.