docs/styles/grid/column_span.md
The column-span style specifies how many columns a widget will span in a grid layout.
!!! note
This style only affects widgets that are direct children of a widget with `layout: grid`.
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The column-span style accepts a single non-negative <integer> that quantifies how many columns the given widget spans.
The example below shows a 4 by 4 grid where many placeholders span over several columns.
=== "Output"
```{.textual path="docs/examples/styles/column_span.py"}
```
=== "column_span.py"
```py
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```
=== "column_span.tcss"
```css hl_lines="2 5 8 11 14 20"
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```
column-span: 3;
widget.styles.column_span = 3
row-span to specify how many rows a widget spans.