Flexbox & Grid

Grid Columns Start / End

Utilities for controlling how elements are sized and placed across grid columns.

Quick reference

Class	Description
col-span-{n}	grid-column: span {n} / span {n}
col-start-{n}	grid-column-start: {n}
col-end-{n}	grid-column-end: {n}

Available values
{n}: 1 through 13

Basic usage

Spanning columns

Use the col-span-{n} utilities to make an element span n columns.

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<div class="grid grid-cols-3 ...">
  <div class="...">01</div>
  <div class="...">02</div>
  <div class="...">03</div>
  <div class="col-span-2 ...">04</div>
  <div class="...">05</div>
  <div class="...">06</div>
  <div class="col-span-2 ...">07</div>
</div>

Starting and ending lines

Use the col-start-{n} and col-end-{n} utilities to make an element start or end at the nth grid line. These can also be combined with the col-span-{n} utilities to span a specific number of columns.

Note

CSS grid lines start at 1, not 0, so a full-width element in a 6-column grid would start at line 1 and end at line 7.

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<div class="grid grid-cols-6 ...">
  <div class="col-start-2 col-span-4 ...">01</div>
  <div class="col-start-1 col-end-3 ...">02</div>
  <div class="col-end-7 col-span-2 ...">03</div>
  <div class="col-start-1 col-end-7 ...">04</div>
</div>

Applying conditionally

Breakpoints and media queries

You can also use variant modifiers to target media queries like responsive breakpoints, dark mode, prefers-reduced-motion, and more. For example, use md:col-span-6 to apply the col-span-6 utility at only medium screen sizes and above.

<div class="col-span-2 md:col-span-6">
  <!-- ... -->
</div>