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id: 5a90372638fddaf9a66b5d38
title: Use grid-column to Control Spacing
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videoUrl: 'https://scrimba.com/p/pByETK/cnzkDSr'
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forumTopicId: 301136
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dashedName: use-grid-column-to-control-spacing
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---
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# --description--
Up to this point, all the properties that have been discussed are for grid containers. The `grid-column` property is the first one for use on the grid items themselves.
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The hypothetical horizontal and vertical lines that create the grid are referred to as < dfn > lines< / dfn > . These lines are numbered starting with 1 at the top left corner of the grid and move right for columns and down for rows, counting upward.
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This is what the lines look like for a 3x3 grid:
< div style = 'position:relative;margin:auto;background:Gainsboro;display:block;margin-top:100px;margin-bottom:50px;width:200px;height:200px;' > < p style = 'left:25%;top:-30%;font-size:130%;position:absolute;color:RoyalBlue;' > column lines< / p > < p style = 'left:0%;top:-15%;font-size:130%;position:absolute;color:RoyalBlue;' > 1< / p > < p style = 'left:30%;top:-15%;font-size:130%;position:absolute;color:RoyalBlue;' > 2< / p > < p style = 'left:63%;top:-15%;font-size:130%;position:absolute;color:RoyalBlue;' > 3< / p > < p style = 'left:95%;top:-15%;font-size:130%;position:absolute;color:RoyalBlue;' > 4< / p > < p style = 'left:-40%;top:45%;font-size:130%;transform:rotateZ(-90deg);position:absolute;' > row lines< / p > < p style = 'left:-10%;top:-10%;font-size:130%;position:absolute;' > 1< / p > < p style = 'left:-10%;top:21%;font-size:130%;position:absolute;' > 2< / p > < p style = 'left:-10%;top:53%;font-size:130%;position:absolute;' > 3< / p > < p style = 'left:-10%;top:85%;font-size:130%;position:absolute;' > 4< / p > < div style = 'left:0%;top:0%;width:5%;height:100%;background:RoyalBlue;position:absolute;' > < / div > < div style = 'left:31%;top:0%;width:5%;height:100%;background:RoyalBlue;position:absolute;' > < / div > < div style = 'left:63%;top:0%;width:5%;height:100%;background:RoyalBlue;position:absolute;' > < / div > < div style = 'left:95%;top:0%;width:5%;height:100%;background:RoyalBlue;position:absolute;' > < / div > < div style = 'left:0%;top:0%;width:100%;height:5%;background:black;position:absolute;' > < / div > < div style = 'left:0%;top:31%;width:100%;height:5%;background:black;position:absolute;' > < / div > < div style = 'left:0%;top:63%;width:100%;height:5%;background:black;position:absolute;' > < / div > < div style = 'left:0%;top:95%;width:100%;height:5%;background:black;position:absolute;' > < / div > < / div >
To control the amount of columns an item will consume, you can use the `grid-column` property in conjunction with the line numbers you want the item to start and stop at.
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Here's an example:
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```css
grid-column: 1 / 3;
```
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This will make the item start at the first vertical line of the grid on the left and span to the 3rd line of the grid, consuming two columns.
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# --instructions--
Make the item with the class `item5` consume the last two columns of the grid.
# --hints--
`item5` class should have a `grid-column` property.
```js
assert(
__helpers
.removeWhiteSpace($('style').text())
.match(/\.item5{.*grid-column:.*}/g)
);
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```
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`item5` class should have a `grid-column` property which results in it consuming the last two columns of the grid.
```js
const colStart = getComputedStyle($('.item5')[0]).gridColumnStart;
const colEnd = getComputedStyle($('.item5')[0]).gridColumnEnd;
const result = colStart.toString() + colEnd.toString();
const correctResults = [
'24',
'2-1',
'2span 2',
'2span2',
'span 2-1',
'-12',
'span 2span 2',
'span 2auto',
'autospan 2'
];
assert(correctResults.includes(result));
```
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# --seed--
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## --seed-contents--
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```html
< style >
.item1{background:LightSkyBlue;}
.item2{background:LightSalmon;}
.item3{background:PaleTurquoise;}
.item4{background:LightPink;}
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.item5 {
background: PaleGreen;
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/* Only change code below this line */
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/* Only change code above this line */
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}
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.container {
font-size: 40px;
min-height: 300px;
width: 100%;
background: LightGray;
display: grid;
grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr 1fr;
grid-template-rows: 1fr 1fr 1fr;
grid-gap: 10px;
}
< / style >
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< div class = "container" >
< div class = "item1" > 1< / div >
< div class = "item2" > 2< / div >
< div class = "item3" > 3< / div >
< div class = "item4" > 4< / div >
< div class = "item5" > 5< / div >
< / div >
```
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# --solutions--
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```html
< style >
.item1{background:LightSkyBlue;}
.item2{background:LightSalmon;}
.item3{background:PaleTurquoise;}
.item4{background:LightPink;}
.item5 {
background: PaleGreen;
grid-column: 2 / 4;
}
.container {
font-size: 40px;
min-height: 300px;
width: 100%;
background: LightGray;
display: grid;
grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr 1fr;
grid-template-rows: 1fr 1fr 1fr;
grid-gap: 10px;
}
< / style >
< div class = "container" >
< div class = "item1" > 1< / div >
< div class = "item2" > 2< / div >
< div class = "item3" > 3< / div >
< div class = "item4" > 4< / div >
< div class = "item5" > 5< / div >
< / div >
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```