Javascript DOM CSS Style columnFill Property

Introduction

Specify how to fill columns:

document.getElementById("myDIV").style.columnFill = "balance";

Click the button to set the column-fill property of the DIV element to "balance":

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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
#myDIV {/*from   ww  w  . ja v a2 s  . co m*/
  column-count: 3;
  height: 100px;
  column-fill: auto;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>

<h1>Change column-fill with JavaScript</h1>
<button onclick="myFunction()">Test</button>

<div id="myDIV">
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</div>

<script>
function myFunction() {
  document.getElementById("myDIV").style.columnFill = "balance";
}
</script>

</body>
</html>

The columnFill property specifies how to fill columns, balanced or not.

Property Values

Value	Description
balance	`Default`. Columns are balanced. Browsers should minimize the variation in column length
auto	Columns are filled sequentially, and they will have different lengths
initial	Sets this property to its default value.
inherit	Inherits this property from its parent element.

The columnFill property returns a String representing the column-fill property of an element.

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