<!DOCTYPE html> <script> onload = function() { var elm = document.getElementById('elm'); document.body.offsetTop; // trigger layout elm.style.webkitColumnSpan = 'all'; } </script> <p>Test that a regular block can become a spanner.</p> <p>Below there should be a blue box, then a yellow box, then a blue box again.</p> <div style="-webkit-columns:2; -webkit-column-gap:0; line-height:2em; background:blue;"> <div id="elm" style="margin:4em 0; background:yellow;"><br><br></div> </div>