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<title>multicolumn | column-count, stacking</title>
<link rel="author" title="Opera Software ASA" href="http://www.opera.com/"/>
<link rel="help" href="http://www.w3.org/TR/css3-multicol/#column-gaps-and-rules"/>
<link rel="match" href="multicol-rule-stacking-ref.xht"/>
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<meta name="assert" content="The test checks that the span element, which has a higher 'z-index' stacks on top of the other elements in the multicol container." />
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body {
	margin: 0;
}
body>div {
	font-family: Ahem;
	font-size: 1em;
	line-height: 1em;
	color: blue;
	background: red;
	margin: 1em;
	border: 1em solid gray;
	width: 14em;

	column-count: 4;
	column-gap: 1em;
	column-rule: 28em solid blue;
}
span {
	color: black;
	position: relative;
	z-index: 1;
}
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<div>
	xx xx
	xx xx
	<span>xx xx</span>
	xx xx
</div>

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