<!DOCTYPE html> <link rel="help" href="https://drafts.csswg.org/css2/visudet.html#abs-non-replaced-width" /> <link rel="match" href="vlr-in-multicols-ref.html"> <meta name="assert" content="This test checks the static position of an out of flow absolute positioned element, under various conditions." /> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/fonts/ahem.css" /> <style> body { writing-mode: vertical-lr; } .container { position: relative; background: green; font: 20px/1 Ahem; inline-size: 80px; block-size: 120px; color: green; } .multicol { column-count: 2; column-fill: auto; column-gap: 0; block-size: 60px; inline-size: 160px; } .red { color: red; } .cb { position: relative; } .rtl { direction: rtl; } .ltr { direction: ltr; } .inline { display: inline; } .abs { position: absolute; } .inset-start { inset-block-start: 0; inset-inline-start: 0; } .inset-end { inset-block-end: 0; inset-inline-end: 0; } </style> There should be no red. <div class="multicol"> <div class="container rtl"> <span class="red">XX</span><span class="ltr">XX <div class="abs inline inset-end">XX</div> XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XX<span class="red">XX</span> <div class="abs inline inset-start">XX</div> </span> </div> </div> <div class="multicol"> <div class="container rtl"> <span class="red">XX</span><span class="ltr">XX <div class="abs block inset-end">XX</div> XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX <div class="abs block inset-start">XX</div> <br>XX<span class="red">XX</span> </span> </div> </div> <div class="multicol"> <div class="container rtl"> <span class="red">XX</span><span class="ltr cb">XX <div class="abs inline inset-end">XX</div> XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX <div class="abs inline inset-start">XX</div> XX<span class="red">XX</span> </span> </div> </div> <div class="multicol"> <div class="container rtl"> X<span class="ltr cb"><span class="red">XX</span> <div class="abs block inset-end">XX</div> XXXX XXXX XXXX XX <div class="abs block inset-start">XX</div> <br><span class="red">XX</span> </span> </div> </div> <div class="multicol"> <div class="container rtl"> <span class="cb"><span class="red">XX</span><span class="ltr">X <div class="abs inline inset-end">XX</div> XXXX XXXX XXXX XX <div class="abs inline inset-start">XX</div> X<span class="red">XX</span> </span></span> </div> </div> <div class="multicol"> <div class="container rtl"> <span class="cb"><span class="red">XX</span><span class="ltr">X <div class="abs block inset-end">XX</div> XXXX XXXX XXXX XX <div class="abs block inset-start">XX</div> <br>X<span class="red">XX</span> </span></span> </div> </div>