*** NOT FOR LANDING *** Text nodes should only inherit inheritable properties.

Source/core/layout/LayoutBlock.cpp

 /*
  * Copyright (C) 1999 Lars Knoll (knoll@kde.org)
  *           (C) 1999 Antti Koivisto (koivisto@kde.org)
  *           (C) 2007 David Smith (catfish.man@gmail.com)
  * Copyright (C) 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 Apple Inc. All rights reserved.
  * Copyright (C) Research In Motion Limited 2010. All rights reserved.
  *
  * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
  * modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
  * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
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 LayoutBlockFlow* LayoutBlock::columnsBlockForSpanningElement(LayoutObject* newChild)
 {
     // FIXME: This function is the gateway for the addition of column-span support.  It will
     // be added to in three stages:
     // (1) Immediate children of a multi-column block can span.
     // (2) Nested block-level children with only block-level ancestors between them and the multi-column block can span.
     // (3) Nested children with block or inline ancestors between them and the multi-column block can span (this is when we
     // cross the streams and have to cope with both types of continuations mixed together).
     // This function currently supports (1) and (2).
     LayoutBlockFlow* columnsBlockAncestor = 0;
-    if (!newChild->isText() && newChild->style()->columnSpan() && !newChild->isBeforeOrAfterContent()
+    if (newChild->style()->columnSpan() && !newChild->isBeforeOrAfterContent()
         && !newChild->isFloatingOrOutOfFlowPositioned() && !newChild->isInline() && !newChild->isTablePart()
         && !isAnonymousColumnSpanBlock()) {
         columnsBlockAncestor = containingColumnsBlock(false);
         if (columnsBlockAncestor) {
             // Make sure that none of the parent ancestors have a continuation.
             // If yes, we do not want split the block into continuations.
             LayoutObject* curr = this;
             while (curr && curr != columnsBlockAncestor) {
                 if (curr->isLayoutBlock() && toLayoutBlock(curr)->continuation()) {
                     columnsBlockAncestor = 0;
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 void LayoutBlock::showLineTreeAndMark(const InlineBox* markedBox1, const char* markedLabel1, const InlineBox* markedBox2, const char* markedLabel2, const LayoutObject* obj) const
 {
     showLayoutObject();
     for (const RootInlineBox* root = firstRootBox(); root; root = root->nextRootBox())
         root->showLineTreeAndMark(markedBox1, markedLabel1, markedBox2, markedLabel2, obj, 1);
 }
 
 #endif
 
 } // namespace blink