Export new ColumnBreak class via more generic Break class

demo/67-column-break.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+// Section with 2 columns including a column break
+// Import from 'docx' rather than '../build' if you install from npm
+import * as fs from "fs";
+import { Document, Packer, Paragraph, ColumnBreak, TextRun } from "../build";
+
+const doc = new Document({
+    sections: [
+        {
+            properties: {
+                column: {
+                    space: 708,
+                    count: 2,
+                },
+            },
+            children: [
+                new Paragraph({ children: [
+                    new TextRun('This text will be in the first column.'),
+                    new ColumnBreak(),
+                    new TextRun('This text will be in the second column.'),
+                ] }),
+            ],
+        },
+    ],
+});
+
+Packer.toBuffer(doc).then((buffer) => {
+    fs.writeFileSync("My Document.docx", buffer);
+});

src/file/paragraph/formatting/break.spec.ts

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { expect } from "chai";
 
 import { Formatter } from "export/formatter";
 
-import { PageBreak, PageBreakBefore } from "./page-break";
+import { ColumnBreak, PageBreak, PageBreakBefore } from "./break";
 
 describe("PageBreak", () => {
     let pageBreak: PageBreak;
@@ -29,6 +29,31 @@ describe("PageBreak", () => {
     });
 });
 
+describe("ColumnBreak", () => {
+    let columnBreak: ColumnBreak;
+
+    beforeEach(() => {
+        columnBreak = new ColumnBreak();
+    });
+
+    describe("#constructor()", () => {
+        it("should create a Column Break with correct attributes", () => {
+            const tree = new Formatter().format(columnBreak);
+            expect(tree).to.deep.equal({
+                "w:r": [
+                    {
+                        "w:br": {
+                            _attr: {
+                                "w:type": "column",
+                            },
+                        },
+                    },
+                ],
+            });
+        });
+    });
+});
+
 describe("PageBreakBefore", () => {
     it("should create page break before", () => {
         const pageBreakBefore = new PageBreakBefore();

src/file/paragraph/formatting/break.ts

@@ -2,12 +2,18 @@
 import { Attributes, XmlComponent } from "file/xml-components";
 import { Run } from "../run";
 
+enum BreakType {
+    COLUMN = "column",
+    PAGE = "page",
+    // textWrapping breaks are the default and already exposed via the "Run" class
+}
+
 class Break extends XmlComponent {
-    constructor() {
+    constructor(type: BreakType) {
         super("w:br");
         this.root.push(
             new Attributes({
-                type: "page",
+                type,
             }),
         );
     }
@@ -16,7 +22,14 @@ class Break extends XmlComponent {
 export class PageBreak extends Run {
     constructor() {
         super({});
-        this.root.push(new Break());
+        this.root.push(new Break(BreakType.PAGE));
+    }
+}
+
+export class ColumnBreak extends Run {
+    constructor() {
+        super({});
+        this.root.push(new Break(BreakType.COLUMN));
     }
 }
 

src/file/paragraph/formatting/index.ts

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 export * from "./alignment";
 export * from "./border";
 export * from "./indent";
-export * from "./page-break";
+export * from "./break";
 export * from "./spacing";
 export * from "./style";
 export * from "./tab-stop";

src/file/paragraph/paragraph.ts

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import { IContext, IXmlableObject, XmlComponent } from "file/xml-components";
 
 import { TargetModeType } from "../relationships/relationship/relationship";
 import { DeletedTextRun, InsertedTextRun } from "../track-revision";
-import { PageBreak } from "./formatting/page-break";
+import { PageBreak, ColumnBreak } from "./formatting/break";
 import { Bookmark, ConcreteHyperlink, ExternalHyperlink, InternalHyperlink } from "./links";
 import { Math } from "./math";
 import { IParagraphPropertiesOptions, ParagraphProperties } from "./properties";
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ export type ParagraphChild =
     | SymbolRun
     | Bookmark
     | PageBreak
+    | ColumnBreak
     | SequentialIdentifier
     | FootnoteReferenceRun
     | InternalHyperlink

src/file/paragraph/properties.ts

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import { IShadingAttributesProperties, Shading } from "../shading";
 import { Alignment, AlignmentType } from "./formatting/alignment";
 import { Border, IBordersOptions, ThematicBreak } from "./formatting/border";
 import { IIndentAttributesProperties, Indent } from "./formatting/indent";
-import { PageBreakBefore } from "./formatting/page-break";
+import { PageBreakBefore } from "./formatting/break";
 import { ISpacingProperties, Spacing } from "./formatting/spacing";
 import { HeadingLevel, Style } from "./formatting/style";
 import { LeaderType, TabStop, TabStopPosition, TabStopType } from "./formatting/tab-stop";