How to center an image between two columns in CSS?

Question

I have this html:

<div>
    <img class="image">
    <p class="text"></p>
</div>

I want my text to be dinamically divided into two columns, so I'm using the column-count property:

p.text
{
    -webkit-column-count: 2;
    -moz-column-count: 2;
    column-count: 2;
}

I also want to center the image between the two columns, in width and height, so that I obtain this effect:

How would you accomplish the task?
Is it possible to get the job done with css only?
If not, is there a way to do it with javascript, keeping the column-count property?

Answer 1

There is no simply way to do this. However, you can "fake" the wrapping effect by using pseudo-elements.

* {
  margin: 0px;
  padding: 0px;
}

.text {
  width: 49%;
}

#text-l {
  float: left;
}

#text-r {
  float: right;
}

#text-l:before, #text-r:before {
  content: ""; 
  width: 125px; 
  height: 250px;
}

#text-l:before {
  float: right;
}

#text-r:before {
  float: left;
}

.image {
  height: 250px;
  width: 250px;
  position: absolute;
  left: 50%;
  margin-left: -125px;
  background-color: yellow;
}

<div>
    <img class="image" src="http://www.google.com/images/branding/googlelogo/2x/googlelogo_color_272x92dp.png">
    <p class="text" id="text-l">
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    </p>
    <p class="text" id="text-r">
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    </p>
</div>