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Firefox | Safari | Chrome | Opera |
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| column-width column-count |
Template:Yes | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | Template:Yes |
| columns | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | Template:Yes |
| break-before break-after break-inside |
Template:Yes | Template:Maybe | Template:Yes | Template:Maybe | Template:Maybe |
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The div col (short for division columns) formats a list into columns that wrap at multiple screen resolutions responsively. It automatically breaks the available screen space into equal parts, meaning, for instance, that it is not necessary to guess how many columns to use and then figure out the dividing point(s), e.g., the halfway point to divide the list into two columns, or the one-third and two-thirds points to divide the list into three columns.
Usage
Basic usage
{{div col}}<!-- default width is 30em -->
* a
* b
* c
* d
* e
* f
* g
* h
{{div col end}}
Produces:
- a
- b
- c
- d
- e
- f
- g
- h
Parameters
There are six parameters for this template:
|colwidth=- Specifies the minimum width of the columns so that the number of columns is automatically based on screen width (that is, more columns will be shown on wider displays). If no value is supplied, the template uses a default of 30em. The width can be specified in any CSS unit of measure, for instance, the em (about the width of the capital "M" of the displayed typeface), e.g.,
colwidth=20em. |rules=yes- Adds vertical lines ("rules") between the columns if set to
yes. |gap=- Specifies the space between the content of adjacent columns, in any valid CSS width unit, e.g.,
gap=2em. The default spacing (set by browser) is 1em. |class=- An HTML class, or multiple space-delimited classes, to apply to the columns. For example,
class=plainlist nowrap. |style=- CSS styling to apply to the columns.
|small=yes- Sets font size to 90%.
|content=- Content to apply to the columns. This parameter is effectively equivalent to {{columns-list}}, which is a pass-through for this template.
Examples
Colwidth
{{div col|colwidth=10em}} <!-- column width of 10em -->
* a
* b
* c
* d
* e
* f
* g
* h
{{div col end}}
Produces:
- a
- b
- c
- d
- e
- f
- g
- h
Rules
{{div col|colwidth=10em|rules=yes}} <!-- column width of 10em with rules -->
* a
* b
* c
* d
* e
* f
* g
* h
{{div col end}}
Produces:
- a
- b
- c
- d
- e
- f
- g
- h
Gap
{{div col|colwidth=10em|rules=yes|gap=2em}} <!-- column width of 10em with rules and a gap of 2em -->
* a
* b
* c
* d
* e
* f
* g
* h
{{div col end}}
Produces:
- a
- b
- c
- d
- e
- f
- g
- h
Small
{{div col|small=yes}} <!-- Small = yes -->
* a
* b
* c
* d
* e
* f
* g
* h
{{div col end}}
Produces:
- a
- b
- c
- d
- e
- f
- g
- h
Content
{{div col|colwidth=10em|content= <!-- content parameter doesn't need {{div col end}} -->
* a
* b
* c
* d
* e
* f
* g
* h
}}
Produces:
- a
- b
- c
- d
- e
- f
- g
- h
Multiple parameters
{{div col|colwidth=10em|rules=yes|gap=2em|small=yes}}
* a
* b
* c
* d
* e
* f
* g
* h
{{div col end}}
Produces:
- a
- b
- c
- d
- e
- f
- g
- h
Text characters without list markup
{{div col|colwidth=10em}} <!--Text characters without list markup -->
a
b
c
d
e
f
g
h
{{div col end}}
Produces
a b c d e f g h
Lorem ipsum
{{div col}} <!--Lorem ipsum -->
{{lorem ipsum}}
{{div col end}}
Produces
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.
Limitation
Sub-lists
The underlying CSS system is unable to break sub-lists into columns. Note the uneven formatting below:
{{div col|colwidth=10em|rules=yes|gap=2em|style=column-count:3|content=
* a
* b
* c
** c.d
** c.e
** c.f
* g
* h
}}
Produces:
- a
- b
- c
- c.d
- c.e
- c.f
- g
- h
Turning off the break-inside: avoid-column; rule appears to help.
Tracking categories
- Category:Pages using div col with unknown parameters (0) (for erroneous use of parameter names not documented here)
- Category:Pages using div col with small parameter (3)
TemplateData
<templatedata> { "description": "Breaks a list into columns. It automatically breaks each column to an equal space, so you do not manually have to find the half way point on two columns. The list is provided by
Redirects
See also
Template:Column-generating template families