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 | Columns are not supported by some older browsers, most notably Internet Explorer 9 and earlier and Opera 11.0 and earlier. See Template:Reflist § Browser support for columns for more information. |
| Property | Internet Explorer |
Firefox | Safari | Chrome | Opera |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| column-width column-count |
≥ 10 (2012) |
≥ 1.5 (2005) |
≥ 3 (2007) |
≥ 1 (2008) |
≥ 11.1 (2011) |
| columns | ≥ 10 (2012) |
≥ 9 (2011) |
≥ 3 (2007) |
≥ 1 (2008) |
≥ 11.1 (2011) |
| break-before break-after break-inside |
≥ 10 (2012) |
≥ 65 (2019) |
≥ 10 (2016) |
≥ 65 (2016) |
≥ 15 (2013) |
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The template ((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. To prevent a section of a list being broken, the template ((No col break)) can be used.
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.
|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
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 (3,428)
TemplateData
TemplateData for Div col
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 |content= or closed with ((div col end)).
| Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Column width | colwidth | Specifies the width of columns, and determines dynamically the number of columns based on screen width; more columns will be shown on wider displays.
| String | optional |
| Rules | rules | Produces vertical rules between the columns if set to yes.
| String | optional |
| Gap size | gap | Specifies the space between the content of adjacent columns.
| String | optional |
| HTML class | class | Specifies any class or multiple space-delimited classes.
| String | optional |
| CSS style | style | Specifies any custom styling. | String | optional |
| Content | content | Specifies the content to divide into columns | Content | optional |
| Small font | small | Use a smaller font size (90%)
| String | optional |
Redirects
((col div))((colbegin))(but not((col begin))or((col-begin)))((cols))((div col start))((div col begin))((div-col))((palmares start))
See also
Column-generating template families
The templates listed here are not interchangeable. For example, using ((col-float)) with ((col-end)) instead of ((col-float-end)) would leave a <div>...</div> open, potentially harming any subsequent formatting.
| Type | Family | Handles wiki
table code?† |
Responsive/ Mobile suited |
Start template | Column divider | End template |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Float | "col-float" | Yes | Yes | ((col-float)) | ((col-float-break)) | ((col-float-end)) |
| "columns-start" | Yes | Yes | ((columns-start)) | ((column)) | ((columns-end)) | |
| Columns | "div col" | Yes | Yes | ((div col)) | – | ((div col end)) |
| "columns-list" | No | Yes | ((columns-list)) (wraps div col) | – | – | |
| Flexbox | "flex columns" | No | Yes | ((flex columns)) | – | – |
| Table | "col" | Yes | No | ((col-begin)), ((col-begin-fixed)) or ((col-begin-small)) |
((col-break)) or ((col-2)) .. ((col-5)) |
((col-end)) |
† Can template handle the basic wiki markup {| | || |- |} used to create tables? If not, special templates that produce these elements (such as (((!)), ((!)), ((!!)), ((!-)), ((!))))—or HTML tags (<table>...</table>, <tr>...</tr>, etc.)—need to be used instead.