Template:Div col

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CSS3 multiple-column layout
browser support

Internet Explorer	Firefox	Safari	Chrome	Opera
≤ 9	≤ 1.0	≤ 2	Template:N/a	≤ 11.0
≥ 10 (2012) || style="background:#9F9;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes"|≥ 1.5 (2005) || style="background:#9F9;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes"|≥ 3 (2007) || style="background:#9F9;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes"|≥ 1 (2008) || style="background:#9F9;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes"|≥ 11.1 (2011)

{{Div col}} (or {{start div col}}), together with {{div col end}} (or {{end div col}}), is used to make a list into columns. It automatically breaks each column into an equal space, meaning, for instance, it isn't necessary to work out the halfway point between two columns. The template also offers options to set a smaller (90%) font-size (|small=yes), place vertical lines ("rules") between the columns (|rules=) and to add other custom styling (|style=).

{{Div col}} can create multiple columns in web browsers which support one of the following CSS properties:

• column-count (for CSS3 compliant browsers; see CSS3 module: Multi-column layout)
• -moz-column-count (for Mozilla/Gecko based browsers such as Firefox)
• -webkit-column-count (for WebKit based browsers such as Safari and Google Chrome)

Usage

Template:S or first unnamed parameter

(deprecated, as colwidth below is better suited to flexible formatting for a variety of display screen sizes (from mobile phones, tablets, etc to widescreen cinema-style displays))
Specifies the number of columns (default 2).

|colwidth= or second unnamed parameter

Specifies the minimum width of the columns and determines automatically the number of columns based on screen width (i.e. more columns will be shown on wider displays). Overrides cols.

|rules=

Adds vertical lines ("rules") between the columns if set to yes or some CSS styling (e.g. 1px dashed blue;).

|small=

Specifies small font size (90%) if set to yes.

|style=

CSS styling to apply to the columns.

Examples

{{Div col}}   [or {{Start div col}}]
* a
* b
* c
* d
* e
* f
* g
* h
{{Div col end}}   [or {{End div col}}]

produces

• a
• b
• c
• d
• e
• f
• g
• h

{{Div col|3}}
* a
* b
* c
* d
* e
* f
* g
* h
{{Div col end}}

produces

• a
• b
• c
• d
• e
• f
• g
• h

{{Div col||10em}}
* a
* b
* c
* d
* e
* f
* g
* h
{{Div col end}}

produces

• a
• b
• c
• d
• e
• f
• g
• h

{{Div col|rules=yes}}
* a
* b
* c
* d
* e
* f
* g
* h
{{Div col end}}

produces

• a
• b
• c
• d
• e
• f
• g
• h

{{Div col|small=yes}}
* a
* b
* c
* d
* e
* f
* g
* h
{{Div col end}}

produces

• a
• b
• c
• d
• e
• f
• g
• h

TemplateData

See main template page.

See also

• {{Col-begin}} ({{Col-start}}), {{Col-begin-small}} links talk edit
  • {{Col-break}}
  • {{Col-2}} ({{Col-1-of-2}}, {{Col-2-of-2}})
  • {{Col-3}} ({{Col-1-of-3}}, {{Col-2-of-3}}, {{Col-3-of-3}})
  • {{Col-4}} ({{Col-1-of-4}}, {{Col-2-of-4}}, {{Col-3-of-4}}, {{Col-4-of-4}})
  • {{Col-5}} ({{Col-1-of-5}}, {{Col-2-of-5}}, {{Col-3-of-5}}, {{Col-4-of-5}}, {{Col-5-of-5}})
  • For 6, use: {{Col-break|width=16.6%}}  where the width 16.6% is roughly 100/6.
  • For 7, use: {{Col-break|width=14.2%}}  or for 8, use: {{Col-break|width=12.4%}}, etc.
• {{Col-end}} ({{End}})
• {{Top}}, {{Mid}}, {{Bottom}}
• {{Columns-start}}, {{Column}}, {{Columns-end}} links talk edit
• {{Multicol}}, {{Multicol-break}}, {{Multicol-end}} links talk edit
• {{Div col}}, {{Div col end}} links talk edit
• {{col-float}}, {{col-float-break}}, {{col-float-end}},

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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 closed with {{div col end}}.

Template parameters[Edit template data]

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
cols	cols 1	Specifies the number of columns. Default 2	String	optional
colwidth	colwidth 2	Specifies the width of columns, and determines dynamically the number of columns based on screen width; more columns will be shown on wider displays. This overrides the 'cols' setting.	String	optional
rules	rules	Produces vertical rules between the columns if set to yes.	String	optional
small	small	Specifies small font size (90%) if set to yes.	String	optional
style	style	Specify any custom styling.	String	optional