Template:Columns

Creates CSS columns. It also adds the page to the Columns template usage error category on usage error.

This template is used on these pages.

Usage

{{Columns|colsInfo|content|expand}}

• colsInfo: columns CSS attribute's definition - see columns, can be:
  • desired columns number, e.g 4
  • column width, e.g 12em
  • a mix of the two, e.g 4 12em - in this case, columns number is the maximum columns number
• content: to be split in columns, usually a list
• expand: named parameter. makes the columns take the whole width

Examples

Code	Result
{{Columns}}	-no columns information defined-
{{Columns|3}}	-no columns content defined-
{{Columns|| * contentA * contentB * contentC * contentD }}	-no columns information defined-
{{Columns|2| * contentA * contentB * contentC * contentD }}	contentA contentB contentC contentD
{{Columns|3| * contentA * contentB * contentC * contentD }}	contentA contentB contentC contentD
{{Columns|4| * contentA * contentB * contentC * contentD }}	contentA contentB contentC contentD
<div style="border: 1px solid red; width: 50em"> Above {{Columns|3| * contentA * contentB * contentC * contentD |expand= y }} Below </div>	Above contentA contentB contentC contentD Below
<div style="border: 1px solid red; width: 50em"> {{Columns|3 10em| * contentA, which can totally do with a lipsum amongst other things, yes * contentB, which can totally do with a lipsum amongst other things, too * contentC, which can totally do with a lipsum amongst other things, too * contentD, which can totally do with a lipsum amongst other things, too * contentE, which can totally do with a lipsum amongst other things, too * contentF, which can totally do with a lipsum amongst other things, too * contentG, which can totally do with a lipsum amongst other things, too * contentH, which can totally do with a lipsum amongst other things, too * contentI, which can totally do with a lipsum amongst other things, too * contentJ, which can totally do with a lipsum amongst other things, too }} </div>	contentA, which can totally do with a lipsum amongst other things, yes contentB, which can totally do with a lipsum amongst other things, too contentC, which can totally do with a lipsum amongst other things, too contentD, which can totally do with a lipsum amongst other things, too contentE, which can totally do with a lipsum amongst other things, too contentF, which can totally do with a lipsum amongst other things, too contentG, which can totally do with a lipsum amongst other things, too contentH, which can totally do with a lipsum amongst other things, too contentI, which can totally do with a lipsum amongst other things, too contentJ, which can totally do with a lipsum amongst other things, too