Help:Columns

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colbegin and colend

To create columns in an article one may use {{colbegin}} and {{colend}}. Note that this is not supported by Internet Explorer version 9 and below or Opera version 11 and below -- see {{Div col}} for details. This example uses {{lorem}} to generate placeholder text.

  {{colbegin}}  {{lorem}}  {{lorem}}  {{colend}}  

produces:

You can also use {{col-begin}}, {{col-break}}, and {{col-end}}. But don't use this variety to set lists in columns, because {{col-break}} breaks the list up, which is a problem for accessibility.

As such:

  {{col-begin}}  {{col-break}}  {{lorem}}  {{col-break}}  {{lorem}}  {{col-break}}  {{lorem}}  {{col-end}}  

creates

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CSS

MediaWiki:Common.css defines the following styles:

• "div.columns-2", "div.columns-3", "div.columns-4" and "div.columns-5" which need to contain a "div.column"

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Templates

• {{colbegin}} and {{divbegin}} - utilizes CSS3 features
• {{Columns-start}} - defines CSS classes (see above)
• {{Multicol}} - uses deprecated HTML element "MULTICOL"
• {{col-begin}} - uses an HTML table (also adds a MULTICOL attribute)
• {{col-begin-small}}
• {{div col}} - uses CSS3
• {{columns-list}} - uses CSS3

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CSS3 multicolumn support

The templates {{div col}} and {{divbegin}} use a feature in CSS3 that is implemented in:

• Gecko-based browsers, such as Firefox 1.5
• Presto-based browsers, such as Opera 11.1
• WebKit-based browsers, such as Safari (web browser) 3 and Google Chrome 1
• Trident-based browsers, such as Internet Explorer 10

See also: Template:Reflist#Browser support for columns

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See also

• Help:Tables
• m:simplified table syntax
• m:wiki markup tables
• Template:Columns-list

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