Template:Div col/doc

CSS3 multiple-column layout browser support

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)

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

<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext">

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</syntaxhighlight> Produces:

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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

<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext">

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</syntaxhighlight> Produces:

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Rules

<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext">

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</syntaxhighlight> Produces:

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Gap

<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext">

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</syntaxhighlight> Produces:

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Small

<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext">

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</syntaxhighlight> Produces:

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Content

<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext">

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</syntaxhighlight> Produces:

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Multiple parameters

<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext">

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</syntaxhighlight> Produces:

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Text characters without list markup

<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext">

a b c d e f g h

</syntaxhighlight> Produces

a b c d e f g h

Lorem ipsum

<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext">

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.

</syntaxhighlight> 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:

<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext">

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</syntaxhighlight> Produces:

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Turning off the

Usage

Wraps a short span of text in <syntaxhighlight> tags (see mw:Extension:SyntaxHighlight). This template should be used for short samples; longer content should use <pre>...</pre> or <syntaxhighlight>...</syntaxhighlight>. See Help:Wiki markup for an explanation of what the various tags do.

If the content includes an equals sign (=), you must specify the parameter explicitly: {{code|1=date=30 Feb 2010}}.

The template uses the <syntaxhighlight> tag with the attribute inline=1. This works like the combination of the <code> and <nowiki> tags, applied to the expanded wikitext. For example, {{code|some '''wiki''' text}} will not render the word "wiki" in bold, and will render the tripled-single-quotes:

However, {{code|a {{template}} call}} will still invoke the template:

Use <nowiki>...</nowiki> around the template name to avoid this problem:

When used inline with regular text, {{code}} generally looks best and is easiest to read when it is explicitly spaced apart from the regular text:

is well spaced:

foo    quux.

versus:

which is going to be visually confusing for many:

foo quux.

because "foo" and "" will seem more closely associated than "" and ""; the width of the space character in a monospaced font is almost always larger than in a proportional font.

Use parameter {{{2}}} (unnamed, as |2=, or more explicitly as |lang=) to specify a language for mw:Extension:SyntaxHighlight. This option defaults to plain-text, i.e. no highlighting. There is no highlighting option for wikitext as a markup language, though and are valid values, as are , , , , and many others. Attempting to use an invalid one causes a list of valid ones to be displayed in place of the template output, when the page is previewed or saved.

This template does not need to be substituted.

Examples

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Included templates

Embedded templates do not function as expected inside {{code}}; for longer, free-form blocks of code, which can contain templates such as {{var}} and {{samp}}, use <code>...</code> as a wrapper instead of this template.

Templates used inside {{code}} expose the rendered HTML— this can be useful. For example:

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The above example shows the HTML rendered by the citation template, including the hidden metadata.

TemplateData

This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. Click here to see a monthly parameter usage report for this template based on this TemplateData.

TemplateData for Div col

See also

• {{codett}}, wrapper for this template that removes background and border styling
• {{mono}}, monospaced font only
• {{param value}}, monospaced; friendly handling for blank space
• {{Syntaxhighlight}}
• {{kbd}}, for keyboard input
• Help:Wiki markup

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

This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. Click here to see a monthly parameter usage report for this template based on this 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}}.

Template parameters

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. Example 30em	String	optional
Rules	rules	Produces vertical rules between the columns if set to yes. Example yes	String	optional
Gap size	gap	Specifies the space between the content of adjacent columns. Example 2em	String	optional
HTML class	class	Specifies any class or multiple space-delimited classes. Example plainlist nowrap	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%) Example yes	String	optional

Redirects

Redirects to {{div col}}:

• {{col div}}
• {{colbegin}} (but not {{col begin}} or {{col-begin}})
• {{cols}}
• {{div col start}}
• {{div col begin}}
• {{div-col}}
• {{palmares start}}

Redirects to {{Div col end}}:

• {{col div end}}
• {{colend}} (but not {{Col end}})
• {{div end}}
• {{Divcol-end}}
• {{Divcolend}}
• {{Divend}}
• {{End div col}}
• {{EndDivCol}}
• {{End of solid block}}

See also

• {{End}} (closes a table)