The columns
CSS shorthand property sets the number of columns to use when drawing an element's contents, as well as those columns' widths.
The columns
CSS shorthand property sets the number of columns to use when drawing an element's contents, as well as those columns' widths.
This property is a shorthand for the following CSS properties:
/* Column width */ columns: 18em; /* Column count */ columns: auto; columns: 2; /* Both column width and count */ columns: 2 auto; columns: auto 12em; columns: auto auto; /* Global values */ columns: inherit; columns: initial; columns: revert; columns: revert-layer; columns: unset;
The columns
property may be specified as one or two of the values listed below, in any order.
<'column-width'>
The ideal column width, defined as a <length>
or the keyword auto
. The actual width may be wider or narrower to fit the available space. See column-width
.
<'column-count'>
The ideal number of columns into which the element's content should be flowed, defined as an <integer>
or the keyword auto
. If neither this value nor the column's width are auto
, it merely indicates the maximum allowable number of columns. See column-count
.
Initial value | as each of the properties of the shorthand:
|
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Applies to | Block containers except table wrapper boxes |
Inherited | no |
Computed value | as each of the properties of the shorthand:
|
Animation type | as each of the properties of the shorthand:
|
columns =
<'column-width'> ||
<'column-count'>
<p class="content-box"> This is a bunch of text split into three columns using the CSS `columns` property. The text is equally distributed over the columns. </p>
.content-box { columns: 3 auto; }
Specification |
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CSS Multi-column Layout Module Level 1 # columns |
Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
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Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Internet Explorer | Opera | Safari | WebView Android | Chrome Android | Firefox for Android | Opera Android | Safari on IOS | Samsung Internet | |
columns |
5050 | 1212 | 529–74Before version 37, multiple columns didn't work withdisplay: table-caption elements. |
10 | 1511.1 | 93 | 502 | 50 | 5222Before version 37, multiple columns didn't work withdisplay: table-caption elements. |
1411.1 | 93.2 | 5.0 |
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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/columns