Template:Div col end
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| 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) | ≥ 50 (2016) | ≥ 37 (2016) |
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The template {{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. To prevent a section of a list being broken, the template {{no col break}} can be used.
Usage
Basic usage
{{div col}}<!-- default width is 30em -->
* a
* b
* c
* d
* e
* f
* g
* h
{{div col end}}
- a
- b
- c
- d
- e
- f
- g
- h
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 relative or absolute length unit, 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
- Fixed width
{{div col|colwidth=10em}} <!-- column width of 10em -->
* a
* b
* c
* d
* e
* f
* g
* h
{{div col end}}
- a
- b
- c
- d
- e
- f
- g
- h
- Variable width
{{div col|colwidth=10vw}} <!-- column width of 10% of the viewable area or container-->
* a
* b
* c
* d
* e
* f
* g
* h
{{div col end}}
- a
- b
- c
- d
- e
- f
- g
- h
Rules
{{div col|colwidth=10em|rules=yes}} <!-- column width of 10em with rules -->
* a
* b
* c
* d
* e
* f
* g
* h
{{div col end}}
- a
- b
- c
- d
- e
- f
- g
- h
Gap
{{div col|colwidth=10em|rules=yes|gap=2em}} <!-- column width of 10em with rules and a gap of 2em -->
* a
* b
* c
* d
* e
* f
* g
* h
{{div col end}}
- a
- b
- c
- d
- e
- f
- g
- h
Small
{{div col|small=yes}} <!-- Small = yes -->
* a
* b
* c
* d
* e
* f
* g
* h
{{div col end}}
- a
- b
- c
- d
- e
- f
- g
- h
Content
{{div col|colwidth=10em|content= <!-- content parameter doesn't need {{div col end}} -->
* a
* b
* c
* d
* e
* f
* g
* h
}}
- a
- b
- c
- d
- e
- f
- g
- h
Multiple parameters
{{div col|colwidth=10em|rules=yes|gap=2em|small=yes}}
* a
* b
* c
* d
* e
* f
* g
* h
{{div col end}}
- a
- b
- c
- d
- e
- f
- g
- h
Text characters without list markup
{{div col|colwidth=10em}} <!--Text characters without list markup -->
a
b
c
d
e
f
g
h
{{div col end}}
a b c d e f g h
Lorem ipsum
{{div col}} <!--Lorem ipsum -->
{{lorem ipsum}}
{{div col end}}
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:
{{div col|colwidth=10em|rules=yes|gap=2em|style=column-count:3|content=
* a
* b
* c
** c.d
** c.e
** c.f
* g
* h
}}
- a
- b
- c
- c.d
- c.e
- c.f
- g
- h
Turning off the break-inside: avoid-column; rule appears to help.
Chrome-based browsers can separate images from captions
In certain circumstances, Chrome-based browsers can separate images from their captions, placing the caption in the next column. This bug was reported in 2018 as T193163, and it appears to be a bug in Chromium, tracked as issue 40578413.
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 (3,640)
TemplateData
TemplateData for Div col end
Ends a multi-column list started by {{div col}}. It takes no parameters.
| Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No parameters specified | ||||||
Redirects
{{col div end}}{{colend}}(but not{{col end}}or{{col-end}}){{div end}}{{divcol-end}}{{divcolend}}{{divend}}{{end div col}}{{end of solid block}}{{EndDivCol}}
Column-generating template families
The templates listed here are not interchangeable. For example, using {{col-float}} with {{col-end}} instead of {{col-float-end}} would leave a <div>...</div> open, potentially harming any subsequent formatting.
- "Responsive/mobile suited" refers to whether more than one column will show up in cell phones. See tests here. Some templates need to be updated to work in cell phones too. Please use mobile-suited templates, or straight divs. For why, see WP:Access. See discussion.
- "Deprecated. Replace over time" is under discussion about whether templates without mobile capability should officially be called deprecated. In any case most uses of those templates can be replaced now by other templates or straight divs.
| Type | Family | Deprecated. Replace over time |
Handles wiki table code?[b] |
Responsive/ mobile suited |
Dependent on media queries |
Can form multiple columns |
Visual Editor– suited |
Start template |
Column divider |
End template | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Float | "col-float" | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | {{col-float}} | {{col-float-break}} | {{col-float-end}} | |
| "columns-start" | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | {{columns-start}} | {{column}} | {{columns-end}} | ||
| Float | "stack" | See talk | ? | ? | ? | Yes | No | ? | {{stack}} or {{stack begin}} |
? | {{stack end}} |
| Columns | "div col" | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | {{div col}} | instead use {{no col break}} | {{div col end}} | |
| "columns list" | Yes | No | Yes | ? | ? | ? | {{columns list}} (wraps div col) | — | — | ||
| Flexbox | "flex columns" | Yes | No | Yes | ? | ? | ? | {{flex columns}} | — | — | |
| Flexbox | "flexbox wrap" | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes[c] | ? | {{flexbox wrap|start}} |
{{flexbox wrap|break}} |
{{flexbox wrap|end}} | |
| Table | "col" | See talk | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | ? | ? | {{col-begin}}, {{col-begin-fixed}} or {{col-begin-small}} |
{{col-break}} or {{col-2}} .. {{col-5}} |
{{col-end}} |
- ↑ See talk
- ↑ Can the template handle the basic wiki markup
{| | || |- |}used to create tables? If not, special templates that produce these elements (such as {{(!}}, {{!}}, {{!!}}, {{!-}}, {{!)}}) or HTML tags (<table>...</table>,<tr>...</tr>, etc.) need to be used instead. - ↑ Used to create blocks of content that are placed side-by-side if there is available space, otherwise the blocks that cannot fit are wrapped below the preceding blocks.
See also
- {{refbegin}} and {{refend}} (for columns in manual lists of references)
- {{columns-list}} (wraps div col)