Template:Column-generating template families

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.

Column templates
Type	Family	Deprecated. Replace over time	Complies with MOS:LTAB^[a]	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}}
Float	"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	"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.

[1] See talk

[2] 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.

[3] 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.

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