Help:Columns

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To create columns in an article one may use {{colbegin}} and {{colend}} (but note that this is not supported by Internet Explorer and Opera: see {{colbegin}} for details)

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

produces:

You can also use {{col-begin}}, {{col-break}}, and {{col-end}}.

As such:

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

creates

Template:Col-breakTemplate:LoremTemplate:Col-breakTemplate:LoremTemplate:Col-breakTemplate:Lorem

Contents 1 CSS 2 Templates 3 CSS3 multicolumn support 4 See also

[edit] CSS

MediaWiki:Common.css defines the following styles:

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

[edit] Templates

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

[edit] CSS3 multicolumn support

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

• Gecko based browsers, such as Mozilla Firefox
• Webkit based browsers, such as Safari

Not supported:

• Trident based browsers, such as Internet Explorer
• Presto based browsers, such as Opera

[edit] See also

• Help:Tables
• m:simplified table syntax
• m:wiki markup tables