Template:Columns-list/doc

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This is a documentation subpage for Template:Columns-list.
It contains usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page.

Shortcuts: {{cmn}} {{collist}} {{col-list}}

This template is intended to be used in a list in the article itself, rather than in a navigation template like Template:Navbox. Based on Template:Reflist, but different in that the text to be displayed is manually created rather than a list of references.

Usage

{{columns-list|number of columns|
Text (usually a list)
}}

Alternatively, the width of each column may be specified using

{{columns-list|colwidth=width|
Text (usually a list)
}}

Here, width specifies the width of the columns, and determines dynamically the number of columns based on screen width; more columns will be shown on wider displays. This overrides the cols= setting.

This template uses CSS3 multiple column layout and is not supported by all Web browsers.

CSS3 multiple-column layout
browser support
Internet Explorer	Firefox	Safari	Chrome	Opera
≤ 9	≤ 1.0	≤ 2	N/A	≤ 11.0
≥ 10 (2012)	≥ 1.5 (2005)	≥ 3 (2007)	≥ 1 (2008)	≥ 11.1 (2011)

Examples

Here is an example :

{{columns-list|2|
* [[George Washington]]
* [[John Adams]]
* [[Thomas Jefferson]]
* [[James Madison]]
* [[James Monroe]]
}}

which would render as

Here is another example :

{{columns-list|colwidth=15em|
* [[George Washington]]
* [[John Adams]]
* [[Thomas Jefferson]]
* [[James Madison]]
* [[James Monroe]]
}}

which would render as

CSS styles can also be added after the number of columns. For example :

{{columns-list|2|style=width: 400px; font-style: italic;|
* [[All About Lily Chou-Chou]]
* [[April Story]]
* [[Hana and Alice|Hana & Alice]]
* [[Hōtai Club]]
* [[The Kon Ichikawa Story]]
* [[Love Letter (1995 film)|Love Letter]]
* [[New York, I Love You]]
* [[Picnic (1996 film)|Picnic]]
* [[Rainbow Song]]
* [[Swallowtail (film)|Swallowtail]]
}}

which would render as

If the number of columns is omitted, one column is used.

Redirects

{{cmn}}
{{collist}}
{{col-list}}
{{Columnslist}}

Family	Wiki table code^{File:Dagger-14-plain.png}	Starting template	Break between columns	Ending template
"Col"		{{Col-begin}} or {{Col-begin-small}}	{{Col-break}} {{Col-2}} {{Col-3}} {{Col-4}} {{Col-5}} {{Col-6}} or use {{Col-break\|width=16.6%}}, i.e. with width ≈ 100% / 6. {{Col-7}} or use {{Col-break\|width=14.2%}}, i.e. with width ≈ 100% / 7. {{Col-8}} or use {{Col-break\|width=12.5%}}, i.e. with width = 100% / 8. For nine or even more columns, use {{Col-break\|width=[W]%}}, where [W] ≈ 100 divided by the number of columns desired.	{{Col-end}} or {{End}}
"Col-float"	13pxY	{{Col-float}}	{{Col-float-break}}	{{Col-float-end}}
"Columns"	13pxY	{{Columns}}	–	–
"Columns-start"	13pxY	{{Columns-start}}	{{Column}}	{{Columns-end}}
"Div col"	13pxY	{{Div col}} or {{Columns-list}}	–	{{Div col end}}
"Multicol"		{{Multicol}}	{{Multicol-break}}	{{Multicol-end}}
"TMB"		{{Top}}	{{Mid}}	{{Bottom}}

^{File:Dagger-14-plain.png} i.e. can the columns handle the wiki markup {| | || |- |} used to create tables? If not, templates that produce these elements (such as {{(!}}, {{!}}, {{!!}}, {{!-}}, {{!)}}) and/or HTML tags (<table>...</table>, <tr>...</tr>, etc) will need to be used instead.

References