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Template:Col-begin


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The {{col-begin}}, {{col-break}} and {{col-end}} templates control columns of text on a page:

  • {{col-begin}}: starts a table (followed by {{col-break}} for 1st column)
  • {{col-break}}: triggers the start of each column
  • {{col-end}}: ends the multi-column table.

The widths of columns can be specified by using various additional codes. See below for examples.

Usage

{{col-begin|width=70%}}: start table with width.
{{col-break|width=66%}}: start column-1 as 66% wide.
This is text in col-1.
{{col-break|width=33%}}: start column-2 as 33% wide.
Text column-2.
{{col-end}}

The table will have two columns, with column 1 twice (2×) the width of column 2.

A border of 2px (1px width on each side) corresponds to a 5%. Therefore, with a 2px border—for example, as in Wikipedia:Tutorial/Wrap-up and more info—the width needs to be 95% for the table to fit within the screen. Since it's possible that some tables might not have a border, correction on the individual page could be made after substitution. Another way to create a two column table is like this:

{{col-begin|width=95%}}
|-
| 
Left column
|
Right column
|}

Examples

See also

Column-generating template families

Family Wiki
table
codeFile:Dagger-14-plain.png
Starting template Break between columns Ending template
"Col" {{Col-begin}}
or {{Col-begin-small}}
{{Col-break}}
{{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.

External links

This template is a self-reference and so is part of the Wikipedia project rather than the encyclopedic content.

Template data

See

TemplateData

This is the TemplateData documentation for this template used by VisualEditor and other tools.

Col-begin

<templatedata> { "description": "This template starts a multi-column table.", "params": { "width": { "label": "Table width", "type": "string", "description": "The width of the complete table, defined as a percent (ie 50%), typically no more than 95%" } } } </templatedata>