Template:Column templates
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.
Contents
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 |} |
{{Col-begin}} {{Col-2}} Column 1 here {{Col-2}} Column 2 here {{Col-end}} |
{{Col-begin}} {{Col-3}} Column 1 here {{Col-3}} Column 2 here {{Col-3}} Column 3 here {{Col-end}} |
{{Col-begin}} {{Col-4}} Column 1 here {{Col-4}} Column 2 here {{Col-4}} Column 3 here {{Col-4}} Column 4 here {{Col-end}} |
and so on, up to {{Col-7}} |
{{Col-begin|class=references-small}} {{Col-break}} Column 1 here {{Col-break}} Column 2 here {{Col-break}} Column 3 here {{Col-break}} Column 4 here {{Col-break}} Column 5 here {{Col-break}} Column 6 here {{Col-end}} |
{{Columns-start|num=3}} Column 1 here {{Column}} Column 2 here {{Column}} Column 3 here {{Columns-end}} |
{{Multicol}} Column 1 here {{Multicol-break}} Column 2 here {{Multicol-break}} Column 3 here {{Multicol-break}} Column 4 here {{Multicol-end}} |
{{Top}} Column 1 here {{Mid}} Column 2 here {{Bottom}} |
Examples
See also
Column-generating template families
Caution | The templates listed in the table below are not interchangeable across rows (i.e. across families). For example, using {{Multicol}} with {{End}} instead of {{Multicol-end}} would leave an HTML "div" (division) open, potentially harming any subsequent formatting. |
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-end}} or {{End}} | |
"Col-float" | 13px | {{Col-float}} | {{Col-float-break}} | {{Col-float-end}} |
"Columns" | 13px | {{Columns}} | – | – |
"Columns-start" | 13px | {{Columns-start}} | {{Column}} | {{Columns-end}} |
"Div col" | 13px | {{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.