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The columns-start template and its child templates column and columns-end can be used to make a fixed number of columns (up to 5) that will span the entire page above a certain minimum width (100 ems for 5 columns, 80 for 4, 60 for 3 and 2). Below the minimum width, each column starting from the right will gracefully display below another one of the columns.

Contents

  • 1 Use
    • 1.1 Parameters
    • 1.2 Example
    • 1.3 Limitations
      • 1.3.1 Ex. heading 1
      • 1.3.2 Ex. heading 2
      • 1.3.3 Ex. heading 3
  • 2 See also
    • 2.1 Column-generating template families

Use

The below examples are using the templates directly, so you can see what will happen if the minimum size is reached.

{{columns-start}}
Column 1 here
{{column}}
Column 2 here
{{columns-end}}
{{columns-start|num=3}}
Column 1 here
{{column}}
Column 2 here
{{column}}
Column 3 here
{{columns-end}}
{{columns-start|num=4}}
Column 1 here
{{column}}
Column 2 here
{{column}}
Column 3 here
{{column}}
Column 4 here
{{columns-end}}
{{columns-start|num=5}}
Column 1 here
{{column}}
Column 2 here
{{column}}
Column 3 here
{{column}}
Column 4 here
{{column}}
Column 5 here
{{columns-end}}

Parameters

Columns-start has these parameters:

|num=
Set the number of columns. Defaults to 2. The template will work with up to 5 columns. More than that should prefer a custom implementation or another solution (such as a wikitable for tabular content or {{div col}} for list content).
|class=
Apply another class to the set of columns, such as hlist. Default is none.
|bgcolor=
Set a background color. Default is transparent.
|width=
Set a total width in which all columns must appear. Default is 100%.

Template:Column has the same parameters where it is used as a "wrapper" template with numbered columns. Example:

{{column|num=2
|1=
Column 1 here
|2=
Column 2 here
}}
{{column|num=3
|
Column 1 here
|
Column 2 here
|
Column 3 here
}}

In the second example, be aware of the possible problem with a column that includes an equals sign. See Help:Templates#Equals for more information.

Otherwise, Template:Column must be used as above with Template:Columns-start.

Example

This is an example from List of Indonesia-related topics:

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  • Istana Bogor
  • Istana Luwu
  • Istana Maimun
  • Istana Merdeka
  • Istana Negara, Jakarta
  • Istana Wakil Presiden

Prisons

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Shopping malls

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  • Shopping malls in Bandung
  • Shopping malls in Surabaya
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Towers

  • Monumen Nasional
  • Wisma 46

Limitations

Tracked in Phabricator
Task T75182
Tracked in Phabricator
Task T23485

Using headings inside {{column}} in its wrapper form functions so long as there is some content beneath the 2nd and later heading. Secondly, headings will not carry an edit link. The below table may wrap (i.e. not display as columns) but displays the issue.

Content Functional but missing edit links Non-functional (missing content)
Wikitext
{{column
|1=
==== Ex. heading 1 ====
ABC
|2=
==== Ex. heading 2 ====
DEF
}}
{{column
|1=
==== Ex. heading 3 ====
|2=
==== Ex. heading 4 ====
}}
Rendered

Ex. heading 1

ABC

Ex. heading 2

DEF

Ex. heading 3

==== Ex. heading 4 ====

See also

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 HTML "div" (division) open, potentially harming any subsequent formatting.

Column templates
Type Family
Handles wiki
 table code?dagger
Responsive/
Mobile suited
Start template Column divider End template
Float "col-float" Yes Yes {{col-float}} {{col-float-break}} {{col-float-end}}
"columns-start" Yes Yes {{columns-start}} {{column}} {{columns-end}}
Columns "div col" Yes Yes {{div col}} – {{div col end}}
"columns-list" No Yes {{columns-list}} (wraps div col) – –
Flexbox "flex columns" No Yes {{flex columns}} – –
Table "col" Yes No {{col-begin}},
{{col-begin-fixed}} or
{{col-begin-small}}
{{col-break}} or
{{col-2}} .. {{col-5}}
{{col-end}}

dagger Can 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.

The above documentation is transcluded from Template:Columns-start/doc. (edit | history)
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