Help:Columns

colbegin and colend

To create columns in an article one may use Template:Tl and Template:Tl. Note that this is not supported by Internet Explorer version 9 and below or Opera version 11 and below — see Template:Tl for details. To illustrate the use of these templates, this example uses the Template:Tl template to generate Lorem ipsum placeholder text.

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

produces:

You can also use Template:Tl, Template:Tl, and Template:Tl. But don't use this variety to set numbered or bulleted lists in columns, because Template:Tl breaks the list up, which is a problem for accessibility.

As such:

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

creates

CSS

MediaWiki:Common.css defines the following styles:

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

Templates

• Template:Tl and Template:Tl – utilizes CSS3 features
• Template:Tl – defines CSS classes (see above)
• Template:Tl – uses an HTML table (also adds a MULTICOL attribute)
• Template:Tl
• Template:Tl – uses CSS3
• Template:Tl – uses CSS3

CSS3 multicolumn support

CSS3 multiple-column layout browser support

Property	Internet Explorer	Firefox	Safari	Chrome	Opera
column-width column-count	≥ 10 (2012)	≥ 1.5 (2005)	≥ 3 (2007)	≥ 1 (2008)	≥ 11.1 (2011)
columns	≥ 10 (2012)	≥ 9 (2011)	≥ 3 (2007)	≥ 1 (2008)	≥ 11.1 (2011)
break-before break-after break-inside	≥ 10 (2012)	≥ 65 (2019)	≥ 10 (2016)	≥ 65 (2016)	≥ 15 (2013)

The templates Template:Tl and Template:Tl use a feature in CSS3 that is implemented in:

• Gecko-based browsers, such as Firefox 1.5
• Presto-based browsers, such as Opera 11.1
• WebKit-based browsers, such as Safari (web browser) 3 and Google Chrome 1
• MSHTML-based browsers, such as Internet Explorer 10

See also

• Help:Tables
• mw:Help:Tables on MediaWiki
• Template:Columns-list