Template:Multicol/doc

Usage

{{Multicol}} is used to start a multi-column section of a page. Between each block of column text insert {{Multicol-break}} and close the last column with {{Multicol-end}}. For example:

{{Multicol}}
This text appears in the first column.
{{Multicol-break}}
This text appears in the second column.
{{Multicol-break}}
This text appears in the third column.
{{Multicol-end}}

Provides this format:

This text appears in the first column.

This text appears in the second column.

This text appears in the third column.

You can have any number of columns. Each column will be the same width, equally dividing the available horizontal space. Each column has a small right margin (20 pixels), creating a "gutter" that prevents text in one column from touching text in the column to its right.

Parameters

This template has two optional parameters: the overall width of the set of columns and the width of the gutter. The overall width of the set of columns can be an absolute value (e.g., 40em) or a percentage of the available page width (e.g., 50%). This parameter defaults to 100%. The second parameter is the "gutter" for the whole column set, which defaults to 20px.

The {{Multicol-break}} also takes an optional parameter for the gutter to its right, also defaulting to 20px.

For example, to create a 3-column section that is only 50% the width of the page, with 2-pixel right margins:

{{Multicol|50%|2px}}
This text appears in the first column.
{{Multicol-break|2px}}
This text appears in the second column.
{{Multicol-break}2px}}
This text appears in the third column.
{{Multicol-end}}

This results in:

This text appears in the first column.

This text appears in the second column.

This text appears in the third column.

The multi-column region is always positioned on the left side of the containing block. To change this, place the above Wikitext in a <DIV> block that has the CSS attribute text-align set to either center or right, like this:

<div style="text-align:center;">{{center|
{{Multicol|50%|2px}}
...
{{Multicol-end}}
}}</div>

See also

• {{Multicol-break}}
• {{Multicol-end}}