Template:Columns-list/doc

This is a documentation subpage for Template:Columns-list.
It contains usage information, categories, interlanguage links, and other content that is not part of the original template page.

Shortcuts: {{cmn}} {{collist}} {{col-list}}

This template is for use in a list in the body of an article, rather than in a navigation template like Template:Navbox. Based on Template:Reflist, but different in that the text to be displayed is manually created rather than a list of references.

Use

{{columns-list|number of columns|
Text (usually a list)
}}

Alternatively, the width of each column may be specified using

{{columns-list|colwidth=width|
Text (usually a list)
}}

Here, width specifies the width of the columns, and determines dynamically the number of columns based on screen width; more columns will be shown on wider displays. This overrides the cols= setting.

This template uses CSS3 multiple column layout and is not supported by all Web browsers.

CSS3 multiple column layout
browser support
Internet Explorer	Firefox	Safari	Chrome	Opera
6	3	3	7	10
7	4	4	8	11
8	5	5	9	11.1
9			10	12
10			11
			12

Examples

Here is an example:

{{columns-list|2|
* [[George Washington]]
* [[John Adams]]
* [[Thomas Jefferson]]
* [[James Madison]]
* [[James Monroe]]
}}

which would render as:

Here is another example:

{{columns-list|colwidth=15em|
* [[George Washington]]
* [[John Adams]]
* [[Thomas Jefferson]]
* [[James Madison]]
* [[James Monroe]]
}}

which would render as:

CSS styles can also be added after the number of columns. For example:

{{columns-list|2|style=width: 400px; font-style: italic;|
* [[All About Lily Chou-Chou]]
* [[April Story]]
* [[Hana and Alice|Hana & Alice]]
* [[Hōtai Club]]
* [[The Kon Ichikawa Story]]
* [[Love Letter (1995 film)|Love Letter]]
* [[New York, I Love You]]
* [[Picnic (1996 film)|Picnic]]
* [[Rainbow Song]]
* [[Swallowtail (film)|Swallowtail]]
}}

which would render as:

If the number of columns is omitted, one column is used.