Template:Columns

{{{col1}}}

{{{col2}}}

{{{col3}}}

{{{col4}}}

{{{col5}}}

{{{col6}}}

{{{col7}}}

{{{col8}}}

{{{col9}}}

{{{col10}}}

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Template in the vein of navbox templates such as {{Navbox}} to aid the creation of (up to ten) columns across a page.

Syntax

{{columns
|bgcol     =       <!--Background colo/ur (default none)-->
|colwidth  =       <!--Width of each column (default 15em)-->
|gap       =       <!--Gap between each column (default 1.25em)-->
|col1width =       <!--use to set a different width for col1-->
|col1      =       <!--mandatory-->
|col2width =       <!--use to set a different width for col2 (etc)-->
|col2      =       <!--mandatory-->
|col3width = 
|col3      = 
...
|col7width = 
|col7      = 
}}

Examples

Code

{{columns
|col1 = Simplest<br/>application<br/>of
|col2 = this<br/>template
}}

Result

Simplest application of

this template

---

Code

{{columns |bgcol=beige |width=8.5em |gap=3.25em

|col1 =
* These
* columns
* are
* more
* complex

|col2 =
The<br/>background<br/>is<br/>beige

|col3 =
; Each : column
; is   : 8.5[[Em (typography)|em]]
; wide

|col4 =
{{{!}}
!colspan="2"{{!}} and
{{!-}}
{{!}} the {{!!}} gap
{{!-}}
{{!}}colspan="2"{{!}} between
{{!-}}
{{!}} each {{!!}} is
{{!-}}
!colspan="2" align="center"{{!}} 3.25em
{{!}}}
}}

Result

These columns are more complex

The background is beige

Each column is 8.5em wide

and the gap between each is 3.25em

See also

• {{Columns-list}}
• {{Col-begin}} ({{Col-start}}), {{Col-begin-small}} links talk edit
  • {{Col-break}}
  • {{Col-2}} ({{Col-1-of-2}}, {{Col-2-of-2}})
  • {{Col-3}} ({{Col-1-of-3}}, {{Col-2-of-3}}, {{Col-3-of-3}})
  • {{Col-4}} ({{Col-1-of-4}}, {{Col-2-of-4}}, {{Col-3-of-4}}, {{Col-4-of-4}})
  • {{Col-5}} ({{Col-1-of-5}}, {{Col-2-of-5}}, {{Col-3-of-5}}, {{Col-4-of-5}}, {{Col-5-of-5}})
• {{Col-end}} ({{End}})
• {{Top}}, {{Mid}}, {{Bottom}}
• {{Columns-start}}, {{Column}}, {{Columns-end}} links talk edit
• {{Multicol}}, {{Multicol-break}}, {{Multicol-end}} links talk edit
• {{Div col}}, {{Div col end}} links talk edit

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