CSS - column-count Property

The CSS property column-count is responsible for breaking the content of an element into the specified number of columns.

Possible values

The CSS property column-count takes one of the following values:

  • auto: Number of columns to be displayed is determined by other CSS property, column-width.

  • <integer>: A positive value only. Specifies the number of columns in which the content to be displayed.

Applies to

All the block containers except the table wrapper boxes.

Syntax

column-count = auto | <integer>

CSS column-count - <integer> Value

In the following example the content of a <p> element is split into three columns:

<html>
<head>
<style> 
   .multicol-col-count {
      column-count: 3;
   }
</style>
</head>
<body>
   <h1>column-count Property</h1>

   <div>
   <p class="multicol-col-count">
      Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit, sed diam nonummy nibh euismod tincidunt ut laoreet dolore magna aliquam erat volutpat. Ut wisi enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exerci tation ullamcorper suscipit lobortis nisl ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis autem vel eum iriure dolor in hendrerit in vulputate velit esse molestie consequat, vel illum dolore eu feugiat nulla facilisis at vero eros et accumsan et iusto odio dignissim qui blandit praesent luptatum zzril delenit augue duis dolore te feugait nulla facilisi. Nam liber tempor cum soluta nobis eleifend option congue nihil imperdiet doming id quod mazim placerat facer possim assum. Typi non habent claritatem insitam; est usus legentis in iis qui facit eorum claritatem. Investigationes demonstraverunt lectores legere me lius quod ii legunt saepius.
   </p>
   </div>
</body>
</html>

CSS column-count - auto Value

In the following example the content of a <p> element is splitted into columns based on the column-width value:

<html>
<head>
<style> 
   .col-count-width {
      column-count: auto;
      column-width: 250px;
   }
</style>
</head>
<body>
   <h1>column-count with column-width Property</h1>

   <div>
      <p class="col-count-width">
      Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit, sed diam nonummy nibh euismod tincidunt ut laoreet dolore magna aliquam erat volutpat. Ut wisi enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exerci tation ullamcorper suscipit lobortis nisl ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis autem vel eum iriure dolor in hendrerit in vulputate velit esse molestie consequat, vel illum dolore eu feugiat nulla facilisis at vero eros et accumsan et iusto odio dignissim qui blandit praesent luptatum zzril delenit augue duis dolore te feugait nulla facilisi. Nam liber tempor cum soluta nobis eleifend option congue nihil imperdiet doming id quod mazim placerat facer possim assum. Typi non habent claritatem insitam; est usus legentis in iis qui facit eorum claritatem. Investigationes demonstraverunt lectores legere me lius quod ii legunt saepius.
   </p>
   </div>
</body>
</html>
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