CSS - column-fill Property

The CSS property column-fill is responsible for balancing the contents of an element when broken into columns.

Possible values

The CSS property column-fill takes one of the following values, where the initial value is balance:

  • auto: Sequential filling of columns. The content takes up the required space only. It may result in some columns remaining empty.

  • balance: Equal division of content among the columns. In fragmented contexts, like paged media, only the last fragment / last page is balanced. It is the initial value.

Applies to

All the multicol elements.

Syntax

column-fill = auto | balance

CSS column-fill - Balancing Column Content

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

<html>
<head>
<style> 
   p {
      column-count: 3;
      column-rule: 5px solid black;
   }

   .col-fill-auto {
      column-fill: auto;
   }

   .col-fill-balance {
      column-fill: balance;
   }

   #p-auto {
      background-color: pink;
   }

   #p-bal {
      background-color: lightblue;
   }
</style>
</head>
<body>
   <h1>column-fill property</h1>

   <div>
      <h2>column-fill: auto</h2>
      <p class="col-fill-auto" id="p-auto">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>

   <div>
      <h2>column-fill: balance</h2>
      <p class="col-fill-balance" id="p-bal">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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