How to arrange text in multi-columns using CSS3?

CSS Web Development Front End Technology

To arrange text in multi-columns we are using the “column-count” property of CSS3. The “column-count” property is used to divide an HTML element’s content into the number of columns specified. Here we are going to use two different example to demonstrate the application of “colum count” property of CSS to arrange text in 2 and 3 columns.

Syntax

column-count: n;

Here, “n” is the positive integer value that represents the number of columns we want to arrange the text into.

Example 1

In this example, we will arrange a “p” tag’s content into 3 columns by using the “column-count” property of CSS3.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
   <title>How to arrange text in multi columns using CSS3?</title>
   <style>
      .para {
         column-count: 3;
      }
   </style>
</head>
<body>
   <h3>How to arrange text in multi columns using CSS3?</h3>
   <p class="para">Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet consectetur adipisicing elit. Nihil architecto ratione cumque consequatur at fugit saepe, unde temporibus laudantium, incidunt sit possimus quidem soluta facere repellat dolore facilis, consectetur repudiandae.</p>
</body>
</html>

Example 2

In this example, we will arrange a “p” tag’s content into 2 columns by using the “column-count” property of CSS3.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
   <title>How to arrange text in multi columns using CSS3?</title>
   <style>
      .para {
         column-count: 2;
      }
   </style>
</head>
<body>
   <h3>How to arrange text in multi columns using CSS3?</h3>
   <p class="para">
      <span>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet consectetur adipisicing elit. Nihil architecto ratione cumque consequatur at fugit saepe, unde temporibus laudantium, incidunt sit possimus quidem soluta facere repellat dolore facilis, consectetur repudiandae.</span>
      <span>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet consectetur adipisicing elit. Nihil architecto ratione cumque consequatur at fugit saepe, unde temporibus laudantium, incidunt sit possimus quidem soluta facere repellat dolore facilis, consectetur repudiandae.</span>
      <span>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet consectetur adipisicing elit. Nihil architecto ratione cumque consequatur at fugit saepe, unde temporibus laudantium, incidunt sit possimus quidem soluta facere repellat dolore facilis, consectetur repudiandae.</span>
   </p>
</body>
</html>

Conclusion

In this article, we learned what is “column-count” property, is and how we can use it to arrange text into multiple columns using CSS3. In the first example, we arranged the text in 3 columns by setting the “column-count” property to 3, and in the second example, we arranged the text in 3 columns by setting the “column-count” property to 2.