Template:Columns-list/doc

This template is intended to be used in a list in the article itself, 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.

Usage

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

If the number of columns is omitted, two columns will be used.

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

CSS3 multiple column layout
browser support

Internet Explorer	Firefox	Safari	Chrome	Opera
6	3	3	< 10	10
7	4	4	11	11
8	5	5	12	12
9	6		13	13
10	7		14	14
Chrome 13 has display issues with colwidth parameter.

Example

An example would be

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

which would render as

• George Washington
• John Adams
• Thomas Jefferson
• James Madison
• James Monroe

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

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

which would render as

• New York, I Love You
• Hōtai Club
• The Kon Ichikawa Story
• Rainbow Song
• Hana & Alice
• All About Lily Chou-Chou
• April Story
• Swallowtail Butterfly
• Picnic
• Fried Dragon Fish

Redirects

• {{cmn}} redirects here

Bugs

The use of a raw link within the template will break the rendering:

{{columns-list|2|
  * [[George Washington]]
  * [[John Adams]][http://www.example.org]
  * [[Thomas Jefferson]]
  * [[James Madison]]
  * [[James Monroe]]
 }}

Shows as:

2

This can be resolved by converting to link to ‎<ref>

See also

• {{div col}}
• {{columns}}
• Template: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-break}}
• {{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