CSS Property: column-count
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The CSS (CSS3) column-count property specifies the
number of columns an element (e.g. a paragraph) should be divided into.
Valid property values
(other than inherit
and initial) are:
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Value
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Description
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auto
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(default value). Number
of columns will be determined by other properties such as column-width
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number
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Optimum number of columns
into which content of element will be formatted
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Default Value:
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auto
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JavaScript syntax:
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e.g. object.style.columnCount=2
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Inherited:
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No
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Animatable:
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Yes
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EXAMPLE:
HTML USED IN THIS EXAMPLE:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html> <!-- Copyright (c) Nematrian Limited 2018 -->
<head>
<style>
p {width: 200px;}
p.x1 {column-count: 2;}
</style>
</head>
<body>
1. Element with default property<br>
<p>Some text that may be broken into several columns</p><br><br>
2. Element set using in-file HTML style
<p class="x1">Some text that may be broken into several columns</p><br><br>
3. Element set using JavaScript
<p id="x2">Some text that may be broken into several columns</p>
<script>
document.getElementById("x2").style.columnCount = "2";
</script>
</body>
</html>
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FUNCTION THAT MAY ASSIST IN TESTING WHETHER FEATURE IS SUPPORTED:
function isSupportedCSSPropertyColumnCount() {
var x = document.createElement("DIV"); x.style.columnCount = "2"; return (window.getComputedStyle(x, null).columnCount == "2");
} |
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