CSS Property: column-fill
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The CSS (CSS3) column-fill property specifies how to
fill columns.
Valid property values
(other than inherit
and initial) are:
Value
|
Description
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auto
|
Columns filled
sequentially and therefore may have different lengths
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balance
|
(default value).
Columns are balanced and browsers should minimise variation in column length
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Default Value:
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balance
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JavaScript syntax:
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e.g. object.style.columnFill="auto"
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Inherited:
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No
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Animatable:
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No
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EXAMPLE: [This feature does not appear to be supported by your browser]
HTML USED IN THIS EXAMPLE:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html> <!-- Copyright (c) Nematrian Limited 2018 -->
<head>
<style>
p {width: 200px; height: 90px; column-count: 2;}
p.x1 {column-fill: auto;}
</style>
</head>
<body>
Note: this style property is not supported by many browsers<br><br>
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.columnFill = "auto";
</script>
</body>
</html>
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FUNCTION THAT MAY ASSIST IN TESTING WHETHER FEATURE IS SUPPORTED:
function isSupportedCSSPropertyColumnFill() {
var x = document.createElement("DIV"); x.style.columnFill = "auto"; return (window.getComputedStyle(x, null).columnFill == "auto");
} |
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