Template:Multicol/doc

Purpose
With the multicol / multicol-break / multicol-end templates you can format text into multiple columns by starting a new column within the text section. The multi-column text is started with the multicol template. A new column is started with multicol-break. The last column is closed with the multicol-end template.

Usage
This text appears in the first column.

This text appears in the second column.

This text appears in the third column.

displays as:

This text appears in the first column.

This text appears in the second column.

This text appears in the third column.

Parameters
multicol has two optional parameters:
 * the overall width of the set of columns (default: 1=100%)
 * the width of the "gutter", the space between the columns (default: 2=20px)

multicol-break has one optional parameter:
 * the width of the "gutter" (default: 1=20px)

For example, to create a multi-column section that is only 50% the width of the page, using a 40px column space:

This text appears in the first column.

This text appears in the second column.

This text appears in the third column.

displays as:

This text appears in the first column.

This text appears in the second column.

This text appears in the third column.