CSS | column-count Property

Last Updated : 18 Dec, 2018

The column-count property in CSS is used to divide a portion of content inside any HTML element into a given number of columns.

Syntax:

column-count: number|auto|initial|inherit;

Property Values:

number: This value is used to indicate number of columns.
auto: It is the default value. Number of columns determined by other properties.
initial: This value is used to set the property to default value.
inherit: It inherits the property from its parent.

Example 1:

<!-- HTML program to illustrate the  
    column-count property -->
  
<!DOCTYPE html> 
<html> 
    <head> 
        <title>column count property</title> 
        <style>  
            .gfg { 
            -webkit-column-count: 2; 
            -moz-column-count: 2;  
            column-count: 2; /* divides text in 2 columns */ 
            } 
              
            h1 { 
                color:green; 
            } 
            h1, h2 { 
                text-align:center; 
            } 
        </style> 
    </head> 
    <body> 
        <h1> 
            GeeksforGeeks 
        </h1> 
          
        <h2> 
            Example of column-count Property 
        </h2> 
          
        <!-- Text inside below div will be  
            divided into 2 columns -->
        <div class="gfg"> 
            The course is designed for students as  
            well as working professionals to prepare  
            for coding interviews. This course is going  
            to have coding questions from school level  
            to the level needed for product based  
            companies like Amazom, Microsoft, Adobe etc. 
        </div> 
    </body> 
</html>                     

Output:

Example 2:

<!-- HTML program for column-count property of CSS -->
  
<!DOCTYPE html> 
<html> 
    <head> 
        <title>column count property</title> 
        <style>  
          
            .gfg { 
            -webkit-column-count: 2; 
            -moz-column-count: 2;  
            column-count: 2; 
            -webkit-column-rule: 10px double green; 
            -moz-column-rule: 10px double green; 
            column-rule: 10px double green; 
            text-align:justify; 
            } 
              
            h1 { 
                color:green; 
            } 
              
            h1, h2 { 
                text-align:center; 
            } 
        </style> 
    </head> 
    <body> 
        <h1> 
            GeeksforGeeks 
        </h1> 
          
        <h2> 
            Example column-count Property 
        </h2> 
          
        <!-- The text inside below div will be divided into  
            2 columns -->
        <div class="gfg"> 
            The course is designed for students as well 
            as working professionals to prepare for  
            coding interviews. This course is going to  
            have coding questions from school level to  
            the level needed for product based companies  
            like Amazom, Microsoft, Adobe, etc. 
        </div> 
    </body> 
</html>                     

Output:

Supported Browser: The browser supported by column-count property are listed below:

Google Chrome 50.0, 4.0 -webkit-
Internet Explorer 10.0
Firefox 52.0, 2.0 -moz-
Safari 9.0, 3.1 -webkit-
Opera 37.0, 15.0 -webkit-, 11.1

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