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The multiple columns are used to create column layout in the web pages. There are many column property in CSS which are listed below: 

  • column-count
  • column-gap
  • column-rule-style
  • column-rule-width
  • column-rule-color
  • column-rule
  • column-span
  • column-width

The column-count property: This property is used to count the number of column element in document that should be divided. 

Example:  

HTML




<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
   
<head>
    <title>Column-count property</title>
    <style>
        .geeks_content {
            -webkit-column-count: 3;
            -moz-column-count: 3;
            column-count: 3;
            padding-top: 35px;
            text-align: justify;
        }
 
        .gfg {
            text-align: center;
            font-size: 40px;
            font-weight: bold;
            color: green;
        }
 
        .geeks {
            text-align: center;
        }
    </style>
</head>
 
<body>
    <div class="gfg">GeeksforGeeks</div>
    <div class="geeks">
        A computer science portal for geeks
    </div>
    <div class="geeks_content">
        Sudo Placement: Prepare for the Recruitment
        drive of product based companies like Microsoft,
        Amazon, Adobe etc with a free online placement
        preparation course. The course focuses on
        various MCQ's & Coding question likely to be
        asked in the interviews & make your upcoming
        placement season efficient and successful.
        Placement preparation solely depends on the
        company for which you are preparing. There
        are basically three different categories
        into which we can divide the companies visiting
        campuses for placements based on their recruitment
        process. Mass Recruiters, Tech Giants, Others / Start-ups
        Companies belonging to the above categories have
        their own recruitment process. In this course, we
        will try to cover every possible detail required
        to know for cracking interview of the companies
        falling in each of the above categories.
    </div>
</body>
   
</html>


Output: 

multiple column in css

The columns-gap property: This property is used to define the gap between columns. 

Example: 

HTML




<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
   
<head>
    <title>Column gap</title>
    <style>
        .geeks_content {
            -webkit-column-count: 3;
            -moz-column-count: 3;
            column-count: 3;
            padding-top: 35px;
            text-align: justify;
            -webkit-column-gap: 50px;
            -moz-column-gap: 50px;
            column-gap: 50px;
            width: 100%;
        }
 
        .gfg {
            text-align: center;
            font-size: 40px;
            font-weight: bold;
            color: green;
        }
 
        .geeks {
            text-align: center;
        }
    </style>
</head>
 
<body>
    <div class="gfg">GeeksforGeeks</div>
    <div class="geeks">
        A computer science portal for geeks
    </div>
    <div class="geeks_content">
        Sudo Placement: Prepare for the Recruitment
        drive of product based companies like Microsoft,
        Amazon, Adobe etc with a free online placement
        preparation course. The course focuses on
        various MCQ's & Coding question likely to be
        asked in the interviews & make your upcoming
        placement season efficient and successful.
        Placement preparation solely depends on the
        company for which you are preparing. There
        are basically three different categories
        into which we can divide the companies visiting
        campuses for placements based on their recruitment
        process. Mass Recruiters, Tech Giants, Others / Start-ups
        Companies belonging to the above categories have
        their own recruitment process. In this course, we
        will try to cover every possible detail required
        to know for cracking interview of the companies
        falling in each of the above categories.
    </div>
</body>
   
</html>


Output: 

column gap

The column-rule-style property: This property is used to specify the style between the columns. 

Example: 

HTML




<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
   
<head>
    <title>Column-rule-style property</title>
    <style>
        .geeks_content {
            -webkit-column-count: 3;
            -moz-column-count: 3;
            column-count: 3;
            padding-top: 35px;
            column-rule-style: solid;
            text-align: justify;
 
        }
 
        .gfg {
            text-align: center;
            font-size: 40px;
            font-weight: bold;
            color: green;
        }
 
        .geeks {
            text-align: center;
        }
    </style>
</head>
 
<body>
    <div class="gfg">GeeksforGeeks</div>
    <div class="geeks">
        A computer science portal for geeks
    </div>
    <div class="geeks_content">
        Sudo Placement: Prepare for the Recruitment
        drive of product based companies like Microsoft,
        Amazon, Adobe etc with a free online placement
        preparation course. The course focuses on
        various MCQ's & Coding question likely to be
        asked in the interviews & make your upcoming
        placement season efficient and successful.
        Placement preparation solely depends on the
        company for which you are preparing. There
        are basically three different categories
        into which we can divide the companies visiting
        campuses for placements based on their recruitment
        process. Mass Recruiters, Tech Giants, Others / Start-ups
        Companies belonging to the above categories have
        their own recruitment process. In this course, we
        will try to cover every possible detail required
        to know for cracking interview of the companies
        falling in each of the above categories.
    </div>
</body>
   
</html>


Output:  

column rule style

The column-rule-width property: This property is used to specify the width of rule between columns. 

Example: 

HTML




<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
   
<head>
    <title>Column-rule-width property</title>
    <style>
        .geeks_content {
            -webkit-column-count: 3;
            -moz-column-count: 3;
            column-count: 3;
            padding-top: 35px;
            -webkit-column-gap: 40px;
            -moz-column-gap: 50px;
            column-gap: 50px;
            -webkit-column-rule-style: solid;
            -moz-column-rule-style: solid;
            column-rule-style: solid;
            -webkit-column-rule-width: 10px;
            -moz-column-rule-width: 10px;
            column-rule-width: 10px;
            width: 100%;
            text-align: justify;
        }
 
        .gfg {
            text-align: center;
            font-size: 40px;
            font-weight: bold;
            color: green;
        }
 
        .geeks {
            text-align: center;
        }
    </style>
</head>
 
<body>
    <div class="gfg">GeeksforGeeks</div>
    <div class="geeks">
        A computer science portal for geeks
    </div>
    <div class="geeks_content">
        Sudo Placement: Prepare for the Recruitment
        drive of product based companies like Microsoft,
        Amazon, Adobe etc with a free online placement
        preparation course. The course focuses on
        various MCQ's & Coding question likely to be
        asked in the interviews & make your upcoming
        placement season efficient and successful.
        Placement preparation solely depends on the
        company for which you are preparing. There
        are basically three different categories
        into which we can divide the companies visiting
        campuses for placements based on their recruitment
        process. Mass Recruiters, Tech Giants, Others / Start-ups
        Companies belonging to the above categories have
        their own recruitment process. In this course, we
        will try to cover every possible detail required
        to know for cracking interview of the companies
        falling in each of the above categories.
    </div>
</body>
   
</html>


Output: 

image column

The column-rule-color property: This property is used to define the color between the columns.

 Example: 

HTML




<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
   
<head>
    <title>Column-rule-color property</title>
    <style>
        .geeks_content {
            -webkit-column-count: 3;
            -moz-column-count: 3;
            column-count: 3;
            padding-top: 35px;
            -webkit-column-gap: 50px;
            -moz-column-gap: 50px;
            column-gap: 50px;
            -webkit-column-rule-style: solid;
            -moz-column-rule-style: solid;
            column-rule-style: solid;
            -webkit-column-rule-width: 10px;
            -moz-column-rule-width: 10px;
            column-rule-width: 10px;
            width: 100%;
            text-align: justify;
            -webkit-column-rule-color: green;
            -moz-column-rule-color: green;
            column-rule-color: green;
        }
 
        .gfg {
            text-align: center;
            font-size: 40px;
            font-weight: bold;
            color: green;
        }
 
        .geeks {
            text-align: center;
        }
    </style>
</head>
 
<body>
    <div class="gfg">GeeksforGeeks</div>
    <div class="geeks">
        A computer science portal for geeks
    </div>
    <div class="geeks_content">
        Sudo Placement: Prepare for the Recruitment
        drive of product based companies like Microsoft,
        Amazon, Adobe etc with a free online placement
        preparation course. The course focuses on
        various MCQ's & Coding question likely to be
        asked in the interviews & make your upcoming
        placement season efficient and successful.
        Placement preparation solely depends on the
        company for which you are preparing. There
        are basically three different categories
        into which we can divide the companies visiting
        campuses for placements based on their recruitment
        process. Mass Recruiters, Tech Giants, Others / Start-ups
        Companies belonging to the above categories have
        their own recruitment process. In this course, we
        will try to cover every possible detail required
        to know for cracking interview of the companies
        falling in each of the above categories.
    </div>
</body>
   
</html>


Output: 

column rule

The column-rule property: This property is used to define the style, width, and color of the rule between columns. 

Example:  

HTML




<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
   
<head>
    <title>Column-rule property</title>
    <style>
        .geeks_content {
            -webkit-column-count: 3;
            -moz-column-count: 3;
            column-count: 3;
            padding-top: 35px;
            -webkit-column-rule: 10px solid green;
            -moz-column-rule: 10px solid green;
            column-rule: 10px solid green;
            width: 100%;
            text-align: justify;
        }
 
        .gfg {
            text-align: center;
            font-size: 40px;
            font-weight: bold;
            color: green;
        }
 
        .geeks {
            text-align: center;
        }
    </style>
</head>
 
<body>
    <div class="gfg">GeeksforGeeks</div>
    <div class="geeks">
        A computer science portal for geeks
    </div>
    <div class="geeks_content">
        Sudo Placement: Prepare for the Recruitment
        drive of product based companies like Microsoft,
        Amazon, Adobe etc with a free online placement
        preparation course. The course focuses on
        various MCQ's & Coding question likely to be
        asked in the interviews & make your upcoming
        placement season efficient and successful.
        Placement preparation solely depends on the
        company for which you are preparing. There
        are basically three different categories
        into which we can divide the companies visiting
        campuses for placements based on their recruitment
        process. Mass Recruiters, Tech Giants, Others / Start-ups
        Companies belonging to the above categories have
        their own recruitment process. In this course, we
        will try to cover every possible detail required
        to know for cracking interview of the companies
        falling in each of the above categories.
    </div>
</body>
   
</html>


Output: 

The column-span property: This property is used to define an element that should span across how many columns. 

Example: 

HTML




<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
   
<head>
    <title>Column-span property</title>
    <style>
        .geeks_content {
            -webkit-column-span: 3;
            column-span: 3;
            -moz-column-count: 3;
            column-count: 3;
            padding-top: 35px;
            -webkit-column-gap: 50px;
            -moz-column-gap: 50px;
            column-gap: 50px;
            -webkit-column-rule-style: solid;
            -moz-column-rule-style: solid;
            column-rule-style: solid;
            -webkit-column-rule-width: 10px;
            -moz-column-rule-width: 10px;
            column-rule-width: 10px;
            width: 100%;
            text-align: justify;
            -webkit-column-rule-color: green;
            -moz-column-rule-color: green;
            column-rule-color: green;
        }
 
        .gfg {
            text-align: center;
            font-size: 40px;
            font-weight: bold;
            color: green;
        }
 
        .geeks {
            text-align: center;
        }
    </style>
</head>
 
<body>
    <div class="gfg">GeeksforGeeks</div>
    <div class="geeks">
        A computer science portal for geeks
    </div>
    <div class="geeks_content">
        Sudo Placement: Prepare for the Recruitment
        drive of product based companies like Microsoft,
        Amazon, Adobe etc with a free online placement
        preparation course. The course focuses on
        various MCQ's & Coding question likely to be
        asked in the interviews & make your upcoming
        placement season efficient and successful.
        Placement preparation solely depends on the
        company for which you are preparing. There
        are basically three different categories
        into which we can divide the companies visiting
        campuses for placements based on their recruitment
        process. Mass Recruiters, Tech Giants, Others / Start-ups
        Companies belonging to the above categories have
        their own recruitment process. In this course, we
        will try to cover every possible detail required
        to know for cracking interview of the companies
        falling in each of the above categories.
    </div>
</body>
   
</html>


Output: 

image

The column-width property: This property is used to specify the width of each column. 

Example: 

HTML




<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
   
<head>
    <title>Column-width property</title>
    <style>
        .geeks_content {
            margin-top: 35px;
            -webkit-column-width: 250px;
            -moz-column-width: 250px;
            column-width: 250px;
            text-align: justify;
        }
 
        .gfg {
            text-align: center;
            font-size: 40px;
            font-weight: bold;
            color: green;
        }
 
        .geeks {
            text-align: center;
        }
    </style>
</head>
 
<body>
    <div class="gfg">GeeksforGeeks</div>
    <div class="geeks">
        A computer science portal for geeks
    </div>
    <div class="geeks_content">
        Sudo Placement: Prepare for the Recruitment
        drive of product based companies like Microsoft,
        Amazon, Adobe etc with a free online placement
        preparation course. The course focuses on
        various MCQ's & Coding question likely to be
        asked in the interviews & make your upcoming
        placement season efficient and successful.
        Placement preparation solely depends on the
        company for which you are preparing. There
        are basically three different categories
        into which we can divide the companies visiting
        campuses for placements based on their recruitment
        process. Mass Recruiters, Tech Giants, Others / Start-ups
        Companies belonging to the above categories have
        their own recruitment process. In this course, we
        will try to cover every possible detail required
        to know for cracking interview of the companies
        falling in each of the above categories.
    </div>
</body>
   
</html>


Output: 

image



Last Updated : 21 Jul, 2023
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