How to divide text into two columns layout using CSS ?

Last Updated : 01 Sep, 2020

The purpose of this article is to divide the text into two columns by using the CSS column property. This property is used to set the number of columns and the width of these columns.

Syntax:

columns: column-width columns-count | auto | initial | inherit;

Example:

HTML

      
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  
<head>
    <style>
        body {
            text-align: center;
            color: green;
        }
  
        .GFG {
            -webkit-columns: 40px 2;
            /* Chrome, Safari, Opera */
            -moz-columns: 60px 2;
            /* Firefox */
            columns: 60px 2;
        }
    </style>
</head>
  
<body>
  
    <h1>
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    </div>
</body>
  
</html>                    

Output:

Supported Browsers are listed below:

Google Chrome 43.0
Internet Explorer 10.0
Firefox 16.0
Opera 30.0
Safari 9.0

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