The column-count CSS property breaks an element's content into the specified number of columns.

/* Keyword value */ column-count: auto;  /* <integer> value */ column-count: 3;  /* Global values */ column-count: inherit; column-count: initial; column-count: revert; column-count: unset; 

column-count

The column-count CSS property breaks an element's content into the specified number of columns.

Syntax

/* Keyword value */ column-count: auto;  /* <integer> value */ column-count: 3;  /* Global values */ column-count: inherit; column-count: initial; column-count: revert; column-count: unset; 

Values

auto

The number of columns is determined by other CSS properties, such as column-width.

<integer>

Is a strictly positive <integer> describing the ideal number of columns into which the content of the element will be flowed. If the column-width is also set to a non-auto value, it merely indicates the maximum allowed number of columns.

Formal definition

Initial value	auto
Applies to	Block containers except table wrapper boxes
Inherited	no
Computed value	as specified
Animation type	an integer

Formal syntax

<integer> | auto

Examples

Splitting a paragraph across three columns

HTML

<p class="content-box">   This is a bunch of text split into three columns   using the CSS `column-count` property. The text   is equally distributed over the columns. </p> 

CSS

.content-box {   column-count: 3; } 

Result

Specifications

Specification
CSS Multi-column Layout Module Level 2 # cc

See also

Multiple-column Layout (Learn Layout) Basic Concepts of Multicol

Last modified: Aug 12, 2021, by MDN contributors

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