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== colbegin and colend ==<br />
To create columns in an article one may use {{tl|colbegin}} and {{tl|colend}}. Note that this is not supported by Internet Explorer version 9 and below or Opera version 11 and below — see {{tl|Div col}} for details. This example uses {{tl|lorem}} to generate placeholder text.<br />
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<pre><br />
{{colbegin}}<br />
{{lorem}}<br />
{{lorem}}<br />
{{colend}}<br />
</pre><br />
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produces:<br />
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{{colbegin}}<br />
{{lorem}}<br />
{{lorem}}<br />
{{colend}}<br />
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You can also use {{tl|col-begin}}, {{tl|col-break}}, and {{tl|col-end}}. But don't use this variety to set numbered or bulleted [[Help:List|lists]] in columns, because {{tl|col-break}} breaks the list up, which is a problem for [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Accessibility|accessibility]].<br />
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As such:<br />
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<pre><br />
{{col-begin}}<br />
{{col-break}}<br />
{{lorem}}<br />
{{col-break}}<br />
{{lorem}}<br />
{{col-break}}<br />
{{lorem}}<br />
{{col-end}}<br />
</pre><br />
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creates<br />
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{{col-begin}}<br />
{{col-break}}<br />
{{lorem}}<br />
{{col-break}}<br />
{{lorem}}<br />
{{col-break}}<br />
{{lorem}}<br />
{{col-end}}<br />
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== CSS ==<br />
[[MediaWiki:Common.css]] defines the following styles:<br />
* "div.columns-2", "div.columns-3", "div.columns-4" and "div.columns-5" which need to contain a "div.column"<br />
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== Templates ==<br />
* {{tl|colbegin}} and {{tl|divbegin}} – utilizes CSS3 features<br />
* {{tl|Columns-start}} – defines CSS classes (see above)<br />
* {{tl|col-begin}} – uses an HTML table (also adds a MULTICOL attribute)<br />
* {{tl|col-begin-small}}<br />
* {{tl|div col}} – uses CSS3<br />
* {{tl|columns-list}} – uses CSS3<br />
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== CSS3 multicolumn support ==<br />
{{Further|Template:Reflist#Browser support for columns}}<br />
{{CSS3 multiple column layout}}<br />
The templates {{tl|div col}} and {{tl|divbegin}} use a feature in [[CSS3]] that is implemented in:<br />
* [[Gecko (software)|Gecko]]-based browsers, such as [[Firefox]] 1.5<br />
* [[Presto (browser engine)|Presto]]-based browsers, such as [[Opera (web browser)|Opera]] 11.1<br />
* [[WebKit]]-based browsers, such as [[Safari (web browser)]] 3 and [[Google Chrome]] 1<br />
* [[MSHTML]]-based browsers, such as [[Internet Explorer]] 10<br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[Help:Tables]]<br />
* [[m:wiki markup tables]]<br />
* [[Template:Columns-list]]<br />
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