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Using the <columns> Tag

Give a div this style: <div style="column-width:200px; column-gap: 100px; column-rule: 5px double #ff00ff; column-count:3;">
column-rule values: "none|hidden|dotted|dashed|solid|double|groove|ridge|inset|outset|initial|inherit"

I have not explored the column-rule attribute values much. In the first example below it is: column-rule: 5px double #ff00ff;. Each item of the list ends with <br>.


I've taken the liberty of using some real column-oriented data from another site to give an example. These are good people!

Massachusetts Council For the Social Studies

Past Presidents

Terrence O’Donnell, 1969-70
Alberta Sebolt, 1970-71
Charles Mitsakos, 1971-72
George G. Watson, Jr., 1972-73
Patricia Glasheen, 1973-74
Carl Stasio, 1974-75
John Hadden, 1975-76
Donald (Sal) Salvucci, 1976-77
Barbara Capron, 1977-78
Anton Lahnston, 1978-79
Henry Hicks, 1979-80
William Spratt, 1980-81
Janna M. Bremer, 1981-82
Christian Castendyk, 1982-83
Sarah Madison, 1984-85
Joseph Lezon, 1985-86
June R. Coutu, 1986-87
Richard Aieta, 1987-88
Virginia Ahart, 1989-90
Debra J. Miller, 1990-91
Peter A. Santos, 1991-92
Karen E. Thompson, 1992-93
James J. Harrington, 1993-94
John Papadonis, 1994-95
Claire Austin, 1995-96
Carlyjane Dunn, 1996-97
Thomas MacDonough, 1997-98
Mary Ellen Sorensen, 1998-99
Susan Szachowicz, 1999-2000
Shaun Bresnahan, 2000-01
Richard J. Meegan, 2001-02
Valerie J. Degnan, 2002-03
Wendell C. Bourne, Jr., 2003-04
Kathleen Babini, 2004-05
Judith G. Heine, 2005-06
Dorothy J. Verheyen-Cudjoe, 2006-07
Roger Desrosiers, 2007-08
Sue Keane, 2008-2009
Jennifer Sears, 2009-10
Janice Fairchild, 2010-11
Bob Kostka, 2011-2012
Norman F. Shacochis, 2012-13
Bill Hocking, 2013-14
Gorman Lee, 2014-15
Steve Seto, 2015-16
Casey Cullen, 2016-17
Kerry Dunn, 2017-18
Norm Shacochis 2019-20

Note that if the list is an unordered list, column-rule does not work, and the first column starts too low compared with the others.


  • Terrence O’Donnell, 1969-70
  • Alberta Sebolt, 1970-71
  • Charles Mitsakos, 1971-72
  • George G. Watson, Jr., 1972-73
  • Patricia Glasheen, 1973-74
  • Carl Stasio, 1974-75
  • John Hadden, 1975-76
  • Donald (Sal) Salvucci, 1976-77
  • Barbara Capron, 1977-78
  • Anton Lahnston, 1978-79
  • Henry Hicks, 1979-80
  • William Spratt, 1980-81
  • Janna M. Bremer, 1981-82
  • Christian Castendyk, 1982-83
  • Sarah Madison, 1984-85
  • Joseph Lezon, 1985-86
  • June R. Coutu, 1986-87
  • Richard Aieta, 1987-88
  • Virginia Ahart, 1989-90
  • Debra J. Miller, 1990-91
  • Peter A. Santos, 1991-92
  • Karen E. Thompson, 1992-93
  • James J. Harrington, 1993-94
  • John Papadonis, 1994-95
  • Claire Austin, 1995-96
  • Carlyjane Dunn, 1996-97
  • Thomas MacDonough, 1997-98
  • Mary Ellen Sorensen, 1998-99
  • Susan Szachowicz, 1999-2000
  • Shaun Bresnahan, 2000-01
  • Richard J. Meegan, 2001-02
  • Valerie J. Degnan, 2002-03
  • Wendell C. Bourne, Jr., 2003-04
  • Kathleen Babini, 2004-05
  • Judith G. Heine, 2005-06
  • Dorothy J. Verheyen-Cudjoe, 2006-07
  • Roger Desrosiers, 2007-2008
  • Sue Keane, 2008-2009
  • Jennifer Sears, 2009-2010
  • Janice Fairchild, 2010-2011
  • Bob Kostka, 2011-2012
  • Norman F. Shacochis, 2012-2013
  • Bill Hocking, 2013-2014
  • Gorman Lee, 2014-2015
  • Steve Seto, 2015-2016
  • Casey Cullen, 2016-2017
  • Kerry Dunn, 2017-2018
  • Norm Shacochis 2019-2020

References

Automated div columns: https://www.w3schools.com/cssref/css3_pr_columns.asp.