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{{Documentation subpage}}

{{Lua|Module:Separated entries}}
{{Uses TemplateStyles|Template:Col-float/styles.css}}

Side-by-side columns, based on [[Cascading Style Sheets#Float and clear|CSS float]].

This has the advantage of more cross-device-accessible behaviour, as (unlike HTML <code><nowiki><table></nowiki></code>s) they will wrap on display windows too narrow to show them side-by-side.

== Parameters ==

All optional and applicable to {{tl|Col-float}}{{\}}{{tl|Start col-float}} and {{tl|Col-float-break}}{{\}}{{tl|Break col-float}} except '''''firstcol''''':

; ''firstcol'' {{nobold|{{resize|90%|(with Col-float or Start col-float only)}}}}
; ''nextcol''
; <s>width</s>
: Width of the next – or, with Col-float/Start col-float, the first – column. IE-based browsers require a specified width, so defaults to 30.0em.
; ''class''
: For any [[Cascading Style Sheets|styling]] defined using [[Cascading Style Sheets#Selector|classes]].
; ''style''
: For any additional styling.

{{tl|Col-float}} can be used with numbered parameters for columns (i.e. {{para|1}} is the first column, {{para|2}} is the second, and so on). However, lists have to be preceded with <code><nowiki/></code> and a newline, and tables have to use {{Tn|!}}.

== Example section (from [[Hydrolastic]]) ==

=== With {{tl|Col-float-break}} ===

<div style="background:whitesmoke;">
{{col-float}}
'''Cars using the [[Hydrolastic]] suspension system:'''
* [[BMC ADO16|BMC 1100]]
* [[Mini]] (from 1964 to 1971)
* [[Austin 1800]]
* [[Austin America]] (from 1968 to 1971)
* [[Austin Maxi]] (until March 1978)
* [[Austin 3-Litre]]
* [[MG 1100]] (from 1962 to 1968)
* [[Morris Nomad]]
{{col-float-break}}
'''Cars using the [[Hydragas]] suspension system:'''
* [[Austin Allegro]]
* [[Leyland Princess]]
* [[Austin Ambassador]]
* [[Austin Maxi]] (from March 1978 onwards)
* [[Austin Metro]] & [[Rover Metro]]
* [[Rover 100]]
{{col-float-end}}
</div>
<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext">
{{col-float}}
'''Cars using the [[Hydrolastic]] suspension system:'''
* [[BMC ADO16|BMC 1100]]
* [[Mini]] (from 1964 to 1971)
* [[Austin 1800]]
* [[Austin America]] (from 1968 to 1971)
* [[Austin Maxi]] (until March 1978)
* [[Austin 3-Litre]]
* [[MG 1100]] (from 1962 to 1968)
* [[Morris Nomad]]
{{col-float-break}}
'''Cars using the [[Hydragas]] suspension system:'''
* [[Austin Allegro]]
* [[Leyland Princess]]
* [[Austin Ambassador]]
* [[Austin Maxi]] (from March 1978 onwards)
* [[Austin Metro]] & [[Rover Metro]]
* [[Rover 100]]
{{col-float-end}}
</syntaxhighlight>

=== With numbered parameters ===

<div style="background:whitesmoke;">
{{col-float
|1=
'''Cars using the [[Hydrolastic]] suspension system:'''
* [[BMC ADO16|BMC 1100]]
* [[Mini]] (from 1964 to 1971)
* [[Austin 1800]]
* [[Austin America]] (from 1968 to 1971)
* [[Austin Maxi]] (until March 1978)
* [[Austin 3-Litre]]
* [[MG 1100]] (from 1962 to 1968)
* [[Morris Nomad]]
|2=
'''Cars using the [[Hydragas]] suspension system:'''
* [[Austin Allegro]]
* [[Leyland Princess]]
* [[Austin Ambassador]]
* [[Austin Maxi]] (from March 1978 onwards)
* [[Austin Metro]] & [[Rover Metro]]
* [[Rover 100]]
}}
</div>
<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext">
{{col-float
|1=
'''Cars using the [[Hydrolastic]] suspension system:'''
* [[BMC ADO16|BMC 1100]]
* [[Mini]] (from 1964 to 1971)
* [[Austin 1800]]
* [[Austin America]] (from 1968 to 1971)
* [[Austin Maxi]] (until March 1978)
* [[Austin 3-Litre]]
* [[MG 1100]] (from 1962 to 1968)
* [[Morris Nomad]]
|2=
'''Cars using the [[Hydragas]] suspension system:'''
* [[Austin Allegro]]
* [[Leyland Princess]]
* [[Austin Ambassador]]
* [[Austin Maxi]] (from March 1978 onwards)
* [[Austin Metro]] & [[Rover Metro]]
* [[Rover 100]]
}}
</syntaxhighlight>

== See also ==
{{Column-generating template families}}

<includeonly>{{Sandbox other||

[[Category:Multi-column templates]]
}}</includeonly>

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