Template:Col-float/doc
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Side-by-side columns, based on CSS float.
This has the advantage of more cross-device-accessible behaviour, as (unlike HTML <table>s) they will wrap on display windows too narrow to show them side-by-side.
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| Accessibility |
| Basic |
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| Float |
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| Div col |
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Parameters
All optional and applicable to {{Col-float}} / {{Start col-float}} and {{Col-float-break}} / {{Break col-float}} except firstcol:
- firstcol (with Col-float or Start col-float only)
- nextcol
- width
- 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 styling defined using classes.
- style
- For any additional styling.
{{Col-float}} can be used with numbered parameters for columns (i.e. |1= is the first column, |2= is the second, and so on). However, lists have to be preceded with <nowiki/> and a newline, and tables have to use {{!}}.
Example section (from Hydrolastic)
With {{Col-float-break}}
Cars using the Hydrolastic suspension system:
- BMC 1100
- Mini (from 1964 to 1971)
- Austin America (from 1968 to 1971)
- Austin 1800
- Austin Maxi (until March 1978)
- Austin 3-Litre
- MG 1100 (from 1962 to 1968)
Cars using the Hydragas suspension system:
- Austin Ambassador
- Princess
- Austin Allegro
- Austin Maxi (from March 1978 onwards)
- Austin Metro
- Rover Metro
- Rover 100
<source lang="moin">
Cars using the Hydrolastic suspension system: * BMC 1100 * Mini (from 1964 to 1971) * Austin America (from 1968 to 1971) * Austin 1800 * Austin Maxi (until March 1978) * Austin 3-Litre * MG 1100 (from 1962 to 1968)
Cars using the Hydragas suspension system: * Austin Ambassador * Princess * Austin Allegro * Austin Maxi (from March 1978 onwards) * Austin Metro * Rover Metro * Rover 100
</source>
With numbered parameters
- BMC 1100
- Mini (from 1964 to 1971)
- Austin America (from 1968 to 1971)
- Austin 1800
- Austin Maxi (until March 1978)
- Austin 3-Litre
- MG 1100 (from 1962 to 1968)
<source lang="moin">
* BMC 1100 * Mini (from 1964 to 1971) * Austin America (from 1968 to 1971) * Austin 1800 * Austin Maxi (until March 1978) * Austin 3-Litre* MG 1100 (from 1962 to 1968)
* Austin Ambassador * Princess * Austin Allegro * Austin Maxi (from March 1978 onwards) * Austin Metro * Rover Metro * Rover 100
</source>
See also
Column-generating template families
 | The templates listed here are not interchangeable. For example, using {{col-float}} with {{col-end}} instead of {{col-float-end}} would leave a HTML "div" (division) open, potentially harming any subsequent formatting. |
<section begin="table" />
| Family | Type | Handles wiki
table code?  |
Start template | Column divider | End template |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Col" | Table | Yes | {{Col-begin}}, {{Col-begin-fixed}} or {{Col-begin-small}} |
{{Col-break}} or {{Col-2}} .. {{Col-5}} |
{{Col-end}} |
| "Col-float" | CSS float | Yes | {{Col-float}} | {{Col-float-break}} | {{Col-float-end}} |
| "Columns" | Table | No | {{Columns}} | – | – |
| "Columns-list" | CSS columns | Yes | {{Columns-list}} (wrapper) | – | – |
| "Columns-start" | CSS float | Yes | {{Columns-start}} | {{Column}} | {{Columns-end}} |
| "Div col" | CSS columns | Yes | {{Div col}} | – | {{Div col end}} |
I.e., can the columns handle the wiki markup {| | || |- |} used to create tables? If not, templates that produce these elements (such as {{(!}}, {{!}}, {{!!}}, {{!-}}, {{!)}}) and/or HTML tags (<table></table>, <tr></tr>, etc.) will need to be used instead.<section end="table" />