{{Columns}} may be used to create up to ten columns across a page.

Values for col1 and col2, i.e. the contents of the first and second columns, are expected.

{{Columns
| background =   <!-- Background (default is none) -->
| style =        <!-- Use to add extra overall CSS styling -->
| colwidth =     <!-- Width of each column (default 15.0em) -->
| gapbetween =   <!-- Gap (gutter) between each column (default 1.25em) -->
| col1width =    <!-- Use to set a custom width for col1 -->
| col1 =         <!-- (REQUIRED) First column's contents -->
| col2width =    <!-- Use to set a custom width for col2 (and so on) -->
| col2 =         <!-- (REQUIRED) Second column's contents -->
| col3width = 
| col3 = 
...
| col10width = 
| col10 = 
}}

The parameters  colstyle  and  col1style  to  col10style  may also be used to tailor all and/or individual columns' CSS styling.

Code
{{Columns
| col1 = This is a simple application of the columns template, demonstrating the default column widths
| col2 = and gaps between columns. See the next example for a more customized use of the template.
}}
Result



Code
{{Columns |background=beige |colwidth=8.5em |gap<!--between-->=3.25em

| col1 =
* These
* columns
* are
* more
* complex

| col2 =
The<br />background<br />is<br />beige

| col3 =
; Each : column
; is   : 8.5 [[Em (typography)|''em'']]
; wide

| col4 =
{{{!}}
!colspan="2"{{!}} and
{{!-}}
{{!}} the {{!!}} gap
{{!-}}
{{!}}colspan="2"{{!}} between
{{!-}}
{{!}} each {{!!}} is
{{!-}}
!colspan="2" align="center"{{!}} 3.25 ''em''
{{!}}}
}}
Result

Column-generating template families

सम्पादन
Family Type
Handles wiki
 table code?dagger
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}}

dagger 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.