created: 20161209172820513
modified: 20161220161653258
tags: Learning
title: Formatting List Results as Tables with CSS - Specified Columns Methods
type: text/vnd.tiddlywiki

Sometimes you want the results of a ``<$list>`` widget to be formatted in the form of multiple columns, instead of just one straight listing. This method uses ~CSS to set up listing as  columns and assumes that you know how many columns you want.  The method here is to create a style that reflects the number of columns you want your table to be in, and then apply that style to the resulting list output.

For other table-making techniques see also:

* [[Formatting List Results as Tables with CSS - Variable Column Method]]
* [[Formatting List Results as Tables (no CSS)]]


!!! 1) Create a tiddler for the columns tagged with `$:/tags/Stylesheet`, containing:

```
/* FOUR COLUMN MODE */
.fourcolumns {
   display:block;
   column-count:4;
   column-gap:1em;
   -moz-column-count:4;
   -moz-column-gap:1em;
   -webkit-column-count: 4;
   -webkit-column-gap:1em;
}
```

Note the various places you need to indicate the number of columns

!!! 2) Then format your output like this:

```
@@.fourcolumns
<$list filter="[tag[Filter Operators]]" variable="foo"><br>
<<foo>>
</$list>
@@
```

!! Example showing partial list of filter operators

<style>
.fourcolumns {
   display:block;
   column-count:4;
   column-gap:1em;
   -moz-column-count:4;
   -moz-column-gap:1em;
   -webkit-column-count: 4;
   -webkit-column-gap:1em;
}
</style>


@@.fourcolumns
<$list filter="[tag[Filter Operators]limit[24]]" variable="foo"><br>
<<foo>>
</$list>
@@