MULTICOL specifies that all contained text will be displayed in
multi-column format. All columns will have the same width and data
should be spread evenly across each of the columns to achieve roughly
equal column heights.
Attributes:
cols - This attribute indicates the
number of columns the contained data will be split into. The browser
should try to evenly distribute the content evenly across each of the
columns in order to achieve roughly the same column height.
gutter - This attribute controls the
amount of pixel space between columns.
width - This optional attribute is
supposed to control the width of an individual column. All columns are
always the same width, so the overall width of a multi-column layout
should be (as specified by Netscape):
(cols * width) + ((cols - 1) * gutter)
However: Through direct experimentation, this attribute seems
to control the TOTAL width of the column apparatus, not the width of
each individual column. The multi-column apparatus will remain
left-justified if a width results in an amount less than the overall
browser window size. If no WIDTH is specified, the default width is
100% [full screen width]
Example code:
<multicol COLS=3 WIDTH=80% GUTTER=20>
This is multi-column layout text that should be distributed evenly across 3
columns
</multicol>
Result:
This is multi-column layout text that should be distributed evenly
across 3 columns
