{column} Macro

Examples

Two Columns

The following will generate two columns:

{section}{column}
Column 1
{column}{column}
Column 2
{column}{section}

Which results in:

Column 1

Column 2

Three Columns with Borders

The following will generate three columns with borders around them:

{section:border=true}{column}
Column 1
{column}{column}
Column 2
{column}{column}
Column 3
{column}{section}

As you can see, we merely add another pair of column tags with the new column 3 content between them.

Which results in:

Column 1

Column 2

Column 3

Custom Column Widths

Column widths are usually equal, but you can alter them by supplying either a percentage or a pixel size:

{section:border=true}{column:width=25%}
{loremipsum:1}
{column}{column:width=200}
{loremipsum:1}
{column}{column}
{loremipsum:1}
{column}{section}

Which results in:

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Aliquam fermentum vestibulum est. Cras rhoncus. Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique senectus et netus et malesuada fames ac turpis egestas. Sed quis tortor. Donec non ipsum. Mauris condimentum, odio nec porta tristique, ante neque malesuada massa, in dignissim eros velit at tellus. Donec et risus in ligula eleifend consectetuer. Donec volutpat eleifend augue. Integer gravida sodales leo. Nunc vehicula neque ac erat. Vivamus non nisl. Fusce ac magna. Suspendisse euismod libero eget mauris.

It's usually best to leave one column auto-sizing (the last column in the example above) so that the section still fills the width of the screen.

Hints and Tips

Don't make columns to long (in terms of screen height) otherwise visitors will have to scroll down several times to read the first column, then scroll to the top to start the next column and so on.

Try to avoid using more than 3 columns if you are putting text in to them.

Wrap the content of a column in the quote macro to add a clean looking seperator bar down the left hand side.

Frequently Asked Questions

Q	What's with all that latin text?
A	The loremipsum macro adds one or more paragraphs of random latin text - very useful for doing quick mock-ups of content layout.

Q	What's that border parameter in the section macro?
A	It's a feature of the section macro that allows you to add borders to your columns.

Q	Can I give the columns different border and background colours, etc?
A	Yes. Just add additional macros inside your columns such as the bgcolor macro, panel macro and even the quote macro.

Q	When I put [USERGUIDE:Tables] inside columns, their borders dissapear if the section doesn't have the border parameter set - why?
A	It's a bug in the Confluence style sheets. We've notified Atlassian and hopefully it will be fixed in a later release. A future version of the Builder theme may offer a patch to resolve the issue if Atlassian do not fix it at source.

column macro

{column} Macro

Parameters

Examples

Two Columns

Three Columns with Borders

Custom Column Widths

Hints and Tips

Frequently Asked Questions

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