Revisiting CSS Multi-Column Layout | CSS-Tricks

February 4, 2025

Perhaps because, before the web, I’d worked in print, I was over-excited at the prospect of dividing content into columns without needing extra markup purely there for presentation. I’ve used Multi-Column Layout regularly ever since. Yet, CSS Columns remains one of the most underused CSS layout tools. I wonder why that is?

Source: Revisiting CSS Multi-Column Layout | CSS-Tricks

Legendary Web Design figure Andy Clarke revisits an old CSS property he thinks should get a little love: multi-column layouts.

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  1. Greg says:

    @conffab.com Because browsers scroll, not flip pages.