column-fill property CSS Reference

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Definition and Usage

The column-fill CSS property controls how contents are partitioned into columns. Contents are either balanced, which means that contents in all columns will have the same height or, when using auto, just take up the room the content needs.

• Initial balance
• Applies to multicol elements
• Inherited no
• Media visual, but, in continuous media, has no effect in overflow columns
• Computed Value as specified
• Animatable no
• Canonical order the unique non-ambiguous order defined by the formal grammar

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Syntax

Formal syntax: auto | balance

column-fill: auto
column-fill: balance
column-fill: inherit

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Values

auto

Is a keyword indicating that columns are filled sequentially.

balance

Is a keyword indicating that content is equally divided between columns.

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Examples

.content-box {
  column-count: 4;
  column-rule: 1px solid black;
  column-fill: balance;
  height: 200px;
}

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Compatibility

Desktop browsers

Mobile browsers