Template:MultiColListItem/doc

Page Information

This is a documentation subpage for the MultiColListItem template. It contains usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page.

Intro

This template is not intended to be used by itself. It is part of a set of three templates that are sued to create free-flowing, multi-column list for use with dynamic lists and the Semantic Wiki. The three templates in this set are Template:MultiColListTop, Template:MultiColListItem, and Template:MultiColListBottom.

Usage

To use this set in your semantic query output, use the following lines in your query:

| headers = hide
| format = template
| template = MultiColListItem
| introtemplate = MultiColListTop
| outrotemplate = MultiColListBottom

This will provide a two-column list. You can control the number of columns by adding a parameter to the the introtemplate line, like this:

| introtemplate = MultiColListTop{{!}}600

This will provide a three-column list. For a four column list, use 800, and for a single-column list, use 200. I don't recommend using anything over 800, as you may get too wide for the display.

Notes

The list will appear in a floating box, and text will wrap around it. Make sure you test your page to prevent some wacky layouts. You can encapsulate the list inside a table to prevent the odd wrapping. (I'm no expert at HTML/CSS, so I don't know enough about it to fix that.)