Template:Column-generating template families

Column-generating template families

Family	Type	Handles wiki  table code?dagger	Start template	Column divider	End template
"Col"	Table	Yes	{{Col-begin}} or {{Col-begin-small}}	{{Col-break}} {{Col-2}} .. {{Col-5}}	{{Col-end}}
"Columns"	Table	No	{{Columns}}	–	–
"Multicol"	Table	Yes	{{Multicol}}	{{Multicol-break}}	{{Multicol-end}}
"Col-float"	CSS float	Yes	{{Col-float}}	{{Col-float-break}}	{{Col-float-end}}
"Columns-start"	CSS float	Yes	{{Columns-start}}	{{Column}}	{{Columns-end}}
"Div col"	CSS columns	Yes	{{Div col}} – {{Columns-list}} (wrapper)	{{No col break}}	{{Div col end}}

^dagger I.e., can the columns handle the wiki markup {| | || |- |} used to create tables? If not, templates that produce these elements (such as {{(!}}, {{!}}, {{!!}}, {{!-}}, {{!)}}) and/or HTML tags (<table>...</table>, <tr>...</tr>, etc.) will need to be used instead.

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Used by {{Column templates}} to provide links to column-related templates.