column-rule
Baseline Widely available
This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since March 2017.
The column-rule
shorthand CSS property sets the width, style, and color of the line drawn between columns in a multi-column layout.
Try it
column-rule: dotted;
column-rule: solid 6px;
column-rule: solid blue;
column-rule: thick inset blue;
<section id="default-example">
<p id="example-element">
London. Michaelmas term lately over, and the Lord Chancellor sitting in
Lincoln's Inn Hall. Implacable November weather. As much mud in the streets
as if the waters had but newly retired from the face of the earth, and it
would not be wonderful to meet a Megalosaurus, forty feet long or so,
waddling like an elephantine lizard up Holborn Hill.
</p>
</section>
#example-element {
columns: 3;
column-rule: solid;
text-align: left;
}
Constituent properties
This property is a shorthand for the following CSS properties:
Syntax
css
column-rule: dotted;
column-rule: solid 8px;
column-rule: solid blue;
column-rule: thick inset blue;
/* Global values */
column-rule: inherit;
column-rule: initial;
column-rule: revert;
column-rule: revert-layer;
column-rule: unset;
Values
The column-rule
property is specified as one, two, or three of the values listed below, in any order.
<'column-rule-width'>
-
Is a
<length>
or one of the three keywords,thin
,medium
, orthick
. Seeborder-width
for details. <'column-rule-style'>
-
See
border-style
for possible values and details. <'column-rule-color'>
-
Is a
<color>
value.
Formal definition
Initial value | as each of the properties of the shorthand:
|
---|---|
Applies to | multicol elements |
Inherited | no |
Computed value | as each of the properties of the shorthand:
|
Animation type | as each of the properties of the shorthand:
|
Formal syntax
column-rule =
<gap-rule-list> |
<gap-auto-rule-list>
<gap-rule-list> =
<gap-rule-or-repeat> [ / <gap-rule-or-repeat> ]*
<gap-auto-rule-list> =
[ [ <gap-rule-or-repeat> ] / ]* <gap-auto-repeat-rule> [ / [ <gap-rule-or-repeat> ] ]*
<gap-rule-or-repeat> =
<gap-rule> |
<gap-repeat-rule>
<gap-auto-repeat-rule> =
repeat( auto , [ <gap-rule> ]# )
<gap-rule> =
<line-width> ||
<line-style> ||
<color>
<gap-repeat-rule> =
repeat( [ <integer [1,∞]> ] , [ <gap-rule> ]# )
<line-width> =
<length [0,∞]> |
thin |
medium |
thick
<line-style> =
none |
hidden |
dotted |
dashed |
solid |
double |
groove |
ridge |
inset |
outset
Examples
Example 1
css
/* Same as "medium dotted currentcolor" */
p.foo {
column-rule: dotted;
}
/* Same as "medium solid blue" */
p.bar {
column-rule: solid blue;
}
/* Same as "8px solid currentcolor" */
p.baz {
column-rule: solid 8px;
}
p.abc {
column-rule: thick inset blue;
}
Example 2
HTML
html
<p class="content-box">
This is a bunch of text split into three columns. Take note of how the
`column-rule` property is used to adjust the style, width, and color of the
rule that appears between the columns.
</p>
CSS
css
.content-box {
padding: 0.3em;
background: #ff7;
column-count: 3;
column-rule: inset 2px #33f;
}
Result
Specifications
Specification |
---|
CSS Multi-column Layout Module Level 1 # column-rule |
Browser compatibility
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- Full support
- Requires a vendor prefix or different name for use.
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