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Sometimes you want the results of a <$list> widget to be formatted in the form of multiple columns, instead of just one straight listing. This method uses ~CSS to set up listing as columns and assumes that you know how many columns you want. The method here is to create a style that reflects the number of columns you want your table to be in, and then apply that style to the resulting list output.

For other table-making techniques see also:

• Formatting List Results as Tables with CSS - Variable Column Method
• Formatting List Results as Tables (no CSS)

1) Create a tiddler for the columns tagged with $:/tags/Stylesheet, containing:

/* FOUR COLUMN MODE */
.fourcolumns {
   display:block;
   -moz-column-count:4;
   -moz-column-gap:1em;
   -webkit-column-count: 4;
   -webkit-column-gap:1em;
}

Note the various places you need to indicate the number of columns

2) Then format your output like this:

@@.fourcolumns
<$list filter="[tag[Filter Operators]]" variable="foo"><br>
<<foo>>
</$list>
@@

Example showing partial list of filter operators