HTML Element Style How to - Make floating DIV list appear in columns, not rows

Question

We would like to know how to make floating DIV list appear in columns, not rows.

Answer


<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style type='text/css'>
.list_item {<!-- w  ww  . ja  va 2s .  c  o m-->
  margin: 5px;
  padding: 5px;
  width: 200px;
  float: left;
  border: 1px solid gray;
}

#wrap {
  width: 460px;
  column-count: 2;
  column-gap: 20px;
  -moz-column-count: 2;
  -moz-column-gap: 20px;
  -webkit-column-count: 2;
  -webkit-column-gap: 20px;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
  <div id="wrap">
    <div class="list_item">A</div>
    <div class="list_item">B</div>
    <div class="list_item">C</div>
    <div class="list_item">D</div>
    <div class="list_item">E</div>
    <div class="list_item">F</div>
    <div class="list_item">G</div>
    <div class="list_item">H</div>
  </div>
</body>
</html>

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