Using column-count together with ::before for UL - HTML CSS CSS Widget

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Using column-count together with ::before for UL

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<html>
 <head> 
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"> 
  <style id="compiled-css" type="text/css">

li {<!--  ww  w. j a v a2 s .c  o  m-->
   list-style-type: none;
   margin-left: 1.5em;
   line-height: 1.25em;
   break-inside: avoid;
}
li:before {
   content: '';
   width: 0.7em;
   height: 0.7em;
   display: block;
   float: left;
   margin: 0 .5em 0 -1.3em;
   background-color: blue;
   position: relative;
   top: .25em;
}
ul#withColumCountAndBefore {
   -webkit-column-count: 3;
   -moz-column-count: 3;
   column-count: 3;
}


      </style> 
 </head> 
 <body> 
  <h2>ul without column count</h2> 
  <ul> 
   <li>1</li> 
   <li>2</li> 
   <li>3</li> 
   <li>4</li> 
   <li>5</li> 
   <li>6</li> 
  </ul> 
  <h2>ul with column count (using :before and float)</h2> 
  <ul id="withColumCountAndBefore"> 
   <li>1</li> 
   <li>2 this is a test this is a test this is a test</li> 
   <li>3</li> 
   <li>4</li> 
   <li>5</li> 
   <li>6</li> 
  </ul>  
 </body>
</html>

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