How to create columns in HTML

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HTML columns are used to arrange data in an organized way, this allows clear comparisons to be made between 2 things.

Defining columns in HTML

An HTML column is defined in the <div> tag using the class = "column" keyword. More columns can be added by adding more divs with the same class. The following syntax is used to add columns in HTML.

  • <div class="row"> tag is used to initialize the row where all the columns will be added.
  • <div class="column" > tag is used to add the corresponding number of columns.
  • style="background-color:#aaa;" property is used to give color to the column.
  • Individual properties, such as width: 50%;, are added to the columns in the style sheet for that particular div.

Example

Below is an example of how to create 2 basic columns in HTML.

<html>
 <head>
    <style>
    {
        box-sizing: border-box;
    }
    /* Set additional styling options for the columns*/
    .column {
    float: left;
    width: 50%;
    }
    .row:after {
    content: "";
    display: table;
    clear: both;
    }
    </style>
 </head>
 <body>
    <div class="row">
        <div class="column" style="background-color:#FFB695;">
            <h2>Column 1</h2>
            <p>Data..</p>
        </div>
        <div class="column" style="background-color:#96D1CD;">
            <h2>Column 2</h2>
            <p>Data..</p>
        </div>
    </div>
 </body>
</html>

Output:

Column 1

Data..

Column 2

Data..

Multiple columns

HTML also allows the creation of more than two columns in a single row; we can set varying widths for these columns by specifying them in the style sheet.

<html>
 <head>
    <style>
    {
        box-sizing: border-box;
    }
    /* Set additional styling options for the columns */
    .column {
    float: left;
    }

    /* Set width length for the left, right and middle columns */
    .left {
    width: 20%;
    }

    .middle {
    width: 30%;
    }
    
    .right {
    width: 50%;
    }

    .row:after {
    content: "";
    display: table;
    clear: both;
    }
    </style>
 </head>
 <body>
    <div class="row">
        <div class="column left" style="background-color:#FFB695;">
            <h2>Column 1</h2>
            <p>Data..</p>
        </div>
        <div class="column middle" style="background-color:#96D1CD;">
            <h2>Column 2</h2>
            <p>Data..</p>
        </div>
        <div class="column right" style="background-color:#74C3E1;">
            <h2>Column 3</h2>
            <p>Data..</p>
        </div>
    </div>
 </body>
</html>

Output:

Column 1

Data..

Column 2

Data..

Column 3

Data..

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