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Revision as of 19:42, 3 November 2006

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change the default back to only a single column, see talk

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m>Interiot

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-<div class="references-small" {{#if: {{{1|}}}| style="-moz-column-count:{{{1}}}; column-count:{{{1}}};" | style="-moz-column-width:30em"}}>
+<div class="references-small" {{#if: {{{colwidth|}}}| style="-moz-column-width:{{{colwidth}}}; column-width:{{{colwidth}}};" | {{#if: {{{1|}}}| style="-moz-column-count:{{{1}}}; column-count:{{{1}}} }}};" |}}>
 <references/>
 </div><noinclude>
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 </pre>
-== Parameters ==
+== Multiple columns ==
-Using <tt><nowiki>{{reflist|2}}</nowiki></tt> will create a two-column reference list, and <tt><nowiki>{{reflist|3}}</nowiki></tt> will create a three-column list. Using simply <tt><nowiki>{{reflist}}</nowiki></tt> will create a reference list which incorporates CSS3 to automatically choose the number of columns based on the width of the web browser and the size of the text. Currently, multiple columns only render properly in Mozilla/Firefox. [http://www.stuffandnonsense.co.uk/archives/css3_multi-column_thriller.html]
+Using <tt><nowiki>{{reflist|2}}</nowiki></tt> will create a two-column reference list, and <tt><nowiki>{{reflist|3}}</nowiki></tt> will create a three-column list.
+Using <tt><nowiki>{{reflist|colwidth=30em}}</nowiki></tt> will allow the browser to automatically choose the number of columns based on the width of the web browser.  Choose a column width that's appropriate for the average width of the references on the page.
+(note: multiple columns currently render properly only in Mozilla/Firefox. [http://www.stuffandnonsense.co.uk/archives/css3_multi-column_thriller.html])
 == See also ==