Template:Navbox with columns

A navigation box that presents its content in columns. Originally intended to provide a relatively straightforward means to align links prefixed by flag icons, e.g. in templates offering links to country articles.

Only required parameters and colwidth included.

{{Navbox with columns
|name  = {{subst:PAGENAME}}
|title = 
|colwidth =  <!--(to set a default width for each column,
                  preferably in a proportional unit such as 'em'*)-->
|col1  = 
|col2  = 
}}

Required parameters in bold. Parameters marked with a cross^† are parameters in common with the sister templates {{Navbox}} and {{Navbox with collapsible groups}}. A much more complete description of those parameters is available at {{Navbox}}.

name^†

The name of the template. The name of this template, for example, is "Navbox with columns".

state^†

Possible values are collapsed, uncollapsed, plain, off, and the default autocollapse. See {{Navbox}} for more information.

navbar^†

Possible values are plain, off, and the default value of blank. See {{Navbox}} for more information.

border^†

Possible values are child, none, and the default value of blank. Set to child if you wish to use the navbox inside of another navbox; with this option, the child navbox is borderless and fits snuggly inside of its parent navbox. The parent navbox may be the list area of {{Navbox}}, a columns of another {{Navbox with columns}}, or a section of {{Navbox with collapsible groups}}. See {{Navbox}} for more information and examples.

title^†

The title of the template, displayed centered in the titlebar at the top of the template.

above^†

Text or other elements to appear above the columns.

image^†

Image to the right of all of the columns.

imageleft^†

Image to the left of all of the columns.

below^†

Text or other elements to appear below the columns.

bodystyle^†

CSS style/s to apply to the template's body (i.e. including space not used by columns)

titlestyle^†

CSS style/s to apply to titlebar; usually background:color (background defaults to NavHead default).

abovestyle^†

belowstyle^†

CSS style/s to apply to the above and below parameters, respectively.

basestyle^†

CSS style/s to apply to the title, above, and below, parameters, all at the same time.

imagestyle^†

CSS style/s to apply to the image parameter.

imageleftstyle^†

CSS style/s to apply to the imageleft parameter

colsstyle

CSS style/s to apply across all columns; if used, usually background:color per titlestyle above.

oddcolstyle

evencolstyle

CSS style/s to apply to all odd/even-numbered columns, respectively.

col_nstyle

CSS style/s to apply to the n^th column only.

colheaderstyle

CSS style/s to apply to all column headers.

col_nheaderstyle

CSS style/s to apply to the n^th column header.

col_nfooterstyle

CSS style/s to apply to the n^th column footer cell.

colwidth

Width, preferably in a proportional unit such as 'em', or as a percentage, used for each column whose width not specified by colNwidth below. Defaults to 10em. Examples:

colwidth = 15em

colwidth = 25%

fullwidth

If set to anything, then the total width of the columns are scaled linearly to make the sum of the widths 100%. A rather advanced parameter, this usually need not be used and should be left blank. If a colheader or colfooter is used, then fullwidth is used automatically. Example:

fullwidth = true

padding

Padding before first column, preferably in a proportional unit. Defaults to 5em. Padding is disabled by setting it to 0 (or 0em, or 0%).

col_nwidth

The n^th column's width (overrides colwidth above).

col_n

The content of the n^th column. col1 is required. There can be a maximum of 20 columns.

col_nheader

A header cell for the n^th column that appears above the column. See below for examples.

col_nfooter

A footer cell that appears below the n^th column.

col_nheadercolspan

A number specifying how many columns the n^th column header should span. It defaults to 1. If it is greater than one, then do not specify column headers that it covers. For example, if col1headercolspan = 3, then leave col2header and col3header blank.

col_nfootercolspan

A number specifying how many columns the n^th column footer should span. It defaults to 1. If it is greater than one, then do not specify column footers that it covers. For example, if col1footercolspan = 3, then leave col2footer and col3footer blank.

You may wish to add a few extra lists below the columns. The following parameters are given to provide such functionality. See {{Navbox}} for a more complete description of how they work, and for more examples. Groups are not allowed.

list_n^†

Allows up to 6 additional lists below the columns.

liststyle^†

The general CSS style/s for the lists.

list_nstyle^†

CSS style/s for the n^th list parameter.

listpadding^†

Amount of padding to have in each list cell.

{{Navbox with columns
|name    = East Asia Summit (EAS)
|title   = Member states of the [[East Asia Summit|East Asia Summit (EAS)]]
|width   = 18.25em
|padding = 10em

|above = ''This is where the {{{above}}} would appear.''

|col1 = {{AUS}}<br/> {{BRU}}<br/> {{CAM}}<br/> {{IND}}
|col2 = {{IDN}}<br/> {{JPN}}<br/> {{LAO}}<br/> {{MAS}}
|col3 = {{MYA}}<br/> {{NZL}}<br/> {{CHN-PRC}}<br/> {{PHI}}
|col4width=17em
|col4 = {{SIN}}<br/> {{KOR}}<br/> {{THA}}<br/> {{VIE}}

|below = '''Potential future members'''{{spaces|6}}{{TLS}}{{spaces|3}}{{RUS}}
}}

v • d • e Member states of the East Asia Summit (EAS)
This is where the {{{above}}} parameter would appear.
Australia Brunei India  Indonesia Template:MAS Template:MYA  New Zealand Template:CHN-PRC Filipinas Template:SIN Template:THA Template:VIE
Potential future members

{{Navbox with columns
| name = Plastics
| title = [[Plastic]]s
| colwidth = 33%
| colstyle = text-align: center
| col1 = [[Polyethylene]] (PE)<br />[[Polyethylene terephthalate]] (PET or PETE)<br />[[Polyvinyl chloride]] (PVC)<br />[[Polyvinylidene chloride]] (PVDC)<br />[[Polylactic acid]] (PLA)
| col2 = [[Polypropylene]] (PP)<br />[[Polyamide]] (PA)<br />[[Polycarbonate]] (PC)<br />[[Polytetrafluoroethylene]] (PTFE)<br />[[Polyurethane]] (PU)
| col3 = [[Polystyrene]] (PS)<br /> [[Polyester]]<br /> [[Acrylonitrile butadiene styrene]] (ABS)<br /> [[Acrylic glass|Polymethyl methacrylate]] (PMMA)<br /> [[Polyoxymethylene]] (POM)
}}

The gray background for the columns is added for illustration only.

All three types of navbox templates, namely {{Navbox}}, {{Navbox with columns}}, and {{Navbox with collapsible groups}}, can be nested inside of one another using the border parameter (which is common to all three). For complex templates, it may be necessary to use nesting to achieve a desired look.

This example shows how one can nest multiple {{Navbox with columns}} templates to get the right look. Edit this section to view the code. There is a main {{Navbox with columns}} and two additional {{Navbox with columns}} templates, with the "child" option set (see code).

This example shows {{Navbox}}, {{Navbox with collapsible groups}} and {{Navbox with columns}} all working together. Press the edit button for the section to view the code. Note that each of the child navboxes has the first parameter set to child

• {{Navbox}} – Allows groups/lists instead of columns
• {{Navbox with collapsible groups}} – Another variation.