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#1 2013-02-24 13:59:51

Gallex

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[request] A plugin to break article text into multiple columns

is there, anybody knows?

#2 2013-02-24 14:32:17

philwareham

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Re: [request] A plugin to break article text into multiple columns

Why would you want to do that with a plugin?

CSS3 columns will give you the effect you want – it’s not supported in every browser yet but the ones that don’t recognise it will leave your text as a single column, so that’s OK.

#3 2013-02-24 18:48:24

uli

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Re: [request] A plugin to break article text into multiple columns

You could also replace an arbitrary sequence of characters to be defined, placed inside an article, with </div><div class="col2"> by applying Jukka’s nice rah_replace. You’d need an extra form for storing the additional opening div.col1, your actual tags (or output_form tag of the standard form), and the closing div.

But this approach opens spaces for devastations made by untalented authors ;)

And then there’ll surely be a jQuery plugin that does all this after recognizing a classname.

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#4 2013-02-24 19:02:00

philwareham

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Re: [request] A plugin to break article text into multiple columns

@uli I really wouldn’t recommend either of those suggestions – they are very hacky solutions. The CSS3 column module was designed specifically for this task so that’s what should be used.

#5 2013-02-24 19:18:34

uli

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Re: [request] A plugin to break article text into multiple columns

You should see me doing things completely and merely with cable ties, yes ;)

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#6 2013-02-24 19:26:36

colak

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Re: [request] A plugin to break article text into multiple columns

uli wrote:

then there’ll surely be a jQuery plugin that does …

Indeed there is.

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#7 2013-02-24 20:41:44

gomedia

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Re: [request] A plugin to break article text into multiple columns

I’ve used jcb_columnize successfully before.

#8 2013-02-25 07:50:42

Gallex

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Re: [request] A plugin to break article text into multiple columns

thank’s all your suggestions. i will test now…