CSS column-fill Property

In CSS, the column-fill property specifies whether or not the columns will be filled in a balanced manner.

Syntax

column-fill: balance | auto | initial | inherit;

Example

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
    .col {
        column-count: 3;
        height: 100px;
    }
    .ex1 {
        column-fill: auto;
    }
    .ex2 {
        column-fill: balance;
    }
</style>
</head>
<body>

<h2>column-fill: auto</h2>
<div class="col ex1">
    Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit, sed diam nonummy nibh euismod tincidunt ut laoreet dolore magna aliquam erat volutpat. Ut wisi enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exerci tation ullamcorper suscipit lobortis nisl ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis autem vel eum iriure dolor in hendrerit in vulputate velit esse molestie consequat, vel illum dolore eu feugiat nulla facilisis at vero eros et accumsan et iusto odio dignissim qui blandit praesent luptatum zzril delenit augue duis dolore te feugait nulla facilisi.
</div>

<h2>column-fill: balance</h2>
<div class="col ex2">
    Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit, sed diam nonummy nibh euismod tincidunt ut laoreet dolore magna aliquam erat volutpat. Ut wisi enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exerci tation ullamcorper suscipit lobortis nisl ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis autem vel eum iriure dolor in hendrerit in vulputate velit esse molestie consequat, vel illum dolore eu feugiat nulla facilisis at vero eros et accumsan et iusto odio dignissim qui blandit praesent luptatum zzril delenit augue duis dolore te feugait nulla facilisi.
</div>

</body>
</html>

Preview

Property Values

Value	Description
balance	The default value. Fills each column with roughly the same amount of content but prevents columns from being taller than the height.
auto	Fills each column until it reaches the maximum height, and then repeats the process until it runs out of content.
initial	This property is set to its default value.
inherit	This property is inherited from its parent element.

Supported Browsers

Element	Chrome	Firefox	Safari	Edge / IE	Opera
column-fill	50.0	52.0 13.0 -moz-	10.0 7.0 -webkit-	10.0	37.0

column-count

column-gap

CSS column-fill Property

Syntax

Example

Property Values

Supported Browsers

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