columns

Element

Element

Element functions can be customized with set and show rules.

Separates a region into multiple equally sized columns.

The column function lets you separate the interior of any container into multiple columns. It will currently not balance the height of the columns. Instead, the columns will take up the height of their container or the remaining height on the page. Support for balanced columns is planned for the future.

Page-level columns

If you need to insert columns across your whole document, use the page function's columns parameter instead. This will create the columns directly at the page-level rather than wrapping all of your content in a layout container. As a result, things like pagebreaks, footnotes, and line numbers will continue to work as expected. For more information, also read the relevant part of the page setup guide.

Breaking out of columns

To temporarily break out of columns (e.g. for a paper's title), use parent-scoped floating placement:

#set page(columns: 2, height: 150pt)

#place(
  top + center,
  scope: "parent",
  float: true,
  text(1.4em, weight: "bold")[
    My document
  ],
)

#lorem(40)