---
title: column-fill
slug: Web/CSS/column-fill
translation_of: Web/CSS/column-fill
---
<div>{{CSSRef("CSS Multi-columns")}}</div>

<h2 id="Summary">Summary</h2>

<p>The <code>column-fill</code> CSS property controls how contents are partitioned into columns. Contents are either balanced, which means that contents in all columns will have the same height or, when using <code>auto</code>, just take up the room the content needs. </p>

<p>{{cssinfo}}</p>

<h2 id="Syntax">Syntax</h2>

<pre class="twopartsyntaxbox"><a href="/en-US/docs/CSS/Value_definition_syntax" title="CSS/Value_definition_syntax">Formal syntax</a>: {{csssyntax("column-fill")}}
</pre>

<pre class="brush: css">column-fill: auto;
column-fill: balance;

/* Global values */
column-fill: inherit;
column-fill: initial;
column-fill: unset;
</pre>

<h3 id="Values">Values</h3>

<dl>
 <dt><code>auto</code></dt>
 <dd>Is a keyword indicating that columns are filled sequentially.</dd>
 <dt><code>balance</code></dt>
 <dd>Is a keyword indicating that content is equally divided between columns.</dd>
</dl>

<h2 id="Examples">Examples</h2>

<pre class="brush:css; highlight=[4]">.content-box {
  column-count: 4;
  column-rule: 1px solid black;
  column-fill: balance;
  height: 200px;
}
</pre>

<h2 id="Specifications">Specifications</h2>

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   <th scope="col">Status</th>
   <th scope="col">Comment</th>
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 </thead>
 <tbody>
  <tr>
   <td>{{SpecName('CSS3 Multicol', '#column-fill', 'column-fill')}}</td>
   <td>{{Spec2('CSS3 Multicol')}}</td>
   <td> </td>
  </tr>
 </tbody>
</table>

<h2 id="Browser_compatibility">Browser compatibility</h2>

<div>{{CompatibilityTable}}</div>

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   <th>Opera</th>
   <th>Safari (WebKit)</th>
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  <tr>
   <td>Basic support</td>
   <td>{{CompatUnknown}}</td>
   <td>{{CompatGeckoDesktop("13.0")}}{{property_prefix('-moz')}}</td>
   <td>{{CompatUnknown}}</td>
   <td>{{CompatUnknown}}</td>
   <td>{{CompatUnknown}}</td>
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 </tbody>
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   <th>Firefox Mobile (Gecko)</th>
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   <th>Opera Mobile</th>
   <th>Safari Mobile</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td>Basic support</td>
   <td>{{CompatUnknown}}</td>
   <td>{{CompatGeckoMobile("13.0")}}{{property_prefix('-moz')}}</td>
   <td>{{CompatUnknown}}</td>
   <td>{{CompatUnknown}}</td>
   <td>{{CompatUnknown}}</td>
  </tr>
 </tbody>
</table>
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