Tag Definition: balancedColumns

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Attributes

Name	Required?	Default_Value	Values
bottomPadding	implied	None
boxFillColor	implied	None
boxMargin	implied	None
boxStrokeColor	implied	None
boxStrokeWidth	implied	None
endSlack	implied	None
innerPadding	implied	None
leftPadding	implied	None
ncols	implied	None
needed	implied	None
rightPadding	implied	None
showBoundary	implied	None
spaceAfter	implied	None
spaceBefore	implied	None
topPadding	implied	None
vLinesStrokeColor	implied	None
vLinesStrokeWidth	implied	None
Can contain (para \| blockTable \| title \| h1 \| h2 \| h3 \| h4 \| h5 \| h6 \| spacer \| ul \| ol \| dl \| illustration \| graphicsMode \| storyPlace \| pre \| xpre \| codesnippet \| plugInFlowable \| drawing \| outlineAdd \| namedString \| bookmarkPage \| bookmark \| name \| hr \| indent \| frameBackground \| fixedSize \| keepInFrame \| imageAndFlowables \| imageFigure \| figure \| barCodeFlowable \| keepTogether \| docWhile \| docIf \| docAssign \| docExec \| docAssert \| docPara \| showIndex \| topPadder \| pto \| placeString \| placeRightString \| placeCentredString \| placeCenteredString \| placePara \| placeXPre \| setTopFlowables \| setPageTopFlowables \| balancedColumns \| loop_b \| switch_b \| assign_b \| if_b \| script_b \| doclet)*

Purpose

To make a flowable that splits its content flowables into two or more roughly equal sized columns.

Check out our docs page on how this works in the open source for reference.

Example usage

<story>
    <balancedColumns ncols="2">
        <para>Text 1</para>
        <para>Text 2</para>
    </balancedColumns>
</story>

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