Canonical orderthe unique non-ambiguous order defined by the formal grammar
Syntax
Formal syntax: <number> | auto
column-count: 3
column-count: auto
Values
auto
Is a keyword indicating that the number of columns should be determined by other CSS properties, like column-width.
<number>
Is a strictly positive <integer> describing the ideal number of columns into which the content of the element will be flowed. If the column-width is also set to a non-auto value, it merely indicates the maximum allowed number of columns.