The column-width CSS property suggests an optimal column width. This is not a absolute value but a mere hint. Browser will adjust the width of the column around that suggested value, allowing to achieve scalable designs that fit different screen size. Especially in presence of the column-count CSS property which has precedence, to set an exact column width, all length values must be specified. In horizontal text these are width, column-width, column-gap, and column-rule-width.
Initialauto
Applies tonon-replaced block or table elements, table-cell or inline-block elements
Canonical orderthe unique non-ambiguous order defined by the formal grammar
Syntax
Formal syntax: <length> | auto
column-width: auto
column-width: 6px /* Different <length> values */
column-width: 25em
column-width: 0.3vw
column-width: inherit
Values
<length>
Is a <length> value giving a hint of the optimal width of the column. The actual column width may be wider (to fill the available space), or narrower (only if the available space is smaller than the specified column width). The length must be strictly positive or the declaration is invalid.
auto
Is a keyword indicating that the width of the column should be determined by other CSS properties, like column-count.
