How to Make a 2 Column Layout Where Items Starts from Top to Bottom (Not Left to Right)

List items in columns from top to bottom instead of left to right

Use CSS3 multi-column layout for this. Browser support is questionable so please use vendor prefixes.

ul {

  margin: 0;

  padding: 0;

}

li {

  display: inline-block;

  width: 100%;

}

/* default */

ul {

     -moz-column-count: 4;

  -webkit-column-count: 4;

          column-count: 4;

}

/* < 800px */

@media screen and (max-width: 799px) {

  ul {

       -moz-column-count: 3;

    -webkit-column-count: 3;

            column-count: 3;

  }

}

/* < 400px */

@media screen and (max-width: 399px) {

  ul {

       -moz-column-count: 2;

    -webkit-column-count: 2;

            column-count: 2;

  }

}

<ul>

  <li>Albania</li>

  <li>Andorra</li>

  <li>Armenia</li>

  <li>Austria</li>

  <li>Azerbaijan</li>

  <li>Belarus</li>

  <li>Belgium</li>

  <li>Bosnia and Herzegovina</li>

  <li>Bulgaria</li>

  <li>Croatia</li>

  <li>Cyprus</li>

  <li>Czech Republic</li>

  <li>Denmark</li>

  <li>Estonia</li>

  <li>Finland</li>

  <li>France</li>

  <li>Georgia</li>

  <li>Germany</li>

  <li>Greece</li>

</ul>

CSS multi-column layout of list items doesn't align properly in Chrome

You need each item in the column to be displayed as "inline-block". That will solve your problem without needing to use jQuery.

Additionally, each element can be specified to have width: 100% in order to get the them to use the full width of the rows.

Here is a working example:

$(document).ready(function() {

    for( var i = 0; i < 24; i++ ) {

        $("ul.newslist").append("<li><a href='#'>Item</a></li>");

    }

    $("ul.newslist > li").click(function() {

        $(this).remove();

    })

});

ul.newslist {

    columns: 5;

    background-color: #ccc;

    padding: 16px 0;

    list-style: none;

}

ul.newslist > li {

    display: inline-block;

    width: 100%;

    border-top: 1px solid #000;

}

ul.newslist > li > a {

    display: block;

    padding: 4px;

    background-color: #f6b;

    text-decoration: none;

    color: inherit;

}

<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js"></script>

<ul class="newslist"></ul>

Can I sort grid items from top to bottom while still wrapping to the next column?

I think the only way to do this is to consider JS and dynamically adjust the number of rows.

Here is a simplified example where you will need a more complete code if you will have gap, padding, etc

var minv = 200; 

var grid = document.querySelector('.grid');

var nb   = document.querySelectorAll('.grid li').length;

var nb_row = Math.ceil(nb/Math.floor(grid.offsetWidth/200));

/* grid.offsetWidth/200 = X will give the number of columns

   nb/X will give the number of rows

   

   We use floor with the first as we won't have overflow but a wrap (so 3.2 should be 3)

   We use ceil with the second one as we may have the last row with fewer elements (so 3.2 should be 4)

*/

grid.style.gridTemplateRows="repeat("+nb_row+",auto)";

window.addEventListener('resize', function(event){

   nb_row = Math.ceil(nb/Math.floor(grid.offsetWidth/200));

   grid.style.gridTemplateRows="repeat("+nb_row+",auto)";

});

.grid {

  display: grid;

  grid-auto-columns: minmax(200px, 1fr);

  grid-auto-flow: column;

  list-style: none;

  padding:0;

}

<ul class="grid">

  <li>a</li>

  <li>b</li>

  <li>c</li>

  <li>d</li>

  <li>e</li>

  <li>f</li>

  <li>g</li>

  <li>h</li>

</ul>

Flutter: Trying to bottom-center an item in a Column, but it keeps left-aligning

Align is the way to go if you have only one child.

If you have more, consider doing something like this:

return new Column(
  crossAxisAlignment: CrossAxisAlignment.center,
  mainAxisSize: MainAxisSize.max,
  mainAxisAlignment: MainAxisAlignment.end,
  children: <Widget>[
      // Your elements here
  ],
);

Flutter align two items on extremes - one on the left and one on the right

Use a single Row instead, with mainAxisAlignment: MainAxisAlignment.spaceBetween.

new Row(
  mainAxisAlignment: MainAxisAlignment.spaceBetween,
  children: [
    new Text("left"),
    new Text("right")
  ]
);

Or you can use Expanded

new Row(
  children: [
    new Text("left"),
    new Expanded(
      child: settingsRow,
    ),
  ],
);

CSS columns with left-right flow

The multi-column specification offers no property to change the distribution of elements among the columns: http://www.w3.org/TR/css3-multicol/. Such a property seems to go against what the module was designed for (recreating how newspaper or magazine articles are laid out).

None of the other pure CSS solutions will allow you to achieve the effect you are looking for.

Center one and right/left align other flexbox element

Below are five options for achieving this layout:

• CSS Positioning
• Flexbox with Invisible DOM Element
• Flexbox with Invisible Pseudo-Element
• Flexbox with flex: 1
• CSS Grid Layout

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Method #1: CSS Positioning Properties

Apply position: relative to the flex container.

Apply position: absolute to item D.

Now this item is absolutely positioned within the flex container.

More specifically, item D is removed from the document flow but stays within the bounds of the nearest positioned ancestor.

Use the CSS offset properties top and right to move this element into position.

li:last-child {

  position: absolute;

  top: 0;

  right: 0;

  background: #ddd;

}

ul {

  position: relative;

  padding: 0;

  margin: 0;

  display: flex;

  flex-direction: row;

  justify-content: center;

  align-items: center;

}

li {

  display: flex;

  margin: 1px;

  padding: 5px;

  background: #aaa;

}

p {

  text-align: center;

  margin-top: 0;

}

span {

  background-color: aqua;

}

<ul>

  <li>A</li>

  <li>B</li>

  <li>C</li>

  <li>D</li>

</ul>

<p><span>true center</span></p>

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