# Elementname: `Columns`

## Description

Set the widths and other properties of the columns in a table.

Allowed attributes: (none)

Child elements: Column, ForAll, Loop, Switch

Parent elements: Case, ForAll, Loop, Otherwise, SetVariable, Table, Until, While

### Attributes

### Remarks

The `*` widths in the command »Column« allow dynamic cell widths. For that the total width of the table must be set and the attribute (on Table) `stretch` must be set to `max`. The widths of the columns are calculated as follows: first the absolute widths are taken into account. After that, the `*` columns are distributed across the remaining space. The numbers before the `*` denote the fraction of the space. In the example below the third column gets 1/6 of the remaining width, the fourth column get 5/6.

## Example

    <Table>
      <Columns>
        <Column width="14mm" />
        <Column width="2" />
        <Column width="1*" align="right" valign="top" />
        <Column width="5*" />
        <Column width="5mm" backgroundcolor="gray" />
        <Tr>
           ....
        </Tr>
      </Columns>
    </Table>

## See also

Table, Column

# Commands

- A
- Action
- AddSearchpath
- AtPageCreation
- AtPageShipout
- AttachFile
- Attribute
- B
- Barcode
- Bold
- BoldItalic
- Bookmark
- Box
- Br
- Case
- Circle
- Color
- Column
- Columns
- Compatibility
- Contents
- Copy-of
- DefineColor
- DefineColorprofile
- DefineFontalias
- DefineFontfamily
- DefineTextformat
- Element
- Fontface
- ForAll
- Frame
- Grid
- Group
- Groupcontents
- HSpace
- Hyphenation
- I
- Image
- Include
- Initial
- InsertPages
- Italic
- Layout
- Li
- LoadDataset
- LoadFontfile
- Loop
- Makeindex
- Margin
- Mark
- Message
- NewPage
- NextFrame
- NextRow
- NoBreak
- Ol
- Options
- Otherwise
- Output
- Overlay
- PDFOptions
- Pageformat
- Pagetype
- Paragraph
- PlaceObject
- Position
- PositioningArea
- PositioningFrame
- ProcessNode
- Record
- Regular
- Rule
- SaveDataset
- SavePages
- SetGrid
- SetVariable
- SortSequence
- Span
- Stylesheet
- Sub
- Sup
- Switch
- Table
- TableNewPage
- Tablefoot
- Tablehead
- Tablerule
- Td
- Text
- Textblock
- Tr
- Trace
- Transformation
- U
- URL
- Ul
- Until
- VSpace
- Value
- While

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