Columns

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Learn how to modify columns with a handful of options for alignment, ordering, and offsetting thanks to our flexbox grid system.

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How they work

Columns build on the grid’s flexbox architecture. Flexbox means we have options for changing individual columns and modifying groups of columns at the row level. You choose how columns grow, shrink, or otherwise change.
When building grid layouts, all content goes in columns. The hierarchy of CoreUI’s grid goes from container to row to column to your content. On rare occasions, you may combine content and column, but be aware there can be unintended consequences.
CoreUI for Vue.js includes predefined components for creating fast, responsive layouts. With six breakpoints and a dozen columns at each grid tier, we have dozens of components already built for you to create your desired layouts. This can be disabled via Sass if you wish.

Alignment

Use flexbox alignment utilities to vertically and horizontally align columns.

Vertical alignment

vue

<template>
  <div class="docs-example-row docs-example-row-flex-cols">
    <CContainer>
      <CRow class="align-items-start">
        <CCol> One of three columns </CCol>
        <CCol> One of three columns </CCol>
        <CCol> One of three columns </CCol>
      </CRow>
      <CRow class="align-items-center">
        <CCol> One of three columns </CCol>
        <CCol> One of three columns </CCol>
        <CCol> One of three columns </CCol>
      </CRow>
      <CRow class="align-items-end">
        <CCol> One of three columns </CCol>
        <CCol> One of three columns </CCol>
        <CCol> One of three columns </CCol>
      </CRow>
    </CContainer>
  </div>
</template>

<script setup>
import { CContainer, CRow, CCol } from '@coreui/vue'
</script>

vue

<template>
  <div class="docs-example-row docs-example-row-flex-cols">
    <CContainer>
      <CRow>
        <CCol class="align-self-start"> One of three columns </CCol>
        <CCol class="align-self-center"> One of three columns </CCol>
        <CCol class="align-self-end"> One of three columns </CCol>
      </CRow>
    </CContainer>
  </div>
</template>

<script setup>
import { CContainer, CRow, CCol } from '@coreui/vue'
</script>

Horizontal alignment

vue

<template>
  <div class="docs-example-row">
    <CContainer>
      <CRow class="justify-content-start">
        <CCol xs="4"> One of two columns </CCol>
        <CCol xs="4"> One of two columns </CCol>
      </CRow>
      <CRow class="justify-content-center">
        <CCol xs="4"> One of two columns </CCol>
        <CCol xs="4"> One of two columns </CCol>
      </CRow>
      <CRow class="justify-content-end">
        <CCol xs="4"> One of two columns </CCol>
        <CCol xs="4"> One of two columns </CCol>
      </CRow>
      <CRow class="justify-content-around">
        <CCol xs="4"> One of two columns </CCol>
        <CCol xs="4"> One of two columns </CCol>
      </CRow>
      <CRow class="justify-content-between">
        <CCol xs="4"> One of two columns </CCol>
        <CCol xs="4"> One of two columns </CCol>
      </CRow>
      <CRow class="justify-content-evenly">
        <CCol xs="4"> One of two columns </CCol>
        <CCol xs="4"> One of two columns </CCol>
      </CRow>
    </CContainer>
  </div>
</template>

<script setup>
import { CContainer, CRow, CCol } from '@coreui/vue'
</script>

Column wrapping

If more than 12 columns are placed within a single row, each group of extra columns will, as one unit, wrap onto a new line.

vue

<template>
  <div class="docs-example-row">
    <CContainer>
      <CRow>
        <CCol xs="9">.col-9</CCol>
        <CCol xs="4"
          >.col-4<br />Since 9 + 4 = 13 &gt; 12, this 4-column-wide div gets wrapped onto a new line
          as one contiguous unit.</CCol
        >
        <CCol xs="6">.col-6<br />Subsequent columns continue along the new line.</CCol>
      </CRow>
    </CContainer>
  </div>
</template>

<script setup>
import { CContainer, CRow, CCol } from '@coreui/vue'
</script>

Column breaks

Breaking columns to a new line in flexbox requires a small hack: add an element with width: 100% wherever you want to wrap your columns to a new line. Normally this is accomplished with multiple <CRow>s, but not every implementation method can account for this.

vue

<template>
  <div class="docs-example-row">
    <CContainer>
      <CRow>
        <CCol xs="6" sm="3">.col-6 .col-sm-3</CCol>
        <CCol xs="6" sm="3">.col-6 .col-sm-3</CCol>
        <div class="w-100"></div>
        <CCol xs="6" sm="3">.col-6 .col-sm-3</CCol>
        <CCol xs="6" sm="3">.col-6 .col-sm-3</CCol>
      </CRow>
    </CContainer>
  </div>
</template>

<script setup>
import { CContainer, CRow, CCol } from '@coreui/vue'
</script>

You may also apply this break at specific breakpoints with our responsive display utilities.

vue

<template>
  <div class="docs-example-row">
    <CContainer>
      <CRow>
        <CCol xs="6" sm="4">.col-6 .col-sm-4</CCol>
        <CCol xs="6" sm="4">.col-6 .col-sm-4</CCol>
        <div class="w-100 d-none d-md-block"></div>
        <CCol xs="6" sm="4">.col-6 .col-sm-4</CCol>
        <CCol xs="6" sm="4">.col-6 .col-sm-4</CCol>
      </CRow>
    </CContainer>
  </div>
</template>

<script setup>
import { CContainer, CRow, CCol } from '@coreui/vue'
</script>

Reordering

Order props

Use xs|sm|md|lg|xl|xxl="{ order: 1-5 }" props for controlling the visual order of your content. These props are responsive, so you can set the order by breakpoint (e.g., xs="{ order: 1}" md="{ order: 2}"). Includes support for 1 through 5 across all six grid tiers.

vue

<template>
  <div class="docs-example-row">
    <CContainer>
      <CRow>
        <CCol> First in DOM, no order applied </CCol>
        <CCol xs="{ span: true, order: 5 }"> Second in DOM, with a larger order </CCol>
        <CCol xs="{ span: true, order: 1 }"> Third in DOM, with an order of 1 </CCol>
      </CRow>
    </CContainer>
  </div>
</template>

<script setup>
import { CContainer, CRow, CCol } from '@coreui/vue'
</script>

There are also responsive xs|sm|md|lg|xl|xxl="{ order: 'first' }" and xs|sm|md|lg|xl|xxl="{ order: 'last' }" props that change the order of an element by applying order: -1 and order: 6, respectively. These values can also be intermixed with the numbered xs|sm|md|lg|xl|xxl="{ order: 1-5 }" values as needed.

vue

<template>
  <div class="docs-example-row">
    <CContainer>
      <CRow>
        <CCol xs="{ span: true, order: 'last' }"> First in DOM, ordered last </CCol>
        <CCol> Second in DOM, unordered </CCol>
        <CCol xs="{ span: true, order: 'first' }"> Third in DOM, ordered first </CCol>
      </CRow>
    </CContainer>
  </div>
</template>

<script setup>
import { CContainer, CRow, CCol } from '@coreui/vue'
</script>

Offsetting columns

You can offset grid columns in two ways: our responsive xs|sm|md|lg|xl|xxl="{ offset: 0-12 }" grid props and our margin utilities. Grid props are sized to match columns while margins are more useful for quick layouts where the width of the offset is variable.

Offset prop

Move columns to the right using md="{ offset: * }" props. These props increase the left margin of a column by * columns. For example, md="{ offset: 4 }" moves .col-md-4 over four columns.

vue

<template>
  <div class="docs-example-row">
    <CContainer>
      <CRow>
        <CCol md="4">.col-md-4</CCol>
        <CCol md="{ span: 4, offset: 4 }">.col-md-4 .offset-md-4</CCol>
      </CRow>
      <CRow>
        <CCol md="{ span: 3, offset: 3 }">.col-md-3 .offset-md-3</CCol>
        <CCol md="{ span: 3, offset: 3 }">.col-md-3 .offset-md-3</CCol>
      </CRow>
      <CRow>
        <CCol md="{ span: 6, offset: 3 }">.col-md-6 .offset-md-3</CCol>
      </CRow>
    </CContainer>
  </div>
</template>

<script setup>
import { CContainer, CRow, CCol } from '@coreui/vue'
</script>

vue

<template>
  <div class="docs-example-row">
    <CContainer>
      <CRow>
        <CCol sm="5" md="6">.col-sm-5 .col-md-6</CCol>
        <CCol sm="{ span: 5, offset: 2 }" md="{ span: 6, offset: 0 }"
          >.col-sm-5 .offset-sm-2 .col-md-6 .offset-md-0</CCol
        >
      </CRow>
      <CRow>
        <CCol sm="6" md="5" lg="6">.col-sm-6 .col-md-5 .col-lg-6</CCol>
        <CCol sm="6" md="{ span: 5, offset: 2 }" lg="{ span: 6, offset: 0 }"
          >.col-sm-6 .col-md-5 .offset-md-2 .col-lg-6 .offset-lg-0</CCol
        >
      </CRow>
    </CContainer>
  </div>
</template>

<script setup>
import { CContainer, CRow, CCol } from '@coreui/vue'
</script>

Margin utilities

You can use margin utilities like .me-auto to force sibling columns away from one another.

vue

<template>
  <div class="docs-example-row">
    <CContainer>
      <CRow>
        <CCol md="4">.col-md-4</CCol>
        <CCol md="4" class="ms-auto">.col-md-4 .ms-auto</CCol>
      </CRow>
      <CRow>
        <CCol md="3" class="ms-md-auto">.col-md-3 .ms-md-auto</CCol>
        <CCol md="3" class="ms-md-auto">.col-md-3 .ms-md-auto</CCol>
      </CRow>
      <CRow>
        <CCol xs="auto" class="me-auto">.col-auto .me-auto</CCol>
        <CCol xs="auto">.col-auto</CCol>
      </CRow>
    </CContainer>
  </div>
</template>

<script setup>
import { CContainer, CRow, CCol } from '@coreui/vue'
</script>

Standalone column component

The <CCol> component can also be used outside a <CRow> to give an element a specific width. Whenever column component are used as non direct children of a row, the paddings are omitted.

vue

<template>
  <CCol xs="3" class="bg-light p-3 border"> .col-3: width of 25% </CCol>
  <CCol sm="9" class="bg-light p-3 border"> .col-sm-9: width of 75% above sm breakpoint </CCol>
</template>

<script setup>
import { CCol } from '@coreui/vue'
</script>