Title: Column display output
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# Column display output

 *  Resolved [jwkline24](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jwkline24/)
 * (@jwkline24)
 * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/column-display-output/)
 * Hi –
 * My apologies if this has been answered, I searched the forum and checked through
   the docs and googled it, and couldn’t find it – feel free to point me at it if
   I missed it.
 * I have a simple two-column table where one column contains names, and the other
   contains an associated number (in this case, the number of years the person has
   been associated with something). The basic normal display output shows one table
   with the two columns.
 * My question is this: Is there a way with custom CSS to display the output in 
   two tables, side by side, with the two columns in each? For example, say I have
   40 entries in my database. Entries 1-10 would be in the first page left side 
   table, 11-20 in the right side table (instead of on page 2), 21-30 in page 2 
   left side, 31-40 in page 2 right side, and so on. If you need to see an example
   of how I would like it to look, I can send you a link though I’d prefer to send
   it privately rather than posting it on a public forum.
 * The trick is this: I’m working with an enterprise installation where I don’t 
   have access to the php files or theme templates, and the only pre-installed extension
   I have is DataTables Sorting Plugins. The custom CSS is all I have access to.
 * Thanks!
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 *  Plugin Author [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/)
 * (@tobiasbg)
 * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/column-display-output/#post-6740469)
 * Hi,
 * thanks for your post, and sorry for the trouble.
 * No, sorry, I’m not aware of a CSS solution for this 🙁
    Tables on the web are
   limited to a real column layout. Columns can not be broken up like that 🙁 You
   would need other HTML tags for that (or split the table into multiple tables 
   manually).
 * Regards,
    Tobias
 *  Thread Starter [jwkline24](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jwkline24/)
 * (@jwkline24)
 * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/column-display-output/#post-6740477)
 * Thank you for your quick answer! I kind of figured that was the case, I appreciate
   you taking the time!
 * Thanks!
 *  Plugin Author [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/)
 * (@tobiasbg)
 * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/column-display-output/#post-6740481)
 * Hi,
 * no problem, you are very welcome! 🙂 Good to hear that this helped!
 * Best wishes,
    Tobias

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 * Last reply from: [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/)
 * Last activity: [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/column-display-output/#post-6740481)
 * Status: resolved