Deprecated in HTML5. Do not use.

<multicol> HTML Tag

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What does <multicol> HTML Tag do?
The <multicol> element was an experimental feature, now deprecated, that was used to create a newspaper-style layout for text content. The modern CSS columns property can be used to create the same effect.
Display
inline
Usage
structural

The <multicol> element is deprecated, and should not be used.

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