Editing DPL3/Parameters: Controlling output format (section)

===rowcolformat===

{{DPL parameter
 |name   = rowcolformat
 |purpose= Defines layout properties (using [[wikipedia:wikibooks:HTML_Programming/Tables|HTML table tag parameters]]) for the row/column grid.
}}

Syntax:

{{DPL syntax|rowcolformat=''html tags''}}

Example:

<pre><nowiki>
<dpl>
  category	  = Help
  nottitlematch	  = %DPL%
  includesubpages = false
  columns	  = 3
  rowcolformat	  = cellspacing=20
  count		  = 6
</dpl>
</nowiki></pre>

There will be more space around the columns than normal. See {{dpl3|columns}} above for another example.
<dpl>
  category		  = Help
  nottitlematch	  = %DPL%
  includesubpages = false
  columns		  = 3
  rowcolformat	  = cellspacing=20
  count			  = 6
</dpl>

The ideal way to use {{dpl3|rowcolformat}} is to assign a CSS class to your DPL table which has been defined in your ''mediawiki:Common.css'' article.

Example:

<pre><nowiki>
<dpl>
  category	  = Help
  nottitlematch	  = %DPL%
  includesubpages = false
  columns	  = 3
  rowcolformat	  = class=dpl3columns
  count		  = 6
</dpl>
</nowiki></pre>

In your ''Common.css'' article you might have written something like

 table.dpl3columns td {
   background: #f2f2f2;
   padding: 0.5em;
   border: 3px;
   width: 33%;
 }