quarto-dev / quarto-dev/quarto-cli
columns vs layout-ncol
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Since Oct 10, 2025.
enhancement
layout
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Description
The following document works in HTML but not in PDF:
---
title: A title
format: html
---
:::: columns
::: column
First column
:::
::: column
Second column
:::
::::
The following document works in PDF but not in HTML:
---
title: A title
format: pdf
---
:::: {layout-ncol="2"}
::: column
First column
:::
::: column
Second column
:::
::::
This is very disorienting. We need to fix it.
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