quarto-dev / quarto-dev/quarto-cli
Multiple columns and horizontal spacing (HTML)
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enhancement
html
layout
- Dominant language
- JavaScript
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Description
The horizontal space between columns is too large in html output.
---
format: html
---
::: {layout="[49, -2, 49]" layout-valign="top"}


:::
Result
The extra space is caused by the stylesheet:
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Research direction
Reproduce the issue with the provided .qmd example using HTML output, then inspect the stylesheet responsible for the column spacing shown in the report. Confirm the layout renders with reduced horizontal space between columns and verify the change against the example.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript
- Domain
- frontend
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 2/5
- Estimated time
- 1-3 hours
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100