[NTG-context] How to stop columns from splitting up items in a list?
Bruce Horrocks
ntg at scorecrow.com
Sun Jan 30 00:40:40 CET 2022
> On 29 Jan 2022, at 14:45, Joel via ntg-context <ntg-context at ntg.nl> wrote:
>
> I am writing a workbook that contains a materials list in front of some craft activities.
>
> I found that simply displaying a bulleted list can take up lots of space on the page, so instead put the list in three columns. The problem is, if there is an item with a somewhat long description, it can be split across columns. See the example below:
>
> \starttext
> \startcolumns[n=3]%
> \startitemize[1]%
> \item pizza cutter
> \item a word processor (or notebook paper)
> \stopitemize%
> \stopcolumns%
> \stoptext
>
> In the example, it split the second item across the columns.
>
> How can I create columns that don't allow the item to split across them?
>
Have you tried
\startitemize[columns,three]
instead of \startcolumns?
There are examples in the manual on page 16
<http://www.pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/ma-cb-en.pdf>
The spacing can be adjusted as well if the default is too big.
—
Bruce Horrocks
Hampshire, UK
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