Dynamic Number of Columns

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josh
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Dynamic Number of Columns

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I'm sure you guys know what I'm talking about. You've got a long list. Lots of horizontal white space, you want to list it in columns like a newspaper classified.

How do you guys handle the "dynamic number of columns" problem? Javascript? Css? Php? Specifically I am talking about a solution that computes the number of columns, based on item width, and actually renders it.

Explain your approach and post code if possible. I am very interested (especially if there are out of the box solutions). This is a recurring problem and demands a solid solution, if one doesn't exist.
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Benjamin
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Re: Dynamic Number of Columns

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Had a client using this: http://960.gs/

Might be worth looking into.
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