Hello, I'm having trouble forcing the last page of a 2-column layout to display likewise:

Pg 1
+-----------+
| ---- ---- |
| ---- ---- |
| ---- ---- |
| ---- ---- |
| ---- ---- |
| ---- ---- |
| ---- ---- |
+-----------+

Pg 2
+-----------+
| ----      |
| ----      |
| ----      |
| ----      |
| ----      |
| ----      |
|           |
+-----------+

For page 2, I got this instead:

Pg 2
+-----------+
| ---- ---- |
| ---- ---- |
| ---- ---- |
|           |
|           |
|           |
|           |
+-----------+

My CSS is as follows:

-moz-column-width:3.35in;
	-webkit-column-width:3.35in;
	column-width:3.35in;
	-moz-column-gap: 20px;	
	-webkit-column-gap: 20px;	
	column-gap: 20px;	 
	-webkit-column-break-after:always;
    -moz-column-break-after:always;
    column-break-after:always;

Did I miss anything? Thanks so much for any help. PrinceXML rocks!

Prince supports a property "column-fill: auto | balance" which controls how the columns fill the last page. If you specify "column-fill: auto" it will not attempt to balance the columns, and just fill them left to right.

Awesome! Just exactly what I'm looking for. Thanks sooo much!!

Hi Mike,

Appears

column-fill: auto;

only adjusts the last page. Is this just a local issue for me?
If not, can I do anything such that several middle pages in chapter that need to be unbalanced layout are?

regards

pkbyron

Currently only the last page will be unbalanced, we will investigate this issue.

Hi pkbyron,

It seems we do in fact leave middle pages unbalanced in at least some circumstances, and I haven't been able to find a case where we don't. Would you be able to post an example (or send it to mikeday@yeslogic.com)?

Mark