Title: Column block layout problem
Last modified: January 7, 2021

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# Column block layout problem

 *  Resolved [johanklinge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/johanklinge/)
 * (@johanklinge)
 * [5 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/column-block-layout-problem/)
 * Lately I’ve been using the Columns block to do multi-column lists of items.
 * No matter if I do a 2 or 3 column layout the content of the second column is 
   not aligned in height with the first (and 3rd columns – if in a 3 column layout).
 * They line up nicely in the editor, but when looking at the columns in the published
   page the content in the second column is higher than the content of the first
   column (and 3rd column in a 3 column layout).
 * Looking at the code there seems to be nothing special added to the second column
   that easily explains why it would be aligned differently in height.
    -  This topic was modified 5 years, 5 months ago by [johanklinge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/johanklinge/).
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 *  Thread Starter [johanklinge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/johanklinge/)
 * (@johanklinge)
 * [5 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/column-block-layout-problem/#post-13875919)
 * Looking at it more the css rule for setting a different margin for the second
   column seems to come from theme related css (using Aquene theme) – and not from
   the columns block itself.
 *  Thread Starter [johanklinge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/johanklinge/)
 * (@johanklinge)
 * [5 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/column-block-layout-problem/#post-13875958)
 * Found the error. It was me myself that had added a custom css rule targeting 
   a special situation but making the selector a bit too generic – so it messed 
   up the top margin of all second columns in column layouts..
 * Not a problem with the columns block at all. Marking this as solved.

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 * [columns](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/columns/)

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 * Last reply from: [johanklinge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/johanklinge/)
 * Last activity: [5 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/column-block-layout-problem/#post-13875958)
 * Status: resolved