How to Create Multi-Column Layouts in Obsidian

Prakash Joshi Pax
5 min readMar 25, 2024

Obsidian is a markdown-based editor and it does not have any support for multiple-column layout.

But thanks to the Obsidian community, there are lots of options available.

In this article, we’ll talk about creating multiple-column layouts in Obsidian with the help of modular CSS layout.

Below is a screenshot from the Life OS vault I created at the beginning of the year. This beautiful look is all possible with the help of multi-column layouts.

You can watch the setup video here.

Doesn’t it look beautiful?

Of course, it does.

In this article, we’ll learn how you can create multi-column layouts in your Obsidian notes.

Modular CSS Layout for Obsidian

Obsidian Modular CSS layout by Faiz Khuzaimah is a CSS repository with CSS layout hacks. It has the following three CSS snippets.

  • MCL Gallery Cards: It lets you create Image gallery
  • MCL Multi Column: It lets you create multi-column layout in your notes

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