IE Alternative to Column-Count & Column-Gap

Question

I am wondering if there is an IE alternative to using column-count and column-gap?

I have made this post about creating a list that automat

Answer 1

Here is solution how to make menu with multicolumns which looks the same as the one created with column-count property and works in ALL BROWSERS.

This is done with floating elements, but the trick here is to re-order the elements in javascript (or server side) so they natural flow looks as up-down instead left-right

Item1 Item4 Item7

Item2 Item5 Item8

Item3 Item6

Example: http://jsfiddle.net/xrd5Y/16/

// number of columns
var columns = 4;

var $ul = $('ul.multicolumn'),
    $elements = $ul.children('li'),
    breakPoint = Math.ceil($elements.length/columns);
    $ordered = $('
');

function appendToUL(i) {
    if ($ul.children().eq(i).length > 0) {
        $ordered.append($ul.children().eq(i).clone());
    } 
    else $ordered.append($('
'));
}

function reorder($el) {
    $el.each(function(){
        $item = $(this);

        if ($item.index() >= breakPoint) return false;

        appendToUL($item.index());
        for (var i = 1; i < columns; i++) {
            appendToUL(breakPoint*i+$item.index());
        }
    });

    $ul.html($ordered.children().css('width',100/columns+'%'));
}

reorder($elements);