HTML & CSS: Vertical Flow Layout (columnar style), how to implement?

Question

The standard CSS/html positioning of \"flowing\" Elements is horizontal (row based) => float:left;. What do I need to do, to position them like in the example b

Answer 1

Nowadays, the problem described can be solved in a more flexible manner using Flexbox layout. Requires the latest and greatest browser (IE 11+).

http://www.sketchingwithcss.com/samplechapter/cheatsheet.html#column

http://philipwalton.github.io/solved-by-flexbox/