# Columns property of column container is missing

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/columns-property-of-column-container-is-missing/46506>\
**Category:** Ignition Early Access\
**Tags:** perspective\
**Created:** [May 8, 2021, 5:56pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/columns-property-of-column-container-is-missing/46506 "2021-05-08T17:56:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![nader.chinichian](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/nader.chinichian/32/9261_2.png) [@nader.chinichian](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nader.chinichian)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2021, 5:56pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/columns-property-of-column-container-is-missing/46506/1 "2021-05-08T17:56:05Z")

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Hi,  
The columns property of the column container is missing in root PROPS.  
I see this in 8.1.4 and 8.15.

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**Author:** ![cmallonee](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/cmallonee/32/6416_2.png) [@cmallonee](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/cmallonee)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2021, 7:23pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/columns-property-of-column-container-is-missing/46506/2 "2021-05-08T19:23:53Z")

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`ColumnContainer.props.columns` was removed as part of 8.0.1 (April of 2019). There were far too many issues for us to support variable column counts - especially when that prop could change at runtime - and so we made a very early decision to remove that property.

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**Author:** ![nader.chinichian](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/nader.chinichian/32/9261_2.png) [@nader.chinichian](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nader.chinichian)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2021, 7:35pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/columns-property-of-column-container-is-missing/46506/3 "2021-05-08T19:35:13Z")

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But how can we control of width of column which is very critical part for beauty of design.  
Specially with many components in the row.  
May be it is better to add it in Column Breakpoints section which is not changeable at runtime.

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**Author:** ![cmallonee](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/cmallonee/32/6416_2.png) [@cmallonee](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/cmallonee)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2021, 7:50pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/columns-property-of-column-container-is-missing/46506/4 "2021-05-08T19:50:58Z")

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You use the `gutters` property to determine how wide the columns are, specifically you would use the `gutters.vertical` property.

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**Author:** ![nader.chinichian](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/nader.chinichian/32/9261_2.png) [@nader.chinichian](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nader.chinichian)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2021, 4:31am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/columns-property-of-column-container-is-missing/46506/5 "2021-05-09T04:31:23Z")

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I need to increase the number of column to add more components in a row.  
I seems in the background it is a CSS grid so is it possible to modify the default 12 number in global CSS?

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**Author:** ![paul-griffith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/paul-griffith/32/37249_2.png) [@paul-griffith](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/paul-griffith)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2021, 3:45pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/columns-property-of-column-container-is-missing/46506/6 "2021-05-10T15:45:38Z")

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No. The 12 column count is hardcoded into the component itself.