Is it possible to have multiple columns (two in my case) inside a block in XSL FO?

Question

I would like to style part of my page inside a block, or actually inside a table cell, as a list wrapped in two columns.

item 1    item 4
item 2    item 5
item 3    item 6

I was a little surprised column layout can only be defined on a page master level.

I can work around this in my code with a table, but I am curious if there is an elegant XSL FO way of doing this?

I'm using FOP.

I do not believe so using current FOP. RenderX XEP has that as an extension rx:flow-section where you can specify the column-count — Kevin Brown
AH Formatter supports column-count on fo:block-container (antennahouse.com/product/ahf63/ahf-ext.html#axf.column-count), which was part of the XSL 2.0 requirements (w3.org/TR/xslfo20-req/#N66550). Not in listed in FOP extensions, though. — Tony Graham

Jonte Jonte · Accepted Answer · 2016-03-01T10:32:16

It's not currently possible with FOP.