CSS3 multi-column layout converting to PDF using snappy (wkhtmltopdf wrapper)

Question

I'm trying to generate 3 column PDF (using barryvdh/laravel-snappy - wkhtmltopdf). Because the text which is going to fill these columns is of unknown length I have to use some mechanism allowing the text fill the columns freely. So I tried to use this CSS:

.threecol {
            -webkit-column-count: 3; /* Chrome, Safari, Opera */
            -moz-column-count: 3; /* Firefox */
            column-count: 3;
        }

This works great on a web page but I can't convert it to PDF. It doesn't show any errors. It simply converts the page with one column. Any suggestions? Is what I want possible to do with wkhtmltopdf? Or maybe should I use some other library?

Answer 1

This feature isn't available in the Webkit version used in wkhtmltopdf. Looks like we have to use tables, with manual flow.