CSS - Equal Height Columns?

Question

In CSS, I can do something like this:

But I\'ve no idea how to change that to something like:

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Is this possible with CSS?

Answer 1

Here is an example I just wrote in SASS with changeable column-gap and column amount (variables):

CSS:

.fauxer * {
  -webkit-box-sizing: border-box;
  -moz-box-sizing: border-box;
  box-sizing: border-box; }

.fauxer {
  overflow: hidden; }

.fauxer > div {
  display: table;
  border-spacing: 20px;
  margin: -20px auto -20px -20px;
  width: -webkit-calc(100% + 40px);
  width: -moz-calc(100% + 40px);
  width: calc(100% + 40px); }

.fauxer > div > div {
  display: table-row; }

.fauxer > div > div > div {
  display: table-cell;
  width: 20%;
  padding: 20px;
  border: thin solid #000; }

                

                    

                        

                            Lorem column 1
                        
                        

                            Lorem ipsum column 2 dolor sit amet, consetetur sadipscing elitr, 
                            sed diam nonumy eirmod tempor invidunt ut labore et 
                            dolore magna aliquyam erat, sed diam voluptua.
                        
                        

                            Lorem column 3
                        
                        

                            Lorem column 4
                        
                        

                            Lorem column 5
                        
                    
                
            

Note: I only found the time to test it in some new browsers. Please test it well before you will use it :)

The editable example in SCSS you can get here: JSfiddle