How to put two buttons next to each other within a column?

[Philip_Oosterholt]

I have a streamlit app with three columns, I want to add two buttons inside one of the columns, however it is impossible to nest columns into other columns. Are there any workarounds available?

[oliverjia]

Hi Philip
I believe currently streamlit cannot support columns in columns

Why not use 3 columns instead of 2?

[Philip_Oosterholt]

Thanks for your reply. The content in the columns is dynamic, only part of the time the buttons are displayed, so adding a new column would take up unecessary space and that kind of beats the purpose of putting the two buttons next to each other.

[Shawn_Pereira]

Try using this component within your column and see if it solves your problem.

New Component: `st_btn_select` - Selectbox alternative with buttons

[Logo] [Homepage] [Demo] Streamlit Button Select Component Sometimes you want a user to make a selection, but you only have a few options. Using an st.selectbox component works, but wouldn’t it be easier to simply have a few buttons in a row ? Well, this custom component allows just that ! Installation pip install st_btn_select Usage Creating a Button Selection is really easy. from st_btn_select import st_btn_select selection = st_btn_select(('option 1', 'option 2', 'option 3')) st.wr…

Cheers

[Philip_Oosterholt]

Awesome, works perfectly!