quarto revealjs presentation column layout with spacing

[shannonpileggi]

Hi! In quarto revealjs presentations, in order to create a slide with two columns with a bit of space in between I have created a middle empty column like this:

::: columns
::: {.column width="50%"}
thing 1
:::

::: {.column width="5%"}
:::

::: {.column width="45%"}
thing 2
:::
:::

I believe I saw somewhere a better approach using layout, but I cannot find the exact solution. Is there a better approach to this?

[mcanouil]

TL;DR

::: {layout="[ 0.5, -0.05, 0.45 ]"}
thing 1

thing 2
:::

For more complex "element" in columns, use additional divs.

::: {layout="[ 0.5, -0.05, 0.45 ]"}

:::: {#first-column}
- thing 1a
- thing 1b

![some figure](figure.png)
::::

:::: {#second-column}
thing 2
::::
:::

Long version with links

I believe you are interested in this particular comments from another thread: #4959 (comment) (there are other Q&A)
There is sparse documentation here and there at the moment in the documentation, see https://quarto.org/docs/authoring/figures.html#complex-layouts.

[shannonpileggi]

Thank you very much, that is exactly what I needed!