From 986bfdd00a9843cf17de4ea1a15315a8b008f40d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David Bolack <dbolack@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2025 17:37:23 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Prevent extra columns

---
 client/homebrew/brewRenderer/brewRenderer.jsx | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/client/homebrew/brewRenderer/brewRenderer.jsx b/client/homebrew/brewRenderer/brewRenderer.jsx
index 6bcfc87ec..6f2e30c01 100644
--- a/client/homebrew/brewRenderer/brewRenderer.jsx
+++ b/client/homebrew/brewRenderer/brewRenderer.jsx
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ const BrewPage = (props)=>{
 		...props
 	};
 	const pageRef = useRef(null);
-	const cleanText = safeHTML(`${props.contents}\n<div class="columnSplit"></div>\n`);
+	const cleanText = safeHTML(`${props.contents}\n`);
 
 	useEffect(()=>{
 		if(!pageRef.current) return;
@@ -207,7 +207,8 @@ const BrewRenderer = (props)=>{
 			}
 
 			// DO NOT REMOVE!!! REQUIRED FOR BACKWARDS COMPATIBILITY WITH NON-UPGRADABLE VERSIONS OF CHROME.
-			pageText += `\n\n&nbsp;\n\\column\n&nbsp;`; //Artificial column break at page end to emulate column-fill:auto (until `wide` is used, when column-fill:balance will reappear)
+
+			pageText += pageText.indexOf(`\n\\column\n`) < 0 ? `\n\n&nbsp;\n\\column\n&nbsp;` : 0; //Artificial column break at page end to emulate column-fill:auto (until `wide` is used, when column-fill:balance will reappear)
 
 			const html = Markdown.render(pageText, index);