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page-break-inside

Thepage-break-inside CSS property adjusts page breaks inside the current element.

/* Keyword values */
page-break-inside: auto;
page-break-inside: avoid;

/* Global values */
page-break-inside: inherit;
page-break-inside: initial;
page-break-inside: unset;

Initial value	`auto`
Applies to	block-level elements in the normal flow of the root element. User agents may also apply it to other elements like `table-row` elements.
Inherited	no
Media	as each of the properties of the shorthand: `visual`: Value not found in DB! `paged`: Value not found in DB!
Computed value	as specified
Animation type	discrete
Canonical order	the unique non-ambiguous order defined by the formal grammar

Syntax

Values

auto: Initial value. Automatic page breaks (neither forced nor forbidden).
avoid: Avoid page breaks inside the element.

Formal syntax

auto | avoid

Example

HTML

<div class="page">
  <p>This is the first paragraph.</p>
  <section class="list">
    <span>A list</span>
    <ol>
      <li>one</li>
<!--       <li>two</li> -->
    </ol>
  </section>
  <ul>
    <li>one</li>
<!--     <li>two</li> -->
  </ul>
  <p>This is the second paragraph.</p>
  <p>This is the third paragraph, it contains more text.</p>
  <p>This is the fourth paragraph. It has a little bit more text than the third one.</p>
</div>

CSS

.page {
  background-color: #8cffa0;
  height: 90px;
  width: 200px;
  columns: 1;
  column-width: 100px;
}

.list, ol, ul, p {
  break-inside: avoid;
}

p {
  background-color: #8ca0ff;
}

ol, ul, .list {
  margin: 0.5em 0;
  display: block;
  background-color: orange;
}

p:first-child {
  margin-top: 0;
}

Result

Specifications

Specification	Status	Comment
CSS Paged Media Module Level 3 The definition of 'page-break-inside' in that specification.	Working Draft	Allows this property on more elements.
CSS Level 2 (Revision 1) The definition of 'page-break-inside' in that specification.	Recommendation	Initial definition.

Browser compatibilityUpdate compatibility data on GitHub

	Desktop
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Internet Explorer	Opera	Safari
Basic support	1	12	19 19 Until Firefox 25, `page-break-inside: avoid` did not work with the height of a block.	8	7	1.3

	Mobile
	Android webview	Chrome for Android	Edge Mobile	Firefox for Android	Opera for Android	iOS Safari	Samsung Internet
Basic support	?	?	Yes	19 19 Until Firefox 25, `page-break-inside: avoid` did not work with the height of a block.	?	?	?

page-break-inside

Syntax

Values

Formal syntax

Example

HTML

CSS

Result

Specifications

Browser compatibilityUpdate compatibility data on GitHub

See also