page-break-inside Attribute | pageBreakInside Property

Gets or sets a string indicating whether a page break is allowed to occur inside the object.

Syntax

CSS	{ page-break-inside : sBreak }
Scripting	[ sBreak = ] object.style.pageBreakInside [ = sBreak ]

Possible Values

sBreak

String that specifies or receives one of the following values. auto Default. Neither force nor forbid a page break inside the object. avoid Forbid a page break inside the object, if possible. empty string Behaves the same as auto. inherit Inherit the value of the same property for the object's parent.

The property is read/write for all objects except the following, for which it is read-only: currentStyle. The property has a default value of auto. The Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) attribute is not inherited.

Remarks

This property applies when the document is printed.

Normally, Windows Internet Explorer attempts to avoid page breaks inside tables, blocks with borders, and positioned or floated elements. The pageBreakInside attribute extends this behavior to other elements. A value of avoid instructs the browser to start the element on the following page if there is not enough room for it on the current page.

Page-break behavior is inherited from parent objects. A potential page-break location is also influenced by the page-break-after attribute of the preceding object, and/or the page-break-before attribute of the following object.

This property requires Internet Explorer to be in IE8 Standards mode rendering.

Example

The following style rule causes Internet Explorer to avoid breaking paragraphs across pages.

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<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=8" />

<style type="text/css">
@media print {
    p {
        page-break-inside: avoid;
    }
}
</style>

Standards Information

This property is defined in Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Level 2 Revision 1 (CSS2.1).

Applies To

BLOCKQUOTE, BODY, BUTTON, CAPTION, CENTER, CSSStyleDeclaration, currentStyle, DD, DIR, DIV, DL, DT, FIELDSET, FORM, hn, ISINDEX, LI, LISTING, MARQUEE, MENU, OL, P, PRE, runtimeStyle, style, TABLE, TBODY, TFOOT, TH, THEAD, TR, UL, XMP, CSSCurrentStyleDeclaration Constructor, CSSRuleStyleDeclaration Constructor, CSSStyleDeclaration Constructor

See Also

CSS How-to - Optimize Pages for Printing Using CSS