widows property

Sets or retrieves the minimum number of lines of a paragraph that must appear at the top of a document.

Syntax

widows: integer

Property values

integer: A VARIANT that specifies or receives the minimum number of lines to print at the top of a document.

CSS information

Applies To	All elements
Media	visual
Inherited	no
Initial Value

Standards information

CSS 2.1, Section 13.3

Remarks

This property applies when the document is printed. If there are fewer lines than necessary to satisfy this rule, the lines are moved to the following document. The widows property has precedence over the orphans property.

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

Examples

The following style rule ensures that at least three lines of a paragraph appear at the bottom and top of each printed document.

C++


<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=8" />
<style type="text/css">
@media print {
    p {
        widows:3;
        orphans:3;
    }
}
</style>