page-break-after property

Sets or retrieves a value indicating whether a page break occurs after the object.

Syntax

Property values

always: Always insert a page break after the object.
auto: Default. Neither force nor forbid a page break after the object.
avoid: Internet Explorer 8. Forbid a page break after the object, if possible.
empty string: Behaves the same as auto.
inherit: Internet Explorer 8. Inherit the value of the same property for the object's parent.
left: Currently behaves the same as always.
right: Currently behaves the same as always.

CSS information

Applies To	All elements
Media	visual
Inherited	no
Initial Value	auto

Standards information

CSS 2.1, Section 13.3.1

Remarks

This property applies when printing the document. This property does not apply to the br or hr elements.

If there are conflicts between this property and the page-break-before value on the object previously displayed in the browser, the value that results in the largest number of page breaks is used.

Page breaks are not permitted inside positioned objects.

Examples

The following example uses the page-break-after property to start printing on a new page.

Setting page-break-after to always for the p element specifies that a page break occurs at the end of each paragraph.

Code example: http://samples.msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/samples/author/dhtml/refs/page-break-after.htm

HTML


<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
   <style type="text/css">
      P {
         page-break-after: always;
      }
   </style>
</head>
<body>
   <p>Because page-break-after is set to always, there will be a page break after this first paragraph when you print this page.</p>
   <p>This second paragraph prints on the next page.</p>
</body>
</html>