Other Properties
October 30, 2000
The 'page-break-inside' Property
The page-break-inside property controls whether a page can break within
an element. The page-break-inside property can have one of the following
values:
The value auto means that a page break should not be forced or forbidden
within the element. The value avoid means that a page break should be
avoided within the element.
Unfortunately, at the time that this book was written, neither Microsoft
Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator support the page-break-inside
property.
The 'orphans' Property
The orphans property specifies the minimum number of lines of a
paragraph that must be left at the bottom of the page when the page
breaks. If less than this number of lines can be printed at the bottom
of the page, the page breaks before the paragraph.
For example, if you wanted to make sure that at least 5 lines of text
appear at the bottom of the page, you would write the following in your
style sheet:
p { orphans: 5 }
Unfortunately, at the time that this book was written, neither Microsoft
Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator support the orphans property.
The 'widows' Property
The widows property specifies the minimum number of lines of a paragraph
that can be printed at the top of the page when the page breaks in the
middle of a paragraph. If less than this number of lines can be printed
at the top of the page, the page breaks before the paragraph.
For example, if you wanted to make sure that at least 5 lines of text
appear at the top of the page, you would write the following in your
style sheet:
p { widows: 5 }
Unfortunately, at the time that this book was written, neither Microsoft
Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator support the widows property.
The '@page' Rule
The @page rule allows you to describe the page (or paper, in the case of
printing): things like its size and margins.
The @page rules generally take a form similar to other style sheet
rules:
@page {
/* properties */
}
For example, if you wanted to set the left margin for all pages to be 4
centimeters, you would write:
@page {
margin-left: 4cm;
}
The @page rules can also be customized for left side pages and right
side pages. If, for example, you wanted to set the left margin for all
left (@page :left) side pages to 3 centimeters, and the left margin for
all right (@page :right) side pages to 4 centimeters, you would write:
@page :left {
margin-left: 3cm;
}
@page :right {
margin-left: 4cm;
}
In addition, you can name your page rules, but we will talk about that
later. First, we will learn about some of the @page rule properties:
size, margin, and marks. Unfortunately, at the time that this book was
written, neither Microsoft Internet Explorer nor Netscape Navigator
support any of the @page rule features. It is still a good idea to be
familiar with these features since, given the rate of change within the
Internet, we may see these features implemented soon!
Using the 'page-break-before' Property
Beginning XHTML
The 'size' Property
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