CSS box-decoration-break Property

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CSS box-decoration-break Property

CSS box-decoration-break property specifies how an element's fragments should be rendered when broken across multiple lines, columns, or pages.

Example

HTML Online Editor
<!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="en-US"> <head> <style> span{ padding: 1px 5px; border-radius: 16px; font-size: 24px; line-height: 2; border: 5px solid green; } span:nth-child(3){ -webkit-box-decoration-break: slice; -moz-box-decoration-break: slice; box-decoration-break: slice; } span:nth-child(5){ -webkit-box-decoration-break: clone; -moz-box-decoration-break: clone; box-decoration-break: clone; } </style> </head> <body> <h1>CSS box-decoration-break property</h1> <h2>box-decoration-break: slice;</h2> <span>This text<br>breaks<br>across multiple<br>lines</span> <h2>box-decoration-break: clone;</h2> <span>This text<br>breaks<br>across multiple<br>lines</span> </body> </html>

Syntax

Using CSS

element{ box-decoration-break: clone; }

Using Javascript

object.style.boxDecorationBreak="clone";

Animatable

No, box-decoration-break property is not animatable. CSS Animatable Properties Reference.

Default Value

Default value for CSS box-decoration-break property is slice.

Property Value

The following table provides a list of values for CSS box-decoration-break property.

ValueExplanation
sliceThe element is initially rendered as if its box were not fragmented, after which the rendering for this hypothetical box is sliced into pieces for each line/column/page.
cloneEach box fragment is rendered independently with the specified border, padding, and margin wrapping each fragment.

Using JavaScript

In the following example, we will demonstrate how to change the CSS box-decoration-break property of an element using JavaScript.

Example

HTML Online Editor
<!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="en-US"> <head> <style> span{ padding: 1px 5px; border-radius: 16px; font-size: 24px; line-height: 2; border: 5px solid green; -webkit-box-decoration-break: slice; -moz-box-decoration-break: slice; box-decoration-break: slice; } button{ display: block; margin-top: 5px; } </style> </head> <body> <h1>CSS box-decoration-break property</h1> <span>This text<br>breaks<br>across multiple<br>lines</span> <button onclick="myFunction">Click Me</button> <script> var x = document.getElementsByTagName("span")[0]; function myFunction(){ x.style.boxDecorationBreak = "clone"; x.style.WebkitBoxDecorationBreak = "clone"; x.style.OBoxDecorationBreak = "clone"; } </script> </body> </html>

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