CSS page-break-inside Property
CSS page-break-inside Property
CSS page-break-inside property sets whether a page-break should be avoided inside a specified element.
Example
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en-US">
<head>
<title>CSS page-break-inside property</title>
<style>
@media print {
p{
line-height: 2;
page-break-inside: avoid;
}
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Example CSS page-break-inside property</h1>
<p>
This page will not break inside the paragraph.
...
This page will not break inside the paragraph.
</p>
<button onclick="window.print()">Print</button>
</body>
</html>
Syntax
Using CSS
element{
page-break-inside: avoid;
}
Using Javascript
object.style.pageBreakInside="avoid";
Animatable
No, page-break-inside property is not animatable. CSS Animatable Properties Reference.
Default Value
Default value for CSS page-break-inside property is auto.
Property Value
The following table provides a list of values for CSS page-break-inside property.
| Value | Explanation |
|---|
| auto | Automatic page breaks. |
| avoid | Avoid page breaks inside the element. |
Using JavaScript
In the following example, we will demonstrate how to set the CSS page-break-inside property of an element using JavaScript.
Example
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en-US">
<head>
<style>
p{
line-height: 2;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h1>CSS page-break-inside property</h1>
<p>
This page will not break inside the paragraph.
...
This page will not break inside the paragraph.
</p>
<button onclick="window.print()">Print</button>
<button onclick="myFunction()">Print with page-break-inside: avoid at p tag.</button>
<script>
function myFunction(){
var styles = 'p{page-break-inside: avoid;}';
var styleSheet = document.createElement("style")
styleSheet.type = "text/css"
styleSheet.media = "print"
styleSheet.innerText = styles
document.head.appendChild(styleSheet);
window.print();
}
window.onafterprint = function(){
location.reload();
}
</script>
</body>
</html>
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