page-break-inside

Summary

Sets the page-breaking behavior inside an element. With CSS3, page-break-* properties are only aliases of the break-* properties. The CSS3 Fragmentation spec defines breaks for all CSS box fragmentation.

Overview table

Initial value
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Applies to: All elements
Inherited: No
Media: visual

Computed value
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Animatable: No

CSS Object Model Property
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Syntax

page-break-inside: auto
page-break-inside: avoid
page-break-inside: empty string
page-break-inside: inherit

Values

auto: Default.

Neither force nor forbid a page break inside the object.

avoid: Forbid a page break inside the object, if possible.
empty string: Behaves the same as auto.
inherit: Inherit the value of the same property for the object’s parent.

Related specifications

CSS Fragmentation Module Level 3, 3.3. Page Break Aliases: the ‘page-break-before’, ‘page-break-after’, and ‘page-break-inside’ properties: W3C Working Draft
CSS Paged Media Module Level 3, 9. Page Breaks: W3C Working Draft
CSS Level 2 (Revision 1), 13.3.1 Page break properties: 'page-break-before’, 'page-break-after’, ‘page-break-inside’: W3C Recommendation

Attributions

Microsoft Developer Network: [Windows Internet Explorer API reference Article]