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[css2] Some minor work on page-break-inside
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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
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<html lang="en">
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<!-- $Id: page.src,v 2.12 1998-03-14 23:43:11 ijacobs Exp $ -->
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<!-- $Id: page.src,v 2.13 1998-03-16 14:30:53 ijacobs Exp $ -->
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<HEAD>
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<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1">
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<TITLE>Paged media</TITLE>
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<!-- #include src=properties/page-break-after.srb -->
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<!-- Add 'page' property for named pages. 27/2/98 -->
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<!-- #include src=properties/page-break-inside.srb -->
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<P>Values for these properties have the following meanings:</p>
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<dl>
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<dt><strong>auto</strong></dt>
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<dd>Neither force nor forbid a page break before (after) the
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<dd>Neither force nor forbid a page break before (after, inside) the
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generated box.
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<dt><strong>always</strong></dt>
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<dd>Always force a page break before (after) the
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generated box.</dd>
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<dt><strong>avoid</strong></dt>
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<dd>Avoid a page break before (after) the generated box.
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<dd>Avoid a page break before (after, inside) the generated box.
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<dt><strong>left</strong></dt>
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<dd>(For rendering to left and right sheets.)
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Force one or two page breaks before
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</dl>
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<P> A potential page break location is typically under the influence
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of both the <span
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of the element's <span
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class="propinst-page-break-inside">'page-break-inside'</span>
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property, the <span
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class="propinst-page-break-after">'page-break-after'</span> property
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of the preceding element and the <span
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of the preceding element, and the <span
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class="propinst-page-break-before">'page-break-before'</span> property
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of the following element. When both properties have values other than
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'auto', the values 'always', 'left', and 'right' take precedence over
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'avoid'. See the section on <a href="#allowed-page-breaks">allowed
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page breaks</a> for the exact rules on how these values force or
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suppress a page break.
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of the following element. When these properties have values other
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than 'auto', the values 'always', 'left', and 'right' take precedence
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over 'avoid'. See the section on <a
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href="#allowed-page-breaks">allowed page breaks</a> for the exact
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rules on how these properties may force or suppress a page break.
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<h3><a name="named-pages">Using named pages:</a> <span class="propinst-page">'page'</span></h3>
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<!-- #include src=properties/widows.srb -->
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<!-- #include src=properties/page-break-inside.srb -->
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<P>The <span class="propinst-orphans">'orphans'</span> property
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specifies the minimum number of lines of a paragraph that must be left
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at the bottom of a page. The <span
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class="propinst-page-break-inside">'page-break-inside'</span> property
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can be used to turn off page breaking inside an element completely,
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i.e., keep the whole element on one page. The 'widows' and 'orphans'
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properties are not used if 'page-break-inside' is 'avoid'. However, if
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the element is larger than the page, so that it <em>has</em> to be
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broken, then the 'page-break-inside' property is ignored (treated as
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if it were 'auto') and page breaks are determined using the 'widows'
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and 'orphans' properties.
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properties are not used if <span
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class="propinst-page-break-inside">'page-break-inside'</span> is
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'avoid'. However, if the element is larger than the page, so that it
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<em>has</em> to be broken, then the <span
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class="propinst-page-break-inside">'page-break-inside'</span> property
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is ignored (treated as if it were 'auto') and page breaks are
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determined using the 'widows' and 'orphans' properties.
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<P>For information about paragraph formatting, please consult the
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section on <a href="visuren.html#line-box">line boxes</a>.
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<li>However, if the nearest common ancestor of all the elements
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meeting at this margin has a 'page-break-inside' property of 'avoid',
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then breaking here is not allowed.
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meeting at this margin has a <span
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class="propinst-page-break-inside">'page-break-inside'</span> value
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of 'avoid', then breaking here is not allowed.
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<li>
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<p>Breaking at (2) is allowed only if the number of <a
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<li>In addition, breaking at (2) is allowed only if the
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'page-break-inside' property is 'auto'.
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<li>In addition, breaking at (2) is allowed only if the <span
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class="propinst-page-break-inside">'page-break-inside'</span> property
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is 'auto'.
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<p>If the above doesn't provide enough break points to keep content

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