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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">
<html lang=en>
<head profile="http://www.w3.org/2006/03/hcard"><meta
content="text/html; charset=utf-8" http-equiv=Content-Type>
<title>CSS Fragmentation Module Level 3</title>
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<h1 id=css-fragmentation-module>CSS Fragmentation Module Level 3</h1>
<h2 class="no-num no-toc" id=longstatus-date>Editor's Draft 8 August 2012</h2>
<dl>
<dt>This version:</dt>
<!-- <dd><a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2012/ED-css3-break-20120808/">http://www.w3.org/TR/2012/WD-css3-break-20120808/</a></dd> -->
<dd><a
href="http://dev.w3.org/csswg/css3-break/">http://dev.w3.org/csswg/css3-break/</a>
<dt>Latest version:
<dd><a
href="http://www.w3.org/TR/css3-break/">http://www.w3.org/TR/css3-break/</a>
<dt>Editor's Draft:
<dd><a
href="http://dev.w3.org/csswg/css3-break/">http://dev.w3.org/csswg/css3-break/</a>
<dt>Previous version:
<dd><a
href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2012/WD-css3-break-20120228/">http://www.w3.org/TR/2012/WD-css3-break-20120228/</a>
<dt>Editors:
<dd class=vcard><span class=fn>Rossen Atanassov</span>, <span
class=org><a class="fn org url"
href="http://www.microsoft.com/">Microsoft Corporation</a></span>, <span
class=email>ratan@microsoft.com</span>
<dd class=vcard><span class=fn><a class=fn
href="http://fantasai.inkedblade.net/contact">Elika J.
Etemad</a></span>, <span class=org><a class="fn org url"
href="http://www.mozilla.org/">Mozilla Corporation</a></span>
<dt>Issues List:
<dd><a
href="http://wiki.csswg.org/spec/css3-break">http://wiki.csswg.org/spec/css3-break</a>
<dt>Discussion:
<dd><a
href="http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/">www-style@w3.org</a>
with subject line "<code>[css3-break] …message topic…</code>"
</dl>
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</div>
<h2 class="no-num no-toc" id=abstract> Abstract</h2>
<p> This module describes the fragmentation model that partitions a flow
into pages. It builds on the Page model module and introduces and defines
the fragmentation model. It adds functionality for pagination, breaking
variable fragment size and orientation, widows and orphans.
<h2 class="no-num no-toc" id=status> Status of this document</h2>
<!--begin-status-->
<p>This is a public copy of the editors' draft. It is provided for
discussion only and may change at any moment. Its publication here does
not imply endorsement of its contents by W3C. Don't cite this document
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Working Group</a> (part of the <a href="/Style/">Style Activity</a>).
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<h2 class="no-num no-toc" id=contents> Table of contents</h2>
<!--begin-toc-->
<ul class=toc>
<li><a href="#intro"><span class=secno>1. </span> Introduction</a>
<ul class=toc>
<li><a href="#placement"><span class=secno>1.1. </span> Module
Interactions</a>
<li><a href="#values"><span class=secno>1.2. </span> Values</a>
</ul>
<li><a href="#fragmentation-model"><span class=secno>2. </span>
Fragmentation Model and Terminology</a>
<li><a href="#breaking-controls"><span class=secno>3. </span> Controlling
Breaks</a>
<ul class=toc>
<li><a href="#break-properties"><span class=secno>3.1. </span> Forced
breaks and keep-together: the ‘<code
class=property>break-before</code>’, ‘<code
class=property>break-after</code>’, ‘<code
class=property>break-inside</code>’ properties</a>
<li><a href="#widows-orphans"><span class=secno>3.2. </span> Breaks
Between Lines: ‘<code class=property>orphans</code>’, ‘<code
class=property>widows</code>’</a>
<li><a href="#page-break"><span class=secno>3.3. </span> Page Break
Aliases: the ‘<code class=property>page-break-before</code>’,
‘<code class=property>page-break-after</code>’, and ‘<code
class=property>page-break-inside</code>’ properties</a>
</ul>
<li><a href="#breaking-rules"><span class=secno>4. </span> Rules for
Breaking</a>
<ul class=toc>
<li><a href="#possible-breaks"><span class=secno>4.1. </span> Possible
Break Points</a>
<li><a href="#break-types"><span class=secno>4.2. </span> Types of
Breaks</a>
<li><a href="#forced-breaks"><span class=secno>4.3. </span> Forced
breaks</a>
<li><a href="#unforced-breaks"><span class=secno>4.4. </span> Unforced
Breaks</a>
<li><a href="#best-breaks"><span class=secno>4.5. </span> Optimizing
Unforced Breaks</a>
</ul>
<li><a href="#breaking-boxes"><span class=secno>5. </span> Box Model for
Breaking</a>
<ul class=toc>
<li><a href="#varying-size-boxes"><span class=secno>5.1. </span>
Breaking into Varying-size Fragmentainers</a>
<li><a href="#break-margins"><span class=secno>5.2. </span> Margins at
Breaks</a>
<li><a href="#break-decoration"><span class=secno>5.3. </span> Splitting
Boxes at Breaks</a>
</ul>
<li><a href="#conformance"><span class=secno>6. </span> Conformance</a>
<ul class=toc>
<li><a href="#conventions"><span class=secno>6.1. </span> Document
Conventions</a>
<li><a href="#conformance-classes"><span class=secno>6.2.
</span>Conformance Classes</a>
<li><a href="#partial"><span class=secno>6.3. </span> Partial
Implementations</a>
<li><a href="#experimental"><span class=secno>6.4. </span> Experimental
Implementations</a>
<li><a href="#testing"><span class=secno>6.5. </span> Non-Experimental
Implementations</a>
<li><a href="#cr-exit-criteria"><span class=secno>6.6. </span> CR Exit
Criteria</a>
</ul>
<li class=no-num><a href="#changes"> Changes</a>
<li class=no-num><a href="#acknowledgments"> Acknowledgments</a>
<li class=no-num><a href="#references">References</a>
<ul class=toc>
<li class=no-num><a href="#normative-references">Normative
references</a>
<li class=no-num><a href="#other-references">Other references</a>
</ul>
<li class=no-num><a href="#index">Index</a>
<li class=no-num><a href="#property-index">Property index</a>
</ul>
<!--end-toc-->
<h2 id=intro><span class=secno>1. </span> Introduction</h2>
<p><em>This section is not normative.</em>
<p> In paged media (e.g., paper, transparencies, photo album pages, pages
displayed on computer screens as printed output simulations), as opposed
to <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS2/media.html#continuous-media-group">
continuous media</a>, the content of the document is split into one or
more discrete display surfaces. In order to avoid awkward breaks (such as
halfway through a line of text), the layout engine must be able to shift
around content that would fall across the page break. This process is
called <dfn id=pagination>pagination</dfn>.
<p> In CSS, in addition to paged media, certain layout features such as <a
href="http://www.w3.org/TR/css3-regions/">regions</a> <a
href="#CSS3-REGIONS"
rel=biblioentry>[CSS3-REGIONS]<!--{{CSS3-REGIONS}}--></a> and <a
href="http://www.w3.org/TR/css3-multicol/">multi-column layout</a> <a
href="#CSS3COL" rel=biblioentry>[CSS3COL]<!--{{CSS3COL}}--></a> create a
similarly fragmented environment. The generic term for breaking content
across containers is <dfn id=fragmentation>fragmentation</dfn>. This
module explains how content breaks across <a
href="#fragmentainer"><i>fragmentainers</i></a> such as pages and columns
and how such breaks can be <a href="#breaking-controls">controlled by the
author</a>.
<h3 id=placement><span class=secno>1.1. </span> Module Interactions</h3>
<p> This module replaces and extends the pagination controls defined in <a
href="#CSS21" rel=biblioentry>[CSS21]<!--{{CSS21}}--></a> <a
href="http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/page.html#page-breaks">section 13.3</a>
and in <a href="#CSS3PAGE"
rel=biblioentry>[CSS3PAGE]<!--{{CSS3PAGE}}--></a>.</p>
<!-- End section "Modules Interactions" -->
<h3 id=values><span class=secno>1.2. </span> Values</h3>
<p> This specification follows the <a
href="http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/about.html#property-defs"> CSS property
definition conventions</a> from <a href="#CSS21"
rel=biblioentry>[CSS21]<!--{{!CSS21}}--></a>. Value types not defined in
this specification are defined in CSS Level 2 Revision 1 <a href="#CSS21"
rel=biblioentry>[CSS21]<!--{{!CSS21}}--></a>. Other CSS modules may expand
the definitions of these value types: for example <a href="#CSS3COLOR"
rel=biblioentry>[CSS3COLOR]<!--{{CSS3COLOR}}--></a>, when combined with
this module, expands the definition of the <color> value type as
used in this specification.
<p> In addition to the property-specific values listed in their
definitions, all properties defined in this specification also accept the
<a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/cascade.html#value-def-inherit">
inherit</a> keyword as their property value. For readability it has not
been repeated explicitly.
<h2 id=fragmentation-model><span class=secno>2. </span> Fragmentation Model
and Terminology</h2>
<dl>
<dt><dfn id=fragmented-flow>fragmented flow</dfn>
<dd> A content flow that is being laid out in a <a
href="#fragmentation-context"><i>fragmentation context</i></a>, such as a
<a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/css3-multicol/">multi-column element</a>, a
chain of <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/css3-regions">CSS regions</a>, or
a <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/css3-page/">paged media display</a>.
<dt><dfn id=fragmentation-container>fragmentation container</dfn> (<dfn
id=fragmentainer>fragmentainer</dfn>)
<dd> A box—such as a page box, column box, or region—that contains a
portion (or all) of a <a href="#fragmented-flow"><i>fragmented
flow</i></a>. Fragmentainers can be pre-defined, or generated as needed.
When breakable content overflows a fragmentainer in the block dimension,
instead of overflowing it breaks into the next container in its <a
href="#fragmentation-context"><i>fragmentation context</i></a>.
<dt><dfn id=fragmentation-context>fragmentation context</dfn>
<dd> An ordered series of <a
href="#fragmentainer"><i>fragmentainers</i></a>. A given fragmentation
context can only have one block flow direction across all its
fragmentainers.
<dt><dfn id=fragmentation-direction>fragmentation direction</dfn>
<dd> The block flow direction of the fragmentation context, i.e. the
direction in which content is fragmented.
<dt><dfn id=fragmentation0>fragmentation</dfn>
<dd> The process of splitting a content flow across the <a
href="#fragmentainer"><i>fragmentainers</i></a> that form a <a
href="#fragmentation-context"><i>fragmentation context</i></a>.
<dt><dfn id=box-fragment>box fragment</dfn> or <dfn
id=fragment>fragment</dfn>
<dd> The portion of a box that belongs to exactly one <a
href="#fragmentainer"><i>fragmentainer</i></a>. A box in continuous flow
always consists of only one fragment. A box in a fragmented flow consists
of one or more fragments.
<dt><dfn id=remaining-fragmentainer-extent>remaining fragmentainer
extent</dfn>
<dd> The remaining extent on the fragmentainer available to a given
element, i.e. between the end of preceding content on fragmentainer and
the edge of the fragmentainer.
</dl>
<p> Each <dfn id=fragmentation-break>fragmentation break</dfn> (hereafter,
<dfn id=break>break</dfn>) ends layout of the fragmented box in the
current <a href="#fragmentainer"><i>fragmentainer</i></a> and causes the
remaining content to be laid out in the next <a
href="#fragmentainer"><i>fragmentainer</i></a>, in some cases causing a
new fragmentainer to be generated to hold the deferred content. When
multiple flows are laid out in parallel, fragmentation is performed
independently in each flow.
<p> Breaking a fragmentainer F effectively splits the fragmentainer into
two fragmentainers (F<sub>1</sub> and F<sub>2</sub>). The only difference
is that the type of break between the two pieces F<sub>1</sub> and
F<sub>2</sub> is the <a href="#break-types">type of break</a> created by
the fragmentation context that split F, not the type of break normally
created by F's own fragmentation context.
<p class=note> Breaking inline content into lines is another form of
fragmentation, and similarly creates box fragments when it breaks <a
href="http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/visuren.html#inline-boxes">inline
boxes</a> across <a
href="http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/visuren.html#line-box">line boxes</a>.
However, inline breaking is not covered here; see <a href="#CSS3TEXT"
rel=biblioentry>[CSS3TEXT]<!--{{CSS3TEXT}}--></a> and the ‘<code
class=property>box-decoration-break</code>’ property in <a
href="#CSS3BG" rel=biblioentry>[CSS3BG]<!--{{CSS3BG}}--></a>.
<h2 id=breaking-controls><span class=secno>3. </span> Controlling Breaks</h2>
<p> The following sections explain how breaks are controlled in a
fragmented flow. Five properties indicate where the user agent may or
should break the content flow. In the case of pagination, the author can
also specify on which page (<a
href="http://www.w3.org/TR/css3-page/#left-right-first">left or right</a>)
the subsequent content should resume.
<h3 id=break-properties><span class=secno>3.1. </span> Forced breaks and
keep-together: the ‘<a href="#break-before"><code
class=property>break-before</code></a>’, ‘<a href="#break-after"><code
class=property>break-after</code></a>’, ‘<a href="#break-inside"><code
class=property>break-inside</code></a>’ properties</h3>
<table class=propdef summary="property definition">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td><em>Name:</em>
<td><dfn id=break-before>break-before</dfn>
<tr>
<td><em>Value:</em>
<td>auto | always | left | right | page | column | region | avoid |
avoid-page | avoid-column | avoid-region
<tr>
<td><em>Initial:</em>
<td>auto
<tr>
<td><em>Applies to:</em>
<td>block-level elements, table row groups, table rows (but see prose)
<tr>
<td><em>Inherited:</em>
<td>no
<tr>
<td><em>Percentages:</em>
<td>N/A
<tr>
<td><em>Media:</em>
<td>visual
<tr>
<td><em>Computed value:</em>
<td>specified value
</table>
<table class=propdef summary="property definition">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td><em>Name:</em>
<td><dfn id=break-after>break-after</dfn>
<tr>
<td><em>Value:</em>
<td>auto | always | left | right | recto | verso | page | column |
region | avoid | avoid-page | avoid-column | avoid-region
<tr>
<td><em>Initial:</em>
<td>auto
<tr>
<td><em>Applies to:</em>
<td>block-level elements, table row groups, table rows (but see prose)
<tr>
<td><em>Inherited:</em>
<td>no
<tr>
<td><em>Percentages:</em>
<td>N/A
<tr>
<td><em>Media:</em>
<td>visual
<tr>
<td><em>Computed value:</em>
<td>specified value
</table>
<table class=propdef summary="property definition">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td><em>Name:</em>
<td><dfn id=break-inside>break-inside</dfn>
<tr>
<td><em>Value:</em>
<td>auto | avoid | avoid-page | avoid-column | avoid-region
<tr>
<td><em>Initial:</em>
<td>auto
<tr>
<td><em>Applies to:</em>
<td>elements that establish formatting contexts, block containers, table
row groups, and table rows (but see prose)
<tr>
<td><em>Inherited:</em>
<td>no
<tr>
<td><em>Percentages:</em>
<td>N/A
<tr>
<td><em>Media:</em>
<td>visual
<tr>
<td><em>Computed value:</em>
<td>specified value
</table>
<p> These properties describe page/column/region break behavior
before/after/inside the generated box. These values have the following
meaning:
<dl>
<dt>‘<code class=css>auto</code>’
<dd> Neither force nor forbid a break before/after/inside the principle
box.
<dt>‘<code class=css>always</code>’
<dd> Always force a break before/after the principle box.
<dt>‘<code class=css>avoid</code>’
<dd> Avoid a break before/after/inside the principle box.
<dt>‘<code class=css>left</code>’
<dd> Force one or two page breaks before/after the principle box so that
the next page is formatted as a left page.
<dt>‘<code class=css>right</code>’
<dd> Force one or two page breaks before/after the principle box so that
the next page is formatted as a right page.
<dt>‘<code class=css>recto</code>’
<dd> Force one or two page breaks before/after the principal box so that
the next page is formatted as either a left page or a right page,
whichever is second (according to the page progression) in a page spread.
<dt>‘<code class=css>verso</code>’
<dd> Force one or two page breaks before/after the principal box so that
the next page is formatted as either a left page or a right page,
whichever is first (according to the page progression) in a page spread.
<dt>‘<code class=css>page</code>’
<dd> Always force a page break before/after the principle box.
<dt>‘<code class=css>column</code>’
<dd> Always force a column break before/after the principle box.
<dt>‘<code class=css>region</code>’
<dd> Always force a region break before/after the principle box.
<dt>‘<code class=css>avoid-page</code>’
<dd> Avoid a page break before/after/inside the principle box.
<dt>‘<code class=css>avoid-column</code>’
<dd> Avoid a column break before/after/inside the principle box.
<dt>‘<code class=css>avoid-region</code>’
<dd> Avoid a region break before/after/inside the principle box.
</dl>
<p> A potential page/column/region break location is typically under the
influence of the containing block's ‘<a href="#break-inside"><code
class=property>break-inside</code></a>’ property, the ‘<a
href="#break-after"><code class=property>break-after</code></a>’
property of the preceding element, and the ‘<a
href="#break-before"><code class=property>break-before</code></a>’
property of the following element. When these properties have values other
than ‘<code class=css>auto</code>’, the <dfn
id=forced-break-values>forced break values</dfn> (‘<code
class=css>always</code>’, ‘<code class=css>left</code>’, ‘<code
class=css>right</code>’, ‘<code class=css>recto</code>’, ‘<code
class=css>verso</code>’, ‘<code class=css>page</code>’, ‘<code
class=css>column</code>’ and ‘<code class=css>region</code>’) take
precedence over the <dfn id=avoid-break-values>avoid break values</dfn>
(‘<code class=css>avoid</code>’, ‘<code
class=css>avoid-page</code>’, ‘<code class=css>avoid-column</code>’
and ‘<code class=css>avoid-region</code>’). See the section on <a
href="#breaking-rules">rules for breaking</a> for the exact rules on how
these properties affect forced breaks.
<p> User Agents must apply these properties to boxes in the normal flow of
the root fragmented element. User agents should also apply these
properties to floated boxes whose containing block is in the normal flow
of the root fragmented element. User agents may also apply these
properties to other boxes.
<h3 id=widows-orphans><span class=secno>3.2. </span> Breaks Between Lines:
‘<a href="#orphans"><code class=property>orphans</code></a>’, ‘<a
href="#widows"><code class=property>widows</code></a>’</h3>
<table class=propdef summary="property definition">
<tbody>
<tr>
<th>Name:
<td><dfn id=orphans>orphans</dfn>
<tr>
<th>Value:
<td><integer>
<tr>
<th>Initial:
<td>2
<tr>
<th>Applies to:
<td>block containers
<tr>
<th>Inherited:
<td>yes
<tr>
<th>Percentages:
<td>N/A
<tr>
<th>Media:
<td>visual
<tr>
<th>Computed value:
<td>specified value
</table>
<table class=propdef summary="property definition">
<tbody>
<tr>
<th>Name:
<td><dfn id=widows>widows</dfn>
<tr>
<th>Value:
<td><integer>
<tr>
<th>Initial:
<td>2
<tr>
<th>Applies to:
<td>block containers
<tr>
<th>Inherited:
<td>yes
<tr>
<th>Percentages:
<td>N/A
<tr>
<th>Media:
<td>visual
<tr>
<th>Computed value:
<td>specified value
</table>
<p> The ‘<a href="#orphans"><code class=property>orphans</code></a>’
property specifies the minimum number of line boxes in a block container
that must be left in a <a href="#fragment"><i>fragment</i></a> before a
fragment break. The ‘<a href="#widows"><code
class=property>widows</code></a>’ property specifies the minimum number
of line boxes of a block container that must be left in a <a
href="#fragment"><i>fragment</i></a> after a break. Examples of how they
are used to control fragmentation breaks are given <a
href="#widows-orphans-example">below</a>.
<p> Only positive integers are allowed as values of ‘<a
href="#orphans"><code class=property>orphans</code></a>’ and ‘<a
href="#widows"><code class=property>widows</code></a>’. Negative values
and zero are invalid must cause the declaration to be <a
href="http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/conform.html#ignore">ignored</a>.
<p> If a block contains fewer lines than the value of ‘<a
href="#widows"><code class=property>widows</code></a>’ or ‘<a
href="#orphans"><code class=property>orphans</code></a>’, the rule
simply becomes that all lines in the block must be kept together.
<h3 id=page-break><span class=secno>3.3. </span> Page Break Aliases: the
‘<code class=property>page-break-before</code>’, ‘<code
class=property>page-break-after</code>’, and ‘<code
class=property>page-break-inside</code>’ properties</h3>
<p>For compatibility with <a
href="http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/page.html">CSS Level 2</a>, UAs that
conform to <a href="#CSS21" rel=biblioentry>[CSS21]<!--{{!CSS21}}--></a>
must alias the ‘<code class=property>page-break-before</code>’,
‘<code class=property>page-break-after</code>’, and ‘<code
class=property>page-break-inside</code>’ properties to ‘<a
href="#break-before"><code class=property>break-before</code></a>’,
‘<a href="#break-after"><code class=property>break-after</code></a>’,
and ‘<a href="#break-inside"><code
class=property>break-inside</code></a>’ by treating the ‘<code
class=css>page-break-*</code>’ properties as shorthands for the ‘<code
class=css>break-*</code>’ properties with the following value mappings:
<table class=data>
<thead>
<tr>
<th>Shorthand (‘<code class=css>page-break-*</code>’) Values
<th>Longhand (‘<code class=css>break-*</code>’) Values
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>‘<code class=css>auto | left | right</code>’
<td>‘<code class=css>auto | left | right</code>’
<tr>
<td>‘<code class=css>avoid</code>’
<td>‘<code class=css>avoid-page</code>’
<tr>
<td>‘<code class=css>always</code>’
<td>‘<code class=css>page</code>’
</table>
<h2 id=breaking-rules><span class=secno>4. </span> Rules for Breaking</h2>
<p> A fragmented flow may be broken across fragmentainers at a number of <a
href="#possible-breaks">possible break points</a>. In the case of <a
href="#forced-breaks">forced breaks</a>, the UA is required to break the
flow at that point. In the case of <a href="#unforced-breaks">unforced
breaks</a> the UA has to choose among the possible breaks that are
allowed.
<p> Some content is not fragmentable, for example many types of <a
href="">replaced elements</a> (such as images or video), scrollable
elements, or a single line of text content. Such content is considered
<dfn id=monolithic>monolithic</dfn>: it contains no possible break points.
In addition to any content which is not fragmentable, UAs may consider as
<a href="#monolithic"><i>monolithic</i></a> any elements with ‘<code
class=property>overflow</code>’ set to ‘<code class=css>auto</code>’
or ‘<code class=css>scroll</code>’ and any elements with ‘<code
class=css>overflow: hidden</code>’ and a non-‘<code
class=css>auto</code>’ <a
href="http://www.w3.org/TR/css3-writing-modes/#extent">logical height</a>
(and no specified maximum logical height).
<h3 id=possible-breaks><span class=secno>4.1. </span> Possible Break Points</h3>
<p> Fragmentation splits boxes in the block flow dimension. In
block-and-inline flow, breaks may occur at the following places:
<dl>
<dt id=btw-blocks>Class 1
<dd> Between sibling boxes of the following types:
<dl>
<dt>Block-parallel Fragmentation
<dd> When the block flow direction of the siblings' containing block is
parallel to that of the fragmentation context: block-level boxes, table
row group boxes, table row boxes, multi-column column row boxes
<dt>Block-perpendicular Fragmentation
<dd> When the block flow direction of the siblings' containing block is
perpendicular to that of the fragmentation context: table column group
boxes, table column boxes, multi-column column boxes
</dl>
<dt id=btw-lines>Class 2
<dd> Between line boxes inside a block container box.
<dt id=end-block>Class 3
<dd> Between the content edge of a block container box and the outer edges
of its child content (margin edges of block-level children or line box
edges for inline-level children) <em>if</em> there is a (non-zero) gap
between them.
</dl>
<p class=note> Other layout models may add breakpoints to the above
classes.
<p> Since breaks are only allowed between siblings (1), not between a box
and its container, a ‘<a href="#break-before"><code
class=property>break-before</code></a>’ value on a first-child box is
propagated to its container. Likewise a ‘<a href="#break-after"><code
class=property>break-after</code></a>’ value on a last-child box is
propagated to its container.
<p id=monolithic-breaking> The UA is not required to fragment the contents
of <a href="#monolithic"><i>monolithic</i></a> elements, and may instead
either slice the element's graphical representation as necessary to
fragment it or treat its box as unbreakable and overflow the
fragmentainer. In both cases it must treat the element as having ‘<code
class=css>break-inside: avoid</code>’, i.e. only slice or overflow at
the fragmentainer edge if there are no <a href="#possible-breaks">possible
break points</a> on the fragmentainer.
<p> When paginating, if there are no possible break points below the top of
the page, and not all the content fits, the UA may break anywhere in order
to avoid losing content off the edge of the page.
<h3 id=break-types><span class=secno>4.2. </span> Types of Breaks</h3>
<p> There are different types of breaks in CSS, defined based on the type
of fragmentainers they span:
<dl>
<dt><dfn id=page-break0>page break</dfn>
<dd> A break between two <a
href="http://www.w3.org/TR/css3-page/#page-box">page boxes</a>. <a
href="#CSS3PAGE" rel=biblioentry>[CSS3PAGE]<!--{{!CSS3PAGE}}--></a>
<dt><dfn id=spread-break>spread break</dfn>
<dd> A break between two page boxes that are not associated with <a
href="http://www.w3.org/TR/css3-page/#facing-pages">facing pages</a>. A
spread break is always also a page break. <a href="#CSS3PAGE"
rel=biblioentry>[CSS3PAGE]<!--{{!CSS3PAGE}}--></a>
<dt><dfn id=column-break>column break</dfn>
<dd> A break between two <a
href="http://www.w3.org/TR/css3-multicol/#column-box">column boxes</a>.
Note that if the column boxes are on different pages, then the break is
also a <a href="#page-break0"><i>page break</i></a>. Similarly, if the
column boxes are in different regions, then the break is also a <a
href="#region-break"><i>region break</i></a>. <a href="#CSS3COL"
rel=biblioentry>[CSS3COL]<!--{{!CSS3COL}}--></a>
<dt><dfn id=region-break>region break</dfn>
<dd> A break between two <a
href="http://www.w3.org/TR/css3-regions/#regions">regions</a>. Note that
if the region boxes are on different pages, then the break is also a <a
href="#page-break0"><i>page break</i></a>. <a href="#CSS3-REGIONS"
rel=biblioentry>[CSS3-REGIONS]<!--{{!CSS3-REGIONS}}--></a>
</dl>
<p class=note> A fifth type of break is the <dfn id=line-break>line
break</dfn>, which is a break between two <a
href="http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/visuren.html#line-box">line boxes</a>.
These are not covered in this specification; see <a href="#CSS21"
rel=biblioentry>[CSS21]<!--{{!CSS21}}--></a>.
<h3 id=forced-breaks><span class=secno>4.3. </span> Forced breaks</h3>
<p> A forced break then occurs at <a href="#btw-blocks">(1)</a> if, among
the ‘<a href="#break-after"><code
class=property>break-after</code></a>’ properties specified on or
propagated to the earlier sibling box and the ‘<a
href="#break-before"><code class=property>break-before</code></a>’
properties specified on or propagated to the later sibling box there is at
least one with a <i>forced break value</i>.
<p> When multiple <a href="#forced-break-values"><i>forced break
values</i></a> apply to a single break point, they combine such all types
of break are honored and no content-empty page boxes are generated, except
for at most one content-empty page as may be required by the <a
href="#forced-break-values"><i>forced break values</i></a> to position
ensuing content on a specific type of page. When ‘<code
class=css>left</code>’, ‘<code class=css>right</code>’, ‘<code
class=css>recto</code>’, and/or ‘<code class=css>verso</code>’ are
combined, the value specified on the latest element in the flow wins.
<p class=note> A page break must also occur at <a
href="#btw-blocks">(1)</a> if the last line box above this margin and the
first one below it do not have the same value for ‘<code
class=property>page</code>’. See <a href="#CSS3PAGE"
rel=biblioentry>[CSS3PAGE]<!--{{!CSS3PAGE}}--></a>
<h3 id=unforced-breaks><span class=secno>4.4. </span> Unforced Breaks</h3>
<p> While <a href="#breaking-controls">breaking controls</a> can force
breaks, they can also discourage them. The following rules control whether
breaking at a <a href="#possible-breaks">possible break point</a> is
allowed:
<dl>
<dt>Rule A
<dd> A fragmented flow may break at <a href="#btw-blocks">(1)</a> only if
all the ‘<a href="#break-after"><code
class=property>break-after</code></a>’ and ‘<a
href="#break-before"><code class=property>break-before</code></a>’
values applicable to this break point allow it, which is when at least
one of them forces a break or when all of them are ‘<code
class=css>auto</code>’.
<dt>Rule B
<dd> However, if all of them are ‘<code class=css>auto</code>’ and a
common ancestor of all the elements has a ‘<a
href="#break-inside"><code class=property>break-inside</code></a>’
value of ‘<code class=css>avoid</code>’, then breaking here is not
allowed.
<dt>Rule C
<dd> Breaking at <a href="#btw-lines">(2)</a> is allowed only if the
number of line boxes between the break and the start of the enclosing
block box is the value of ‘<a href="#orphans"><code
class=property>orphans</code></a>’ or more, and the number of line
boxes between the break and the end of the box is the value of ‘<a
href="#widows"><code class=property>widows</code></a>’ or more.
<dt>Rule D
<dd> Additionally, breaking at <a href="#btw-blocks">(2)</a> or <a
href="#end-block">(3)</a> is allowed only if the ‘<a
href="#break-inside"><code class=property>break-inside</code></a>’
property of all ancestors is ‘<code class=css>auto</code>’.
</dl>
<p> If the above doesn't provide enough break points to keep content from
overflowing the page boxes, then rules A, B and D are dropped in order to
find additional breakpoints. In this case the UA may use the ‘<code
class=css>avoid</code>’s that are in effect at those points to weigh the
appropriateness of the new breakpoints; however, this specification does
not suggest a precise algorithm.
<p> If that still does not lead to sufficient break points, rule C is
dropped as well, to find still more break points.
<h3 id=best-breaks><span class=secno>4.5. </span> Optimizing Unforced
Breaks</h3>
<p>While CSS3 requires that a fragmented flow must break at allowed break
points in order to avoid overflowing the fragmentainers in its
fragmentation context, it does not define whether content breaks at a
particular <a href="#unforced-breaks">allowed break</a>. However, it is
recommended that user agents observe the following guidelines (while
recognizing that they are sometimes contradictory):
<ul>
<li>Break as few times as possible.
<li>Make all fragmentainers that don't end with a forced break appear to
be equally filled with content.
<li>Avoid breaking inside a replaced element.
</ul>
<div class=example id=widows-orphans-example>
<p> Suppose, for example, that the style sheet contains ‘<code
class=css>orphans : 4</code>’, ‘<code class=css>widows : 2</code>’,
and there is space for 20 lines (line boxes) available at the bottom of
the current page, and the next block in normal flow is considered for
placement:</p>
<ul>
<li> If the block contains 20 line boxes or fewer, it should be placed on
the current page.
<li> If the block contains 21 or 22 line boxes, the second fragment of
the paragraph must not violate the ‘<a href="#widows"><code
class=property>widows</code></a>’ constraint, and so the second
fragment must contain at least two line boxes; likewise the first
fragment must contain at least four line boxes.