page-break-inside

Deprecated: This feature is no longer recommended. Though some browsers might still support it, it may have already been removed from the relevant web standards, may be in the process of being dropped, or may only be kept for compatibility purposes. Avoid using it, and update existing code if possible; see the compatibility table at the bottom of this page to guide your decision. Be aware that this feature may cease to work at any time.

Warning: This property has been replaced by the break-inside property.

The page-break-inside CSS property adjusts page breaks inside the current element.

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Syntax

css
/* Keyword values */
page-break-inside: auto;
page-break-inside: avoid;

/* Global values */
page-break-inside: inherit;
page-break-inside: initial;
page-break-inside: revert;
page-break-inside: revert-layer;
page-break-inside: unset;

Values

auto

Initial value. Automatic page breaks (neither forced nor forbidden).

avoid

Avoid page breaks inside the element.

Page break aliases

The page-break-inside property is now a legacy property, replaced by break-inside.

For compatibility reasons, page-break-inside should be treated by browsers as an alias of break-inside. This ensures that sites using page-break-inside continue to work as designed. A subset of values should be aliased as follows:

page-break-inside break-inside
auto auto
avoid avoid

Formal definition

Initial valueauto
Applies toblock-level elements in the normal flow of the root element. User agents may also apply it to other elements like table-row elements.
Inheritedno
Computed valueas specified
Animation typediscrete

Formal syntax

page-break-inside = 
  avoid    |
  auto     |
  inherit

Examples

Avoiding page breaks inside elements

HTML

html
<div class="page">
  <p>This is the first paragraph.</p>
  <section class="list">
    <span>A list</span>
    <ol>
      <li>one</li>
      <!-- <li>two</li> -->
    </ol>
  </section>
  <ul>
    <li>one</li>
    <!-- <li>two</li> -->
  </ul>
  <p>This is the second paragraph.</p>
  <p>This is the third paragraph, it contains more text.</p>
  <p>
    This is the fourth paragraph. It has a little bit more text than the third
    one.
  </p>
</div>

CSS

css
.page {
  background-color: #8cffa0;
  height: 90px;
  width: 200px;
  columns: 1;
  column-width: 100px;
}

.list,
ol,
ul,
p {
  break-inside: avoid;
}

p {
  background-color: #8ca0ff;
}

ol,
ul,
.list {
  margin: 0.5em 0;
  display: block;
  background-color: orange;
}

p:first-child {
  margin-top: 0;
}

Result

Specifications

Specification
CSS Paged Media Module Level 3
# page-break-inside
CSS Fragmentation Module Level 3
# page-break-properties

Browser compatibility

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See also