Page-Break-After

page-break-after Support Key: *CSS2* \| *IE4*	Other Printing Properties
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Quick Statistics
Default Value:	auto
Applicable Elements:	Block elements
Inherit From Parent:	No
Applicable Media:	Visual, Paged
HTML Equivalent:	NA

What is it?

This property specifies the page-breaking behavior that should occur after an element box and on what side of the page the content that follows should resume on. Page breaks are not allowed in absolutely positioned elements.

CSS2 "suggests" when page-breaking should occur:

Page-breaking should occur as few times as possible.
Page-breaking should be avoided inside these elements: tables, floated elements and block elements with borders.
Pages that are not forced to break should have approximately the same height.

Allowed Values
inherit
CSS2: Type: Explicit; Description:
Explicitly sets the value of this property to that of the parent.
auto
CSS2: Type: Explicit; Description:
Insert a page break after the element as necessary.
avoid
CSS2: Type: Explicit; Description:
Avoid inserting a page break after the current element box.
left|right
CSS2: Type: Explicit; Description:
left: Force one or two page breaks after the current element box until a blank left page is reached.
right: Force one or two page breaks after the current element box until a blank right page is reached.
always
CSS2 | IE4: Type: Explicit; Description:
Always force a page break after the current element box.
[empty string]
IE5: Type: Explicit; Description:
No property value is used in this case. A page break is not inserted before the current element box.

Example: Ext/Doc: p { page-break-after: always }; In-Line: <p STYLE="page-break-after: always">test text in the paragraph</p>

Notes

Before its inclusion in CSS2, this property was first proposed in the W3C Working Draft "CSS Printing Extensions" (6/26/97, http://www.w3.org/TR/WD-print)

Browser Peculiarities

Internet Explorer reference: "If there are conflicts between this property and the page-break-before value on the previous [element box], the value that results in the largest number of page breaks will be used."
The Internet Explorer 4.0 reference material listed support for "auto", "left" and "right" values, but the Internet Explorer 5.0 reference material only lists "always" and "" (empty string) as valid.
Internet Explorer 4.0: This property has no effect on the BR element. It does in IE 5.0.