CSS page-break-before property
CSS page-break-before Property
Description
The page-break-before property indicates whether (and how many) page breaks are allowed before the element’s box.
The value of this property is not the only factor in determining whether a page break is inserted after an element. This decision is also influenced by the value of page-break-after on the preceding element and the value of page-break-inside on any ancestor elements.
Possible Values
- auto – Forces or prevents a page break before the element box.
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always – Forces a page break before the element box.
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avoid – Avoids inserting a page break before the element box.
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left – Forces inserting one or two page breaks before the element box, so that the next page of printed elements is a left page.
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right – Forces inserting one or two page breaks before the element box, so that the next page of printed elements is a right page.
Applies to
All block-level elements.
Example
Here is an example –
<html>
<head>
<style type = "text/css">
p{page-break-before: always;}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<p>
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Android offers a unified approach to application development for mobile devices which means developers need only develop for Android, and their applications should be able to run on different devices powered by Android.
The first beta version of the Android Software Development Kit (SDK) was released by Google in 2007 where as the first commercial version, Android 1.0, was released in September 2008.
On June 27, 2012, at the Google I/O conference, Google announced the next Android version, 4.1 Jelly Bean. Jelly Bean is an incremental update, with the primary aim of improving the user interface, both in terms of functionality and performance.
The source code for Android is available under free and open source software licenses. Google publishes most of the code under the Apache License version 2.0 and the rest, Linux kernel changes, under the GNU General Public License version 2
</p>
<p>
Android applications are usually developed in the Java language using the Android Software Development Kit.
Once developed, Android applications can be packaged easily and sold out either through a store such as Google Play or the Amazon Appstore.
Android powers hundreds of millions of mobile devices in more than 190 countries around the world. It's the largest installed base of any mobile platform and growing fast. Every day more than 1 million new Android devices are activated worldwide.
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</p>
<button onclick = "myFunction()">Print this page</button>
<script>
function myFunction() {
window.print();
}
</script>
</body>
</html>
It will produce the following result –
For more details, see CSS Paged Media.