The break-after
CSS property sets how page, column, or region breaks should behave after a generated box. If there is no generated box, the property is ignored.
/* Generic break values */ break-after: auto; break-after: avoid; break-after: always; break-after: all; /* Page break values */ break-after: avoid-page; break-after: page; break-after: left; break-after: right; break-after: recto; break-after: verso; /* Column break values */ break-after: avoid-column; break-after: column; /* Region break values */ break-after: avoid-region; break-after: region; /* Global values */ break-after: inherit; break-after: initial; break-after: revert; break-after: revert-layer; break-after: unset;
Each possible break point (in other words, each element boundary) is affected by three properties: the break-after
value of the previous element, the break-before
value of the next element, and the break-inside
value of the containing element.
To determine if a break must be done, the following rules are applied:
- If any of the three concerned values is a forced break value (
always
,left
,right
,page
,column
, orregion
), it has precedence. If more than one of them are such a break, the one of the element that appears the latest in the flow is taken (i.e., thebreak-before
value has precedence over thebreak-after
value, which itself has precedence over thebreak-inside
value). - If any of the three concerned values is an avoid break value (
avoid
,avoid-page
,avoid-region
, oravoid-column
), no such break will be applied at that point.
Once forced breaks have been applied, soft breaks may be added if needed, but not on element boundaries that resolve in a corresponding avoid
value.