The widows CSS property sets the minimum number of lines in a block container that must be shown at the top of a page, region, or column.
   In typography, a widow is the last line of a paragraph that appears alone at the top of a page. (The paragraph is continued from a prior page.)
   
  
   Syntax
   
    
     
     
widows: 2;
widows: 3;
widows: inherit;
widows: initial;
widows: revert;
widows: revert-layer;
widows: unset;
     
    
  
  
   Values
   
    
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<integer>
      
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The minimum number of lines that can stay by themselves at the top of a new fragment after a fragmentation break. The value must be positive.
      
    
    
  
  
  
  
  
   Controlling column widows
   
    HTML
    
     
     <div>
  <p>This is the first paragraph containing some text.</p>
  <p>
    This is the second paragraph containing some more text than the first one.
    It is used to demonstrate how widows work.
  </p>
  <p>
    This is the third paragraph. It has a little bit more text than the first
    one.
  </p>
</div>
     
    CSS
    
     
     div {
  background-color: #8cffa0;
  columns: 3;
  widows: 2;
}
p {
  background-color: #8ca0ff;
}
p:first-child {
  margin-top: 0;
}
     
    Result
    
    
    
  
  Specifications
  
  Browser compatibility
  
   
    
     
      
        | 
       Desktop | 
       Mobile | 
      
      
        | 
       Chrome | 
       Edge | 
       Firefox | 
       Internet Explorer | 
       Opera | 
       Safari | 
       WebView Android | 
       Chrome Android | 
       Firefox for Android | 
       Opera Android | 
       Safari on IOS | 
       Samsung Internet | 
      
     
     
      
       widows | 
       25 | 
       12 | 
       No | 
       8 | 
       9.2 | 
       1.3 | 
       4.4 | 
       25 | 
       No | 
       14 | 
       1 | 
       1.5 |