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
-
<integer>
-
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 |