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pageBreakAfter style property

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Specifies or returns whether a page break occurs after the object when printing.

This property doesn't take any effect on absolutely positioned elements. The page break is only visible in a print preview or when printing. If you need other page breaking rules, use the pageBreakBefore and pageBreakInside properties.

Syntax:

object.pageBreakAfter;

You can find the related objects in the Supported by objects section below.

This property is read/write.

CSS page for this property: page-break-after

Possible values:

The type of this property is string.

One of the following values:

always

Always force a page break after the element.

auto

Default. Insert a page break after the element when necessary.

avoid

Avoid a page break after the current element.

empty string

Page break is not inserted after the element.

inherit

Takes the value of this property from the computed style of the parent element.

left

Force one or two page breaks after the current element, so that the next page is considered a left page.

right

Force one or two page breaks after the current element, so that the next page is considered a right page.

Default: auto.

Example HTML code 1:

This example illustrates the use of the page-break-after property:

<head>
    <style>
        .example {
            page-break-after: always;
        }
    </style>
</head>
<body>
    Please open the print preview to see the result!
    <p class="example">page break after this element</p>
    text content
</body>

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Example HTML code 2:

This example illustrates the use of the pageBreakAfter property in JavaScript:

<head>
    <style>
        h1 {
            page-break-after: always;
        }
    </style>

    <script type="text/javascript">
        function ChangePageBreak (selectTag) {
            // Returns the index of the selected option
            var whichSelected = selectTag.selectedIndex;

            // Returns the selected option value
            var breakRule = selectTag.options[whichSelected].value;

            // Rules within the first styleSheet
            var sheet = document.styleSheets[0];
            var rules = sheet.cssRules ? sheet.cssRules : sheet.rules;

            // Set the page-break for h1 CSS rule
            rules[0].style.pageBreakAfter = breakRule;
        }
    </script>
</head>
<body>
    Content before the header
    <h1>Header element</h1>
    Content after the header

    <br /><br />
    <span style="color:#FF0000;">Please open the print preview to see the page break rules in action.</span>
    <br /><br />

    <select onchange="ChangePageBreak (this);" size="5">
        <option selected="selected" value="always" />always
        <option value="auto" />auto
        <option value="" />empty string
        <option value="left" />left
        <option value="right" />right
    </select>
</body>