CCS : page-break's

[andycape]

I have heard 2 diff versions of what page-break-before:auto does,

1. nothing : default printer setting apply.
2. If its before a certain table/object it will force a page break if that table/object dosnt fit on the page.

The 2nd one is what many websites say and this is what I want, but its not working for me.
I dont want page-break-before:always as I dont know how long the document will be, and I have no idea what page-break-before:left or page-break-before:right do ;-), but i dont think they do what i need.

I am using IE 6, as far as I know page breaks should work on IE 5 or later.


example :


<STYLE TYPE=&quot;text/css&quot;>
P.breakhere {page-break-before: auto}
</STYLE>

<stuff>

<!-- here comes the pagebreak -->
<P CLASS=&quot;breakhere&quot;>
<table> stuff in table - if this table is too big to fit on page : PAGEBREAK</table>

 

[ChrisHirst]

:auto; does not appear to work in any current browser. Only :always; works and then only in IE4+

http://www.w3schools.com/css/pr_print_pagebb.asp

Chris.

Indifference will be the downfall of mankind, but who cares?

 

[andycape]

Ive seen the w3schools explainations , and they say :

page-break-before: auto
Insert a page break before the element if necessary

which is what i want but it dosn't work.

 

[ChrisHirst]

Very true, But if you then look at which browsers the various forms of the style attribute work in!


there is a table on the page I linked to headed NN and IE. The numbers in these refer to which browser version it is implemented in, blank indicates &quot;Not at all&quot;.




Chris.

Indifference will be the downfall of mankind, but who cares?

 

[andycape]

so vertually all don't work in IE or NN, what's the point of listing them then if they dont work anywhere? ;-)

thanx, I will have to find a way to count the lines or something

 

[stormbind]

What not put each &quot;page&quot; in a div tag?

<div id=&quot;page1&quot;> .... </div>
<div id=&quot;page2&quot;> .... </div>

<style>
#page1, #page2 {
border-bottom:2px solid black;
margin-bottom:10px;
}
</style>

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[andycape]

sorry - ive lost you , how is that going to help ?

 

[stormbind]

Well I figured the combined dimensions of a div could be syncronised to the printer pageHeight value which represents paper size.

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[andycape]

thats very good to know, certainly would help solve my problem, but i'm still lost ;-)

Its not my area , i wouldnt know how to calculate the dimensions of each div. Do you get the figure in centimeters and then compare it to the length of the page ?? (A4)