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orphans

Sets the minimum number of lines between the start of a block element and a potential page break for the break to occur within the element.

Support:

W3C StandardInternet ExplorerNetscape Navigator
CSS2 and later Not supported Not supported
Notes:
  • Orphans are lines from the start of a block element (such as a paragraph) that appear by themselves at the bottom of a page.
  • For example, suppose this property is set to 3. If a potential page break occurs within an element, the browser uses the following to determine whether the page break is okay within the element:
    • If there are fewer than 3 lines from the start of the element to the page break, the page break occurs before the element.
    • If there are 3 or more lines from the start of the element to the page break, the page break is inserted within the element.

See Also:

page-break-after, page-break-before, page-break-inside, widows

Possible Values:

[integer]
The minimum number of lines.

Support:

W3C StandardInternet ExplorerNetscape Navigator
CSS2 and later Not supported Not supported

Example:
<P STYLE="orphans: 3">
With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness 
in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on 
to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds, 
to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his 
widow and his orphan, to do all which may achieve and 
cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves, and with 
all nations. —Abraham Lincoln
</P>

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