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Applying "page-break-before" to a table row (tr)

According to W3.org, the style page-break-after applies to block level elements (http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/CR-CSS21-20040225/page.html#page-break-props)

<tr> is a block level element (according to this: http://www.htmlhelp.com/reference/html40/block.html, it is)

I'm doing this, but the page break is not creating an actual page break when printing:

  <table>
    <tr><td>blah</td></tr>
    <tr><td>blah</td></tr>
    <tr style="page-break-after: always"><td>blah</td></tr>
    <tr><td>blah</td></tr>
  </table>

Am I doing this the correct way?

If <tr> wasn't a block level element: how am I suppose to achieve this page break?

Note: the before code is just an example, but what I'm trying to do is to put a page-break every 5 rows of the table, so if you know any tips for that case, will be appreciated

Solution

  • Inside <head>, set this style in your CSS stylesheet

    <head>
    <style>
        @media print {
            tr.page-break  { display: block; page-break-before: always; }
        }   
    </style>
</head>

    That way, it will produce a page break during printing right before this table row.

    <tr class="page-break">
</tr>