Name

widows — NN n/a IE n/a CSS 2

Synopsis

Inherited: Yes

Sets the minimum number of lines of a paragraph that must be visible at the top of a page after a page break occurs. See the orphans attribute for lines to be displayed at the bottom of a page before a page break.

CSS Syntax

widows: lineCount

Value

An integer of the number of lines.

Initial Value

2

Applies To

Block-level elements.

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