widows
Limited availability
This feature is not Baseline because it does not work in some of the most widely-used browsers.
The widows CSS property sets the minimum number of lines in a block container that must be shown at the top of a page, region, or column.
In typography, a widow is the last line of a paragraph that appears alone at the top of a page. (The paragraph is continued from a prior page.)
Syntax
css
/* <integer> values */ widows: 2; widows: 3; /* Global values */ widows: inherit; widows: initial; widows: revert; widows: revert-layer; widows: unset; Values
<integer>-
The minimum number of lines that can stay by themselves at the top of a new fragment after a fragmentation break. The value must be positive.
Formal definition
| Initial value | 2 |
|---|---|
| Applies to | block container elements |
| Inherited | yes |
| Computed value | as specified |
| Animation type | by computed value type |
Formal syntax
widows =
<integer [1,∞]>
Examples
Controlling column widows
HTML
html
<div> <p>This is the first paragraph containing some text.</p> <p> This is the second paragraph containing some more text than the first one. It is used to demonstrate how widows work. </p> <p> This is the third paragraph. It has a little bit more text than the first one. </p> </div> CSS
css
div { background-color: #8cffa0; columns: 3; widows: 2; } p { background-color: #8ca0ff; } p:first-child { margin-top: 0; } Result
Specifications
| Specification |
|---|
| CSS Fragmentation Module Level 3 # widows-orphans |
| CSS Multi-column Layout Module Level 1 # filling-columns |