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break-after

Utilities for controlling how a column or page should break after an element.

ClassStyles
break-after-auto
break-after: auto;

| | break-after-avoid |

break-after: avoid;

| | break-after-all |

break-after: all;

| | break-after-avoid-page |

break-after: avoid-page;

| | break-after-page |

break-after: page;

| | break-after-left |

break-after: left;

| | break-after-right |

break-after: right;

| | break-after-column |

break-after: column;

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Use utilities like break-after-column and break-after-page to control how a column or page break should behave after an element:

<div class="columns-2">  <p>Well, let me tell you something, ...</p>  <p class="break-after-column">Sure, go ahead, laugh...</p>  <p>Maybe we can live without...</p>  <p>Look. If you think this is...</p></div>

Prefix a break-after utility with a breakpoint variant like md: to only apply the utility at medium screen sizes and above:

<div class="break-after-column md:break-after-auto ...">  <!-- ... --></div>

Learn more about using variants in the variants documentation.

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