break-before

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

| | break-before-avoid |

break-before: avoid;

| | break-before-all |

break-before: all;

| | break-before-avoid-page |

break-before: avoid-page;

| | break-before-page |

break-before: page;

| | break-before-left |

break-before: left;

| | break-before-right |

break-before: right;

| | break-before-column |

break-before: column;

|

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

<div class="columns-2">  <p>Well, let me tell you something, ...</p>  <p class="break-before-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-before utility with a breakpoint variant like md: to only apply the utility at medium screen sizes and above:

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

Learn more about using variants in the variants documentation.

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