widows
Definition
In printing, a "widow" is the last line of a paragraph appearing alone at the top of a page, such as the line seen inside the red box in the illustration below.The widows property avoids widows by specifying the minimum number of lines of a paragraph that appear at the top of a page when a Web page is printed.
Example
p {widows: 3}
Characteristics
Possible values
- Minimum number of lines of a paragraph that must appear at the top of a page.
inherit- Use the same computed value as the parent element for this property.
Default value
2
Applies to
Block-level elements
Inherited
Yes
See also