orphans

Summary

The orphans CSS property refers to the minimum number of lines in a block container that must be left at the bottom of the page. This property is normally used to control how page breaks occur.

Initial value	`2`
Applies to	block container elements
Inherited	yes
Media	visual, paged
Computed value	as specified
Animatable	no
Canonical order	the unique non-ambiguous order defined by the formal grammar

Syntax

/* Numerical value */
orphans: 3;

/* Global values */
orphans: inherit;
orphans: initial;
orphans: unset;

Values

<integer>: Only positive values are allowed.
inherit: Takes the same specified value as the property for the element's parent.

Formal syntax

<integer>

Specifications

Specification	Status	Comment
CSS Fragmentation Module Level 3 The definition of 'orphans' in that specification.	Working Draft	Extends `orphans` to apply to any type of fragment, like pages, regions or columns.
CSS Multi-column Layout Module The definition of 'orphans' in that specification.	Candidate Recommendation	Recommendations to consider `widows` in relation with columns
CSS Level 2 (Revision 1) The definition of 'orphans' in that specification.	Recommendation	Initial definition

Feature	Chrome	Firefox (Gecko)	Internet Explorer	Opera	Safari (WebKit)
Basic support	25.0	Not supported	8	9.2	Not supported

Feature	Android	Firefox Mobile (Gecko)	IE Mobile	Opera Mobile	Safari Mobile
Basic support	25.0	Not supported	?	?	Not supported