CSS page Property
Description
The CSS page
property is used to specify the named page, a specific type of page defined by the @page at-rule. The @page at-rule allows you to control the appearance of printed pages, such as their size, orientation, and margins. To use the page
property, you first need to define a named page using the @page at-rule. Once you have defined a named page, you can then use the page property to apply those styles to any element on your page.
- Initial value
- auto
- Applies to
- Block level elements
- Inherited
- Yes
- Computed value
- Specified value
- Animatable
- No
- JavaScript syntax
- object.style.page
Syntax
page: auto | <identifier>
Values
- auto
- <identifier>
Example
<!-- print options -->
<fieldset id="printStyle">
<legend>How would you like to print</legend>
<label for="single"
><input type="radio" id="single" name="type" value="single" checked />No
Pages</label
>
<label for="double"
><input type="radio" id="grouped" name="type" value="grouped" />Pages with
Grouped Chapters</label
>
<label for="double"
><input type="radio" id="paged" name="type" value="paged" />Chapters
Paged</label
>
<button id="print">Print</button>
</fieldset>
<!-- Content to be printed -->
<article id="print-area" data-print="single">
<section id="toc">
<h2>Table of contents</h2>
<ul>
<li>Foreword</li>
<li>Introduction</li>
<li>Chapter One - named pages</li>
<li>Chapter Two - page orientation</li>
<li>Chapter Three - page margins</li>
<li>Conclusion</li>
</ul>
</section>
<section id="foreword">
<h2>Foreword</h2>
<p>
This book is all about how the CSS <code>@page</code> at-rule can help
with printing HTML books.
</p>
</section>
<section id="introduction">
<h2>Introduction</h2>
<p>
This book is a concept to show how an <em>HTML</em> document can easily be
printed out in pages.
</p>
</section>
<section id="chapter1" class="chapter">
<h2>Named pages</h2>
<p>Lorem ipsum</p>
</section>
<section id="chapter2" class="chapter">
<h2>Page Orientation</h2>
<p>Lorem ipsum</p>
</section>
<section id="chapter3" class="chapter">
<h2>Page Margins</h2>
<p>There are 16 page margins that can be set:</p>
<ul>
<li>@top-left-corner</li>
<li>@top-left</li>
<li>@top-middle</li>
<li>@top-right</li>
<li>@top-right-corner</li>
<li>@left-top</li>
<li>@left-middle</li>
<li>@left-bottom</li>
<li>@right-top</li>
<li>@right-middle</li>
<li>@right-bottom</li>
<li>@bottom-left-corner</li>
<li>@bottom-left</li>
<li>@bottom-middle</li>
<li>@bottom-right</li>
<li>@bottom-right-corner</li>
</ul>
<p>They can be used to show what appears in these parts of the margin</p>
</section>
<section id="conclusion">
<h2>Conclusion</h2>
<p>Now go ahead and write books.</p>
</section>
</article>
<script>
const printArea = document.querySelector("#print-area");
const printButton = document.querySelector("#print");
const printOption = document.querySelector("#printStyle");
printOption.addEventListener("change", (event) => {
if (event.target.value === "single") {
printArea.dataset.print = "single";
} else if (event.target.value === "grouped") {
printArea.dataset.print = "grouped";
} else {
printArea.dataset.print = "paged";
}
});
printButton.addEventListener("click", () => {
window.print();
});
</script>
@page toc {
size: a4 portrait;
@top-middle {
content: "Table of contents";
}
}
@page foreword {
size: a4 portrait;
@top-middle {
content: "Foreword";
}
}
@page introduction {
size: a4 portrait;
@top-middle {
content: "Introduction";
}
}
@page conclusion {
size: a4 portrait;
@top-middle {
content: "Conclusion";
}
}
@page chapter {
size: a4 landscape;
@top-middle {
content: "Chapter";
}
}
@media print {
fieldset {
display: none;
}
section {
font-size: 2rem;
font-family: Roboto;
}
.chapter {
border: tomato 2px solid;
}
[data-print="grouped"] > #toc,
[data-print="paged"] > #toc {
page: toc;
font-family: Courier;
}
[data-print="grouped"] > #foreword,
[data-print="paged"] > #foreword {
page: foreword;
font-family: Courier;
}
[data-print="grouped"] > #introduction,
[data-print="paged"] > #introduction {
page: introduction;
font-family: Courier;
}
[data-print="grouped"] > #conclusion,
[data-print="paged"] > #conclusion {
page: conclusion;
font-family: Courier;
}
[data-print="grouped"] > .chapter,
[data-print="paged"] > .chapter {
page: chapter;
}
[data-print="paged"] > .chapter {
border: none;
break-after: page;
}
.chapter > ul {
columns: 2;
}
}
Browser Support
The following table will show you the current browser support for the CSS page
property.
Desktop | |||||
85 | 85 | 110 | 71 | 13.1 |
Tablets / Mobile | |||||
85 | 110 | 60 | 13.4 | 14 | 85 |
Last updated by CSSPortal on: 31st December 2023