Page-Break-After Not Working in Flexboxes

Page break inside avoid in flex not working as expected

Page-break-inside applies to block-level elements in the normal flow of the root element.

User agents may also apply it to other elements like table-row elements.

For reference: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/page-break-inside

page-break-after does not work in Chrome

It is a hack, but Chrome doesn't support page-breaks very well. So try to use this instead:

<body>
    <main role="main">
        <section class="tabs">
            <div class="tabbed-content">
                <div class="break-after">Page 1</div>
                <div class="break-before">Page 2</div>
            </div>
        </section>
    </main>
</body>

And add this to your css:

html, body, .main, .tabs, .tabbed-content { float: none; }

.break-after {
    display: block;
    page-break-after: always;
    position: relative;
}

.break-before {
    display: block;
    page-break-before: always;
    position: relative;
}

How to specify line breaks in a multi-line flexbox layout?

The simplest and most reliable solution is inserting flex items at the right places. If they are wide enough (width: 100%), they will force a line break.

.container {
  background: tomato;
  display: flex;
  flex-flow: row wrap;
  align-content: space-between;
  justify-content: space-between;
}
.item {
  width: 100px;
  background: gold;
  height: 100px;
  border: 1px solid black;
  font-size: 30px;
  line-height: 100px;
  text-align: center;
  margin: 10px
}
.item:nth-child(4n - 1) {
  background: silver;
}
.line-break {
  width: 100%;
}

<div class="container">
  <div class="item">1</div>
  <div class="item">2</div>
  <div class="item">3</div>
  <div class="line-break"></div>
  <div class="item">4</div>
  <div class="item">5</div>
  <div class="item">6</div>
  <div class="line-break"></div>
  <div class="item">7</div>
  <div class="item">8</div>
  <div class="item">9</div>
  <div class="line-break"></div>
  <div class="item">10</div>
</div>

CSS Page-Break Not Working in all Browsers

Parent elements can not have float on them.

Setting float:none on all parent elements makes page-break-before:always work correctly.

Other things that can break page-break are:

using page-break inside tables
floating elements
inline-block elements
block elements with borders

Page-Break-After Not Working in Flexboxes

Page break inside avoid in flex not working as expected

page-break-after does not work in Chrome

How to specify line breaks in a multi-line flexbox layout?

CSS Page-Break Not Working in all Browsers

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