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If I have the following HTML code:
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=utf-8"/>
<title>Test</title>
</head>
<body>
<div style="page-break-after: always; float: left;">hello</div>
<div style="page-break-after: always; float: left;">there</div>
<div style="page-break-after: always; float: left;">bilbo</div>
<div style="page-break-after: always; float: left;">baggins</div>
</body>
</html>
I want one word to be printed on each page, with a page break after each one. (This is simplified code - in my actual web page, the floats are important.)
Firefox prints this fine, but both IE and Safari print them all on one page, ignoring the page breaks. Is this a bug in those browsers? Is there a better way to do this?
Thanks.
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The short answer: clear: both. Floats work really well in small cases like when there's an element, such as a button, that you'd like to move to the right of a paragraph. But the real issue arises when you start using floats to lay out entire web pages. And the reason for that is: floats are not meant for layouts!
If manual page breaks that you add don't work, you may have the Fit To scaling option selected (Page Layout tab -> Page Setup group -> click Dialog Box Launcher Button image -> Page). Change the scaling to Adjust to instead.
The footer div will need to be either: position:absolute;bottom:0; ; This will push it to the bottom of its container, however, when you scroll down past the container, the footer will scroll with it. position:fixed;bottom:0; ; This is used more often for sticky footers.
It is the floats that are messing it up for printing.
Do you need the floats there for printing? or are floats only needed for the web?
Why I am asking is you can have different CSS classes for different medias (print, screen) http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS2/media.html
So your float can be on the screen media - which will show only for web. While you will want your page break only to show for print media.
Here is an example using the media: (note when referencing CSS you can choose media via an attribute )
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=utf-8"/>
<title>Test</title>
<style>
@media print {
.myDiv { page-break-after: always; }
}
@media screen {
.myDiv {float:left;}
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div class="myDiv">hello</div>
<div class="myDiv">there</div>
<div class="myDiv">bilbo</div>
<div class="myDiv">baggins</div>
</body>
</html>
Update:
Will this work for what you need? GIves you a 3x3 on each page when printing out. But on the screen it's a 3x6. Quick sample.
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=utf-8"/>
<title>Test</title>
<style>
.break
{
page-break-after: right;
width:700px;
clear:both;
}
.myDiv {
float:left;
width:200px;
height:100px;
background-color:blue;
margin:5px;
}
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div class="break">
<div class="myDiv">1</div>
<div class="myDiv">2</div>
<div class="myDiv">3</div>
<div class="myDiv">4</div>
<div class="myDiv">5</div>
<div class="myDiv">6</div>
<div class="myDiv">7</div>
<div class="myDiv">8</div>
<div class="myDiv">9</div>
</div>
<div class="break">
<div class="myDiv">11</div>
<div class="myDiv">22</div>
<div class="myDiv">33</div>
<div class="myDiv">44</div>
<div class="myDiv">55</div>
<div class="myDiv">66</div>
<div class="myDiv">77</div>
<div class="myDiv">88</div>
<div class="myDiv">99</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>
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