Posted by Jonathan N. Little on 09/19/06 21:33

matt@mailinator.com wrote:
> hello,
>
> ive been trying to figure something out, largely thru trial & error.
> thought perhaps someone else may have knowledge.
>
> i have an html table that consists of blocks of related data -- each
> block contains three rows. this table is destined for paper printing. i
> would like to tell the browser *not* to bust up my blocks. rather, i
> would like it to smartly insert a page break inbetween <tbody>s if the
> last one cannot be rendered entirely onto the remaining page area.
>
> i have tried to accomplish this by styling the <tbody> w/
> "page-break-before:auto;" -- hoping that it would automatically insert
> a break before any <tbody> that cant fit on the page. sadly, this
> doesnt work. im not sure what IE uses for its "auto" criteria, but it
> doesnt appear to be "Does this element fit onto this page?"
>
> ive also tried "page-break-after:auto", and both. no dice.
>
> does any one have any other ideas?
>
> thanks! and heres the html:
>
>
> <table>
> <thead>
> <tr>
> <th>header 1</th>
> <th>header 2</th>
> </tr>
> <thead>
> <tfoot>
> <tr>
> <td>footer 1</td>
> <td>footer 2</td>
> </tr>
> <tfoot>
>
> <!-- dont break this block -->
> <tbody>
> <tr>
> <td>block 1, row 1</td>
> <td>block 1, row 2</td>
> </tr>
> <tbody>
>
> <!-- dont break this block -->
> <tbody>
> <tr>
> <td>block 2, row 1</td>
> <td>block 2, row 2</td>
> </tr>
> <tbody>
>
> <!-- dont break this block -->
> <tbody>
> <tr>
> <td>block 3, row 1</td>
> <td>block 3, row 2</td>
> </tr>
> <tbody>
>
> </table>
>

Hard to say, if you used that markup is is so invalid...where to start.
Show a URL maybe your example here has typos (hopefully)

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Take care,

Jonathan
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