Definition and Usage
'page-policy' determines which page-based occurance of a given element is applied to a counter or string value
| Name: | page-policy |
| Value: | start | first | last |
| Initial: | start |
| Applies to: | @counter and @string blocks |
| Inherited: | N/A |
| Percentages: | N/A |
| Media: | paged |
| Computed value: | specified value |
Syntax
page-policy: start | first | last;
Values
- start
- Takes the value of the counter or string at the beginning of the page (before applying style to the elements of the page, but after applying it to the @page context itself).
- first
- Takes the value after the first state change in the counter or string during processing of the page.
- last
- Takes the value following the final state change on the page.
Examples
/* This example places the chapter name in the header, specifying that it is the value of the string at the end of the page: */
@string chapter { page-policy: last; }
@page {
size: 21.0cm 29.7cm; /* A4 */
@top {
text-align: right;
vertical-align: center;
content: string (chapter);
}
}
