Web platform features explorer - Widows and orphans

The widows and orphans CSS properties set the minimum lines included in a text fragment created by page, column, or region breaks.

Status

Limited availability

MDN documentation

widows
orphans

Specifications

CSS Fragmentation Module Level 4 (#widows-orphans), from Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) Working Group (W3C).

Browser support (view on caniuse.com)

Chrome 25 Released on 2013-02-21
Chrome Android 25 Released on 2013-02-27
Edge 12 Released on 2015-07-29
Firefox ❌ See bugzil.la/137367
Firefox for Android ❌ See bugzil.la/137367
Safari 1.3 Released on 2005-04-15
Safari on iOS 1 Released on 2007-06-29

Baseline availability blocked since July 2015 by Firefox (127 months)

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