bad page breaks (CSS keep options?)

[PilcrowandStanza]

Hi all,

I've gotten most of my epub file working, except for pages breaking where I don't want them to:

Any code/tips for:

- keeping headers will following paragraph
- keeping short tables from breaking between pages
- top/bottom of page minimums (2 lines)

This particular file was built from the bottom up with good HTML/CSS coding and converted to epub in Calibre (worked great!).
I just need to know what to change to improve appearance and functionality as an ebook.

Thanks!

[Karellen]

Originally Posted by PilcrowandStanza

- keeping headers will following paragraph

Ensure each chapter is split into its own xhtml file in the epub. That ensures each chapter starts on a fresh page.
Or, you could wrap the header and the first couple of paragraphs in the code mentioned below, but not really the best way.

Originally Posted by PilcrowandStanza

- keeping short tables from breaking between pages

You could wrap the table in a div. eg...

<div class="nopagebreak">
  <table>
    ....
  </table>
</div>

And the css is...

.nopagebreak {
  break-inside: avoid;
  page-break-inside: avoid;
}

Of course, you most likely will have a large gap on the preceding page as a pagebreak is forced to keep the table together.