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How to set the page-break behavior before an element with JavaScript?

Use the pageBreakBefore property in JavaScript to set the page-break behavior before an element. Use the always property to insert a page break before an element.

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Example

You can try to run the following code to return the page-break behavior before an element with JavaScript −

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
   <body>
      <h1>Heading 1</h1>
      <p>This is demo text.</p>
      <p>This is demo text.</p>
      <p id = "myFooter">This if footer text.</p>
      <button type="button" onclick = "display()">Set page-break</button>
     
      <script>
         function display() {
            document.getElementById("myFooter").style.pageBreakBefore = "always";
         }
      </script>
   </body>
</html>