This is a documentation subpage for Template:Page break.
Usage
To break up discontiguous runs of pages.
This template also produces page-break markup that hints to e-book readers that there should be a page break at the given location.
If you do not want a break in the text, but you want to place a marker where the original text crosses a page, use the pagenum template from Wikisource (not currently on this site).
Parameters
- 1 word to be used
- 2, positioning of the line and label:
- Add
topfor the line to be above label - Leave blank or write
bottomfor the line to be below the label
- Add
- label}, prefixing word, default word is page, or
label=to have no prefix. Note that label can also be used for non-standard alternate labelling of page separation.
- Formatting options
- border-width, default is 1 px
- border-style, default is dashed
- border-color, default is #999999
Examples
Example 1 - Suppressing label
This would be the expected form used when transcluding works from the Index:/Page: namespace.
Wiki text
and so the moral of this story is, when you
{{page break|label=}}
ain't got rhythm, you should get out of the kitchen.
Result
and so the moral of this story is, when you ain't got rhythm, you shouldn't be in the kitchen.
Example 2 - Label on top
Wiki text
and so the moral of this story is, when you
{{page break|17}}
ain't got rhythm, you should get out of the kitchen.
Result
and so the moral of this story is, when you page 17 ain't got rhythm, you shouldn't be in the kitchen.
Example 3 - Label below
Wiki text
and so the moral of this story is, when you
{{page break|18|top}}
ain't got rhythm, you should get out of the kitchen.
Result
and so the moral of this story is, when you page 18 ain't got rhythm, you shouldn't be in the kitchen.