bleed

This is an experimental technology
Because this technology's specification has not stabilized, check the compatibility table for usage in various browsers. Also note that the syntax and behavior of an experimental technology is subject to change in future versions of browsers as the specification changes.

Summary

The bleed at-rule descriptor specifies the extent of the page bleed area outside the page box. This property only has effect if crop marks are enabled using the marks property.

Related at-rule	`@page`
Initial value	`auto`
Media	visual, paged
Computed value	as specified
Canonical order	the unique non-ambiguous order defined by the formal grammar

Syntax

/* Keyword values */
bleed: auto;
/* <length> values */
bleed: 8pt;
bleed: 1cm;

Values

auto: Computes to 6pt if the value of marks is crop. Otherwise it computes to zero.
<length>: Specifies by how far outward, in each direction, the bleed area extends past the page box. Values may be negative, but there may be implementation-specific limits.

Formal syntax

auto | <length>

Example

@page {
  bleed: 1cm;
}

Specifications

Specification	Status	Comment
CSS Paged Media Module Level 3 The definition of 'bleed' in that specification.	Working Draft	Initial definition

Feature	Chrome	Firefox (Gecko)	Internet Explorer	Opera	Safari (WebKit)
Basic support	?	?	?	?	?

Feature	Android	Firefox Mobile (Gecko)	IE Phone	Opera Mobile	Safari Mobile
Basic support	?	?	?	?	?

Summary

Syntax

Values

Formal syntax

Example

Specifications

Browser compatibility

See also

Document Tags and Contributors