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 valueauto
Mediavisual, paged
Computed valueas specified
Canonical orderthe 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

Browser compatibility

Feature Chrome Firefox (Gecko) Internet Explorer Opera Safari (WebKit)
Basic support ? ? ? ? ?
Feature Android Firefox Mobile (Gecko) IE Phone Opera Mobile Safari Mobile
Basic support ? ? ? ? ?

See also

Document Tags and Contributors

 Contributors to this page: Prinz_Rana, Sebastianz, Sheppy, teoli, ethertank, BijuGC
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