<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"><title>dbfo_keep-together</title><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../reference.css"><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.78.1"><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="DocBook XSL Stylesheets: Reference Documentation"><link rel="up" href="pi-fo.html" title="Part 2. FO Processing Instruction Reference"><link rel="prev" href="dbfo_glossterm-width.html" title="dbfo_glossterm-width"><link rel="next" href="dbfo_label-width.html" title="dbfo_label-width"><link rel="copyright" href="copyright.html" title="License"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">dbfo_keep-together</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="dbfo_glossterm-width.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">Part 2. FO Processing Instruction Reference</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="dbfo_label-width.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr></div><div class="refentry"><a name="dbfo_keep-together"></a><div class="titlepage"></div> <div class="refnamediv"><h2>dbfo_keep-together</h2><p> dbfo_keep-together — Specifies “keep” behavior for a table, example, figure, equation, procedure, or task </p></div> <div class="refsynopsisdiv"><h2>Synopsis</h2> <pre class="synopsis"><code class="sgmltag-xmlpi"><?dbfo keep-together="auto"|"always"?></code></pre> </div> <div class="refsect1"><a name="idp9178880"></a><h2>Description</h2> <p>Use the <a href="../pi/dbfo_keep-together.html"><code class="sgmltag-xmlpi"><?dbfo keep-together?></code></a> PI as a child of a formal object (<a href="http://docbook.org/tdg5/en/html/table.html"><code class="sgmltag-element">table</code></a>, <a href="http://docbook.org/tdg5/en/html/example.html"><code class="sgmltag-element">example</code></a>, <a href="http://docbook.org/tdg5/en/html/figure.html"><code class="sgmltag-element">figure</code></a>, <a href="http://docbook.org/tdg5/en/html/equation.html"><code class="sgmltag-element">equation</code></a>, <a href="http://docbook.org/tdg5/en/html/procedure.html"><code class="sgmltag-element">procedure</code></a>, or <a href="http://docbook.org/tdg5/en/html/task.html"><code class="sgmltag-element">task</code></a>) to specify “keep” behavior (to allow the object to “break” across a page).</p> <p>The PI also works with <a href="http://docbook.org/tdg5/en/html/informaltable.html"><code class="sgmltag-element">informaltable</code></a>, <a href="http://docbook.org/tdg5/en/html/informalexample.html"><code class="sgmltag-element">informalexample</code></a>, <a href="http://docbook.org/tdg5/en/html/informalfigure.html"><code class="sgmltag-element">informalfigure</code></a> and <a href="http://docbook.org/tdg5/en/html/informalequation.html"><code class="sgmltag-element">informalequation</code></a>. </p> </div><div class="refsect1"><a name="idp9185632"></a><h2>Parameters</h2> <div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term">keep-together="auto"</span></dt><dd> <p>Enables the object to break across a page</p> </dd><dt><span class="term">keep-together="always"</span></dt><dd> <p>Prevents the object from breaking across a page (the default stylesheet behavior)</p> </dd></dl></div> </div><div class="refsect1"><a name="idp9190320"></a><h2>Related Global Parameters</h2> <p>formal.object.properties</p> </div><div class="refsect1"><a name="idp9190448"></a><h2>Related Information in <a class="ulink" href="http://www.sagehill.net/docbookxsl/" target="_top">DocBook XSL: The Complete Guide</a></h2> <p><a class="ulink" href="http://www.sagehill.net/docbookxsl/PageBreaking.html#KeepTogetherPI" target="_top">Keep-together processing instruction</a></p> </div></div><div class="navfooter"><hr><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="dbfo_glossterm-width.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="pi-fo.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="dbfo_label-width.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">dbfo_glossterm-width </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> dbfo_label-width</td></tr></table></div></body></html>