Source: https://tailwindcss.com/docs/box-decoration-break

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1. Layout
2. box-decoration-break

Layout

box-decoration-break

Utilities for controlling how element fragments should be rendered across multiple lines, columns, or pages.

| Class | Styles | | --- | --- | | box-decoration-clone | box-decoration-break: clone; | | box-decoration-slice | box-decoration-break: slice; |

Examples

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Basic example

Use the box-decoration-slice and box-decoration-clone utilities to control whether properties like background, border, border-image, box-shadow, clip-path, margin, and padding should be rendered as if the element were one continuous fragment, or distinct blocks:

box-decoration-slice

Hello
World

box-decoration-clone

Hello
World

<span class="box-decoration-slice bg-linear-to-r from-indigo-600 to-pink-500 px-2 text-white ...">  Hello<br />World</span><span class="box-decoration-clone bg-linear-to-r from-indigo-600 to-pink-500 px-2 text-white ...">  Hello<br />World</span>

Responsive design

Prefix a box-decoration-break utility with a breakpoint variant like md: to only apply the utility at medium screen sizes and above:

<div class="box-decoration-clone md:box-decoration-slice ...">  <!-- ... --></div>

Learn more about using variants in the variants documentation .

On this page

• Quick reference

• Examples

  • Basic example

  • Responsive design

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