Re: Preventing vertical margin collapsing across page breaks

On 11/2/2012 12:29 PM, Robert Gibbins wrote:

[snip]
> I had to think of this myself, once I realised what the problem was, and it
> does feel a bit like an ugly kludge (for example the zero height line still
> has a non-breaking space at its start). I wonder if any one knows a better
> way to achieve the same end.

Mr. Perathoner's solution was unsatisfying to me because it required a 
header element, or some other element identified as the first of the 
container, to contain the appropriate styling. Following up on his hint, 
however, I discovered that the key is in using the "padding-top" 
attribute instead of the "margin-top" attribute.

Experimentation revealed that using

div.chapter
{
     page-break-before:always;
     padding-top:1em;
     /* any other chapter styling you want goes here */
}

appears to create the effect you are looking for. No need for the second 
element to be styled in any way other that default styling.

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