CSS pause-after
The CSS pause-after
property is used in speech media to specify a prosodic boundary (a pause) after an element.
The pause-after
property can help your listeners comprehend the content by allowing you to provide extra "space" after certain elements. For example, adding a slight pause after a main heading could help distinguish the heading from the following content while also communicating the significance of the heading.
The pause-after
property can be seen as the speech media equivalent to the margin-bottom
property in visual media.
Also see pause
and pause-before
.
Syntax
Possible Values
- time
- Expresses the pause in absolute time units (for example
50ms
). Only non-negative values are allowed. none
- Equivalent to
0ms
(no prosodic break is produced by the speech processor). x-weak
,weak
,medium
,strong
, andx-strong
- These values express the pause by the strength of the prosodic break in speech output. The exact time will depend on the output device/user agent being used.
In addition, all CSS properties also accept the following CSS-wide keyword values as the sole component of their property value:
initial
- Represents the value specified as the property's initial value.
inherit
- Represents the computed value of the property on the element's parent.
unset
- This value acts as either
inherit
orinitial
, depending on whether the property is inherited or not. In other words, it sets all properties to their parent value if they are inheritable or to their initial value if not inheritable.
General Information
- Initial Value
none
- Applies To
- All elements.
- Inherited?
- No
- Media
- Speech
Example Code
Official Specifications
- CSS Speech Module (W3C Candidate Recommendation 20 March 2012)
- CSS2.1 (W3C Recommendation 07 June 2011)