Is it possible to hide elements on the first page (example: footer)?

[cymen]

Is it possible to hide elements on the first page of the generated PDF? I have some footer elements that repeat on every page. I would like to hide them on the first page.

I tried the @page :first selector like so:

      @page :first .footer {
        display: none;
      } 

However, running weasyprint emits:

WARNING: Parse error at 67:13, invalid @page selector

(67:13 corresponds to the above CSS)

[cymen]

Ah! I see that I missed this part:

The @page rule can only contain page properties and margin at-rules.

So it is logical that @page cannot support this. Is there another mechanism that might work?

[MindFluid]

You can use named pages, as mentioned in this issue: #511.

If you have the ability, you could define your first page in a separate section or block, plug in its unique data, and give it a break after property.

[liZe]

You can use named pages, as mentioned in this issue: #511.

It's right, using named pages as explained should be enough.

[ritiksoni00]

give it a break after the property.

I'm not able to get it. can you please explain a Lil bit? @MindFluid

[movahhedi]

I'm not able to get it too. Any ideas?

[liZe]

I'm not able to get it too. Any ideas?

You can use named pages (or just :first for the first page) to put different things in the page margins.

[movahhedi]

How though?

This doesn't work:

@page :first .header {
    display: none;
} 

I need the first page not to have a header.

[liZe]

I need the first page not to have a header.

You can take a look at what’s done in the Report sample. The header is repeated on some but not all pages.