section followed by pagebreak

[ilippert]

I often experience that moderncv allows for a pagebreak between a \section or \subsection command and something like \tlcventry. It would be great if the package could automatically increase the penalty for this kind of behaviour.

[inpowell]

Seconded.

I reproduced a minimal example based on the template.tex example by inflating the first \cventry under vocational experience with many lines -- see attached archive complete with code and output.
overflow.tar.gz

Perhaps a temporary workaround is to manually break the page before the section header. A more ideal solution, I believe, would be to allow for pagebreaks within \cventry items.

[inpowell]

An even better hack: one can simulate a line break (which allows for a page break) in \cventry by ending it early, and following it with a \cvitem with empty first argument. Note that if an environment like itemize is used, then it will need to be manually ended and restarted.

If using a massive list, then careful placing of the break is needed. If using paragraphs, then \cvitems can be placed quite naturally! See attached archive with code and output:
overflow-hack.tar.gz

[ilippert]

I am using manual breaks. Interestingly, using \pagebreak[1-3] basically never gets me a break, and [4] always does.

[ilippert]

I just found https://texfaq.org/FAQ-nopagebrk and can sort out my needs well with the package needspace.
Just insert
\needspace{4\baselineskip}
before the section