Simple question, don't have a printer around, My client is asking if the hiddent elements of the web page(items that show up on click) will be printed out on the paper or will it be hidden?
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Easy way: Look at the print-preview of your browser (or install a PDF-printer) and see.
Harder way: Check the CSS of the elements (might want to use Firebug to see all the properties). Don't forget the @media print CSS.
Konerak
2010-05-28 08:27:43
*PDF printer* Ubuntu can do that :P
Delan Azabani
2010-05-28 08:29:37
CutePDF as well (for Win)
burnt_hand
2010-05-28 08:30:44
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Whatever the page currently looks like, plus @media print styles, browser scaling and browser removal of backgrounds (if applicable) will be what is printed. Try print preview to see what it'll look like.
Delan Azabani
2010-05-28 08:29:17
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Open the page in Firefox and click on Print Preview.
Whatever you see is what would get printed. Just try this SO page.
dkris
2010-05-28 08:29:37
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You can provide a separate css file for print media, so you can decide exactly what is visible and what is not when printing. eg
<link rel="stylesheet" media="print" type="text/css" href="printStyle.css">
Without a specific css file, most browsers will simply use the screen css file for printing as well.
rikh
2010-05-28 08:31:18
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It will not
Likewise you can do @media print { 'your elements ref' {display:none;visibility:hidden}}
or even better use color/background-color white/transparent ;o)
Mike
2010-05-28 11:23:29