Don't Repeat TFOOT When Printing

Question

A table that extends onto multiple printed pages will have its thead and tfoot sections reprinted in firefox. This is usually great, however, is there a way to turn off this behavior with CSS?

[UPDATE] Thanks for the response so far. I would like to have the tfoot print once at the bottom of the table but not at the end of each page. Thanks again.

Answer 1

I believe it's a client preference - others have suggested a javascript solution to generate a printable page, especially if the footer of your table has totals or the like.

Answer 2

<link rel='stylesheet' src='something.css' media='print'>

And in that style sheet, hide (display: none) or do whatever you want with the thead and tfoot elements. If the table is dynamically generated, you can check its size with javascript and apply the appropriate class in that print stylesheet.

Answer 3

The easy solution: don't use tfoot. Put the footer row(s) at the end of tbody. Now they'll print at the end of the table and no where else.

Answer 4

I found another way to do this:

<tfoot style="display: table-row-group">
</tfoot>

This works for Firefox, but of course, the display property is notoriously not cross-browser compatible.