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JQuery Print Element 1.2
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Copyright (c) 2009 Erik Zaadi
Inspired by PrintArea and this stackoverflow comment
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Dual licensed under the MIT and GPL licenses: http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html
Usage:
$('SelectorToPrint').printElement(); Options:
printMode
- Type: String
- Default: ‘iframe’
- Description: Sets wether the plugins behavior is to open a popup of the element to print before printing, or to create a hidden iframe. Possible values: ‘iframe’ | ‘popup’
The only mode currently available in Chrome and Opera is popup mode
Example
$("selector").printElement({printMode:'popup'}); pageTitle
- Type: String
- Default: ”
- Description: Print Page Title (name of the file sent to the printer)
Example
$("selector").printElement({pageTitle:'thisWillBeTheNameInThePrintersLog.html'}); overrideElementCSS
- Type: Array of Strings | Array of $.fn.printElement.cssElement | Boolean
- Default: null
- Description: Can be one of the following 3 options:
1 : boolean (pass true for stripping all css linked)
2 : array of $.fn.printElement.cssElement (s)
3 : array of strings with paths to alternate css files (optimized for print)
Example
$("selector").printElement( { overrideElementCSS:[ 'thisWillBeTheCSSUsed.css', { href:'thisWillBeTheCSSUsedAsWell.css',media:'print'}] }); printBodyOptions
- Type: Object
- Default: {styleToAdd: ‘padding:10px;margin:10px;’, classNameToAdd: ”}
- Description: Contains:
styleToAdd : style attributes to add to the body of print document
classNameToAdd : css class to add to the body of print document
Example
$("selector").printElement( { printBodyOptions: { styleToAdd:'padding:10px;margin:10px;color:#FFFFFF !important;', classNameToAdd : 'thisWillBeTheClassUsedAsWell' } }); leaveOpen
- Type: Boolean
- Default: false
- Description: in case of popup, determines if the print page will remain open or not
In Opera, this will be left open by default
Example
$("selector").printElement( { leaveOpen:true, printMode:'popup' }); iframeElementOptions
- Type: Object
- Default: styleToAdd : border:none;position:absolute;width:0px;height:0px;bottom:0px;left:0px;}
- Description: Contains:
styleToAdd : style attributes to add to the iframe element
classNameToAdd : css class to add to the iframe element
Example
$("selector").printElement( { iframeElementOptions: { styleToAdd:'position:absolute;width:0px;height:0px;bottom:0px;', classNameToAdd : 'thisWillBeTheClassUsedAsWell' } }); 
