201287 - RFE: Add option in print dialog to disable (printing) stylesheets

Status: NEW

(Core :: Printing: Output, enhancement)

Description

[Roland Mainz]

RFE: Add option in print dialog to disable (printing) stylesheets.

It may be nice to have a checkbox (or radio button group) to disable the use of
printing stylesheets (and/or the use of stylesheets in general) when printing.

Two usage scenarios:
- Printing stylesheets may be wrong (or Mozilla does not interpret them
correctly/completely =:-)
- Half-cooked stylesheets which break printing/pagination

Comment 1

[Roland Mainz]

ToDo list:
- Add boolean or enum to |nsIPrintSettings|
- Adjust XUL print dialog to set/get the value
- Adjust print engine to honor the new property in |nsIPrintSettings|

Comment 2

[Boris Zbarsky [:bzbarsky]]

I seem to recall something like this already being filed.... but I could be wrong.

Comment 3

[Roland Mainz]

Boris Zbarsky wrote:
> I seem to recall something like this already being filed.... but I could be 
> wrong

Just mark all the bug you find as DUPlicate of this one... :)

I can do the frontend work (XUL dialog etc.) ...
... jkeiser: Wanna volunteer for the backend work ? :)

Comment 4

[Daniel Kabs, reporting bugs since 2002]

Attachment: HTML demonstration page that can not be printed

This is a HTML page that can not be printed because of the print media
stylesheet.

Actually, I think this should not be a RFE but rather a BUG.

Comment 5

[Daniel Kabs, reporting bugs since 2002]

Workaround:

Install Web Developer Extension: http://chrispederick.com/work/webdeveloper/

In the Web Developer Toolbar click

"CSS -> Disable Styles -> Print Styles"

and voila, you can print the page now.

Comment 6

[Rimas Kudelis [use needinfo to ping]]

The workaround depended on a third-party extension which has not been supported for years now.

Meanwhile the issue is still relevant. You don't always want the PDF to look like printed page. Sometimes you may want to preserve website look intact.

Comment 7

[Rimas Kudelis [use needinfo to ping]]

Possible duplicates of this: Bug 51848, Bug 689614, Bug 1695485