[whatwg] [html5] window.print() undefined

Dean Edwards dean at edwards.name
Mon Jul 18 18:11:44 PDT 2005


Ian Hickson wrote:
> On Mon, 18 Jul 2005, Dean Edwards wrote:
> 
> 
>>OK. Forget CSS for a moment (although this is still a consideration for 
>>me). What if I want to suspend a timer while the page is being printed?
> 
> 
> Printing is (supposedly) instantaneous. Why would you suspend a timer? 
> (And why would the UA not suspend the timers itself?)
> 


The point is, I can do all sorts of things using script. Alter styles, 
create elements etc. But when I switch media, I have no programmatic way 
to alter those effects. Please specify I means to do this.

-dean




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